💰 #JobHuntMondays | The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is recruiting a National Climate Finance / Resource Mobilization Expert in Freetown, to help Sierra Leone fund its plans for adapting to climate change.

🌍 What the project does: Sierra Leone published its initial National Adaptation Plan (NAP) in 2021. FAO and the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) are now working towards a full NAP through a Green Climate Fund-funded readiness project, which strengthens climate risk management, carries out vulnerability assessments and brings in the private sector.

💼 In this consultancy, you’d:
📊 Analyse national and global climate finance flows, and identify domestic and international funding sources
🧮 Estimate sector-specific investment needs for the full NAP, with timelines to 2030 and 2050
🔍 Identify financing gaps, and propose instruments such as grants, loans, bonds, guarantees and blended finance
📝 Develop a Strategic Resource Mobilization Plan and a Climate Adaptation Concept Note, and run consultation and validation workshops
📈 Help set up a system to monitor adaptation action and finance, housed at the National Secretariat for Climate

📋 Strong fit if you have:
✅ A master’s in financial management and business development
✅ 5+ years in financing or resource mobilisation, environmental management and climate finance
✅ Strong analytical, strategic planning and coordination skills, and experience with intergovernmental bodies
✅ Working English
✅ Sierra Leonean nationality, or residency with a valid work permit
⭐ Experience with NAP or Green Climate Fund readiness projects is a strong plus

💚 IMVELO Impact: Adaptation plans only protect people when they’re funded. Turning Sierra Leone’s adaptation priorities into a clear investment plan helps unlock the money communities need to withstand floods, droughts and rising seas.

📍 Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
⏳ Duration: 90 working days over 9 months
⏰ Deadline: 26 October 2026, 23:59 Rome time

🔗 https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2602110

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