REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)

• Develop the CA SP Workplan to with the primary objective of bringing in 4-5 new COSEFIN countries and helping CCRIF to ensure renewal participation of those COSEFIN countries by 2022, including the specific tasks, schedule and milestones required to engage with key stakeholders and decision makers in COSEFIN countries to increase participation in CCRIF SPC.  The CA SP Workplan should include, among other materials a case study that may help governments decide to include premium for the purchase of CCRIF parametric insurance products in national budgets. 
• To implement the CA SP Workplan, the Consultant will:
  • Participate and present at seminars and conferences at COSEFIN (as invited) and within COSEFIN countries where the DRM and financial and planning stakeholders participate to focus on how disasters can impact national fiscal/financial strategies and affect efforts to achieve debt and fiscal sustainability
  • Provide technical input into CA SP communications strategies and plans to incorporate feedback from COSEFIN countries gathered during consultations.
  • Coordinate change-management tasks with the World Bank to align activities with the objectives of CA SP technical assistance funding provided by the donors to support the CA SP Workplan.Coordinate with CCRIF communications teams to support change management activities required for successful implementation of the CA SP Workplan, which include ensuring that communications, presentations, development and training materials help to raise awareness and improved knowledge and enhance capacity among COSEFIN country decision-makers relating to disaster risk financing.
  • Coordinate with CCRIF SPC service-providers and other resources that have been dedicated to the CA SP to complete CA SP Workplan deliverables in a timely manner.
  • Identify and advise the process for driving action among the key COSEFIN country decision-makers relating to participation in CCRIF while managing the risks to political sensitivities that create bureaucratic impasses that block decision-making through process impasses.
  • Identify and convene the appropriate teams from CCRIF, COSEFIN member countries, the World Bank for participation in timely decision-making engagements where DR financing decisions may be taken.
  • Convene the appropriate experts and help align technical responses from CCRIF CEO and CRO to ministries of finance/economy/planning and related agencies and insurance regulators regarding CCRIF’s models, limitations and the pros/cons and value of parametric risk transfer instruments with reference to other disaster risk financing interventions and instruments.
  • Report on a monthly basis against the CA SP Workplan and escalate CA SP Workplan challenges/concerns to the CEO and Management Committee.
• Implement and maintain a progress dashboard showing CA Workplan task progress and status for; including:
  • Managing a CA SP document archive, supported by the CA SP Secretaries, to archive key documents and materials developed for the CA SP Workplan.
  • Maintain an issues-log to ensure tracking and resolution of CCRIF and CA SP Management Committee concerns.
• Leverage the Consultant’s network of (or identify the) decision-makers in COSEFIN (and CEPREDENAC agencies) and provide technical assistance to synthesize and guide the convening of:
  • Networks with the WB, IADB, and other regional financing institutions (e.g., the Central American Bank for Economic Integration), in order to position CCRIF as a partner, and parametric insurance as a complement to development policy and budgetary decisions as well as other DRF instruments that are available
  • Federal Government agencies in all COSEFIN countries, at least from 3 basic agencies: Finance/Economy, Civil Protection, Meteorological offices; the is to position CCRIF as a reliable source of models, products and services that will help COSEFIN countries better manage their natural disaster risk.

• Report to the CEO and CA SP Management Committee and the services will be coordinated with the strategic work of the CCRIF CEO.
• Work with the CCRIF COO with respect to all operational aspects of the work plan including but not limited to the CA SP Workplan on the budget and resources in the CA SP, including coordination with existing CCRIF service providers.
• Prepare monthly reports detailing progress, issues and challenges etc. on the CA SP Workplan.
• On a quarterly basis meet with the Management Committee, CCRIF CEO, COO and the World Bank team to review and adjust the CA SP Workplan as necessary to meet the Workplan’s intended objectives.
• Provide final quarterly progress reports to the CA SP Management Committee which will monitor the fulfilment of the CA SP Workplan against the approved budget for the Workplan.
• Consult with the Management Committee designee regarding matters specific to engagement with COSEFIN countries.
• Consult with the Committee’s Secretary regarding any MoU or other forms of agreements that will be presented to COSEFIN countries, to help ensure compliance with CCRIF, World Bank and COSEFIN Member State legal requirements applicable to cooperation mechanisms and to the issuance of insurance policies.

Experience and Qualifications

The Consultant must possess:

• Experience interacting with and advising Latin American Governments and Multi-lateral organizations about DRM from a fiscal perspective.
• Experience advertising or structuring insurance or reinsurance for Government entities.
• Expertise in change management strategy and activities.
•  A good understanding of the political landscape of Central America, and of the different fora where COSEFIN Member State decision-makers participate.
• A Master’s Degree in Public Finance Qualifications and experience in Public Finance or other related fields, with knowledge of disaster risk management and finance principles.
• Between 5-10 years’ experience consulting/advising in multilateral organizations or international NGO's working on disaster risk finance and fiscal resilience.
• A minimum of 3-5 years of designing and implementing DRM and fiscal resilience plans in the Central America region.

• Spanish as a first language and fluent English; must be versed in discussing development issues.
• Excellent writing skills in Spanish and English.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of disaster risk, environment and climate change issues
• Strong communication skills and the ability to implement communication strategies that link communications with hazards, disasters, risk management, insurance, environment and climate change issues.
• Ability to strategically advise CCRIF, the CA SP Management Committee, the World Bank and the COSEFIN Secretariat on strategic and technical issues applicable to COSEFIN Member State participation in the CA SP.
• Demonstrated knowledge of key stakeholders in the governments of the region as well as among regional organizations and entities and international development partners.
• Highly skilled in conceptualizing, writing and presenting CCRIF and its strategy to external audiences.