B.10/05: Selection process and terms of reference for the heads of the accountability units: Recommendations of the Appointment Committee

The Board having taken note of the information presented in document GCF/B.10/09 Selection Process and Terms of Reference of the Heads of the Accountability Units: Recommendations of the Appointment Committee:

  1. Endorses the selection process, as set out in Annex II to this document;
  2. Takes note of the indicative timeline encompassing the entire selection process, as set out in Annex III to this document;
  3. Endorses the terms of reference of the recruitment firm, as set out in Annex IV to this document;
  4. Agrees to appoint a recruitment firm via an in-between meetings decision with an invitation to approve the decision within a period of one week;
  5. Approves a budget for the selection process of the accountability units, including the costs of the recruitment firm;
  6. Decides that the remuneration levels of the heads of the three accountability units will be comparable to the salary levels of equivalent roles in other specialized global funds;
  7. Requests the Secretariat to provide a comparison of salary levels for comparable positions at other specialized global funds;
  8. Also requests the Appointment Committee to provide additional recommendations on the salary levels for consideration by the Board at its eleventh meeting;
  9. Decides that the heads of the units will be offered performance-based contracts;
  10. Requests the Appointment Committee to develop the performance criteria and measurement procedure for approval by the Board via an in-between meetings decision before the twelfth meeting of the Board;
  11. Adopts the terms of reference of the Head of the Independent Evaluation Unit in accordance with decision B.09/14, paragraph (c), as set out in Annex V to this document;
  12. Also adopts the terms of reference of the Head of the Independent Integrity Unit in accordance with decision B.09/14, paragraph (c), as set out in Annex VI to this document;
  13. Further adopts the terms of reference of the Head of the Independent Redress Mechanism in accordance with decision B.09/14, paragraph (c), as set out in Annex VII to this document; and
  14. Agrees to amend the terms of reference of the Independent Redress Mechanism, as set out in Annex V to decision B.06/09, to make the position of the Head of Independent Redress Mechanism a full-time post.