National Consultant for Sustainable Fiscal Policy and Budgeting

About the role

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) seeks a National Consultant to support the IKI‑funded FAST Project, aligning public finance flows in Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia and Nigeria with biodiversity protection goals. The assignment is based in Abuja for a 12‑month period.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct desk reviews of national sustainable public finance strategies and stakeholder consultations.
• Revise and quality‑assure national workplans, scoping reports, SBA inception reports, stakeholder mapping reports and outreach plans produced by local implementing partners.
• Prepare briefing documents for the annual global monitoring report and support national steering committee meetings.
• Provide quality assurance for capacity needs assessment reports, policy briefs and revise workplans and budgets as needed.

Required profile

• Post‑graduate degree (Master’s or higher) in public policy, development studies, environmental studies, economics, sustainable finance or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum two years of project/program management experience in climate change, biodiversity, green fiscal policy or macro‑economic policy.
• Experience working with government counterparts, preferably Ministry of Finance in Nigeria, and coordinating multistakeholder processes.
• Familiarity with United Nations administrative procedures and reporting standards is desirable.

Required skills

• Public finance analysis and fiscal policy expertise.
• Knowledge of biodiversity conservation financing mechanisms.
• Quality‑assurance of technical outputs related to public finance.