Key Expert / Team – Multiple countries

Aninver Development Partners SL (www.aninver.com) is looking for a Key Expert / Team for a environment, finance, trade consultancy assignment financed by UNIDO in Multiple countries.

Aninver Development Partners is seeking qualified experts to support an upcoming initiative with UNIDO focusing on the environment, finance, and trade sectors across multiple countries. The project evaluates the viability of adapting transferable tax credits as an innovative climate finance mechanism to accelerate industrial decarbonization in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs).

The consultancy will examine how fiscal incentives can mobilize private capital, serve as an alternative channel for climate finance, and support hard-to-abate sectors in transitioning to low-carbon pathways. The team will deliver comprehensive studies, comparative financial models, and pilot implementation strategies over a six-month period.

Aninver is preparing a proposal for this assignment. The selected expert will be part of the proposed team; the engagement is conditional on the contract being awarded to Aninver. The full Terms of Reference for the position are shared with shortlisted candidates.

Objectives of the assignment

• Assess the technical and ecosystem viability of implementing transferable tax credits in EMDEs, including selecting suitable pilot countries.
• Determine required design features to adapt transferable tax credits to EMDE contexts, incorporating partial reimbursements and synergies with measurement, reporting, and verification systems.
• Estimate the effectiveness and success criteria of these mechanisms as private sector incentives, capital mobilization tools, and alternative climate finance channels.
• Examine complementarity and sequencing with carbon market instruments and national climate commitments.

Scope of work

• Review international experience with transferable tax credits, mapping monetization chains, success factors, and global tax implications.
• Assess enabling conditions, tax infrastructure, market maturity, and monetization risks across designated case-study countries.
• Build transparent financial models and sensitivity analyses to compare direct grants, carbon credits, and transferable tax credits, estimating greenhouse gas abatement per euro.
• Analyze additionality considerations, policy synergies, and voluntary carbon market interactions for industrial sectors.
• Develop initial implementation plans and design frameworks for selected pilot countries.
• Consolidate workstreams into a final synthesis report and deliver an in-person validation workshop.

Your role as Key Expert / Team

• Contribute specialized expertise in international tax law, tax reform, project finance, carbon markets, or industrial decarbonization.
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive digital reports and assessments.
• Design and construct transparent, auditable financial models comparing various climate finance instruments.
• Evaluate tax infrastructure, fiscal incentives, and regulatory frameworks across multiple emerging economies.
• Analyze industrial decarbonization and electrification technologies alongside measurement, reporting, and verification systems.
• Engage with stakeholders and participate in validation workshops to present findings and implementation plans.

Requirements

• Education: Not specified
• Collectively covering international tax law/policy, tax reform in EMDEs, project/structured finance, carbon markets, industrial decarbonization/electrification/MRV, and financial modelling
• Languages: Proficient in English

Desirable

• Experience working on climate finance mechanisms in emerging markets and developing economies.
• Familiarity with hard-to-abate sectors such as cement and steel decarbonization.

An expert with deep multidisciplinary experience in international tax policy, EMDE tax reform, project finance, or carbon markets, ready to support innovative climate finance solutions for industrial decarbonization.

Assignment details

• Location: Multiple countries
• Financed by: UNIDO
• Sector: Environment, finance, trade
• Positions: 4
• Estimated duration: 6 months
• Contract: individual consultancy (conditional on award)

About Aninver Development Partners

Aninver is an international development consulting firm headquartered in Spain. It supports governments, development banks, UN agencies and bilateral donors with feasibility studies, technical assistance, evaluations and capacity building across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Asia-Pacific, working with a network of international and national experts.

Why apply

• Join a multidisciplinary team on a UNIDO-financed project in Multiple countries.
• Individual consultancy: flexible, output-based engagement with an experienced proposal team.
• Your CV stays in Aninver's expert network for future assignments that match your profile.

How to apply

Sign in (or create a free account) and upload your CV in English. Add your LinkedIn profile, indicative daily rate and availability to speed up the assessment. Aninver will contact the shortlisted candidates.

Frequently asked questions

Is the position confirmed? The engagement depends on the contract being awarded to Aninver. Shortlisted experts are included in the proposal with their consent.

Can I apply if I am not based in the country? Yes, unless the requirements say otherwise; relevant regional experience is an asset.

What happens with my CV? It is used to assess your fit for this and future positions and is not shared with third parties without your consent.