NDC Implementation, Investment Planning and MRV Expert

About the role

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) seeks an experienced consultant to support Liberia’s climate agenda. The expert will develop a revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) implementation plan and an updated investment plan, providing tools and frameworks that enable results‑based monitoring and bankable project concepts.

Key responsibilities

• Produce a Revised NDC Implementation Plan with sector‑specific tracking tools, institutional arrangements, and a results‑based monitoring framework.
• Prepare an Updated NDC Investment Plan, including a climate finance matrix, financing strategy, resource mobilisation guidelines, and ten fully elaborated, bankable project concept notes.
• Coordinate with UNEP’s NDC Act & Invest team, the NDC Partnership, GIZ, UNDP Climate Promise, UNFCCC, multilateral development banks, DFIs, and private sector actors.
• Ensure alignment of national strategies with international climate commitments and contribute to progress reporting.

Required profile

• Proven expertise in NDC implementation, climate investment planning, and MRV (Measurement, Reporting, Verification) processes.
• Experience working with government agencies and international climate finance mechanisms.
• Strong analytical and report‑writing skills, with ability to produce high‑quality technical documents.
• Fluency in English; experience in Liberia or West Africa is an advantage.

Required skills

• NDC implementation
• Investment planning for climate projects
• MRV methodology