Environmental Restoration Technical consultant

UN Secretariat; Estado de México; Presencial; MXN 221.000 - 443.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) seeks a consultant to structure a National Investment Portfolio for Mexico's PNRA 2025-2026. You will develop standardized criteria for project preparation, prioritize investments, and prepare executive fiches to attract financing from public, international, and private sources.

Required expertise includes environmental economics, project design, and biodiversity/climate finance, with Spanish language proficiency.

Formación

• University degree in environmental/economic field is required or equivalent experience.
• Experience with restoration, biodiversity finance, or climate finance mechanisms is desirable.
• Ability to structure investment-ready environmental projects for funding sources.

Responsabilidades

• Provide technical assistance to structure a national investment portfolio for PNRA 2025-2026.
• Review international best practices and harmonize national methodologies.
• Develop project templates, prioritization framework, and investment fiches.

Conocimientos

Specialized technical assistance

Investment portfolios

Project development

Financial analysis

Environmental project design

Ecosystem restoration

Biodiversity conservation

Climate finance

Resource mobilization

Spanish language

Educación

Bachelor's in Environmental Economics/Finance/Engineering or related

Postgraduate degree preferred

Descripción del empleo

Organizational context: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority. Its Ecosystems Division supports governments in developing ecosystem-based solutions for sustainable development and biodiversity conservation. This role supports Mexico's National Environmental Restoration Programme (PNRA) 2025-2026, focusing on structuring a national investment portfolio of priority restoration projects.

Job purpose: This consultancy aims to provide specialized technical assistance to structure a National Investment Portfolio of Priority Environmental Restoration Projects for Mexico's National Environmental Restoration Programme (PNRA) 2025-2026. The role addresses the barrier of heterogeneous project information by developing standardized methodologies for project structuring that meet technical, financial, and institutional requirements for financing institutions. The ultimate goal is to strengthen the investment readiness of restoration projects, facilitating access to diverse funding sources, including public budgets, international cooperation, climate finance, and private sector investment, thereby supporting Mexico's National Biodiversity Targets and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Responsibilities: The consultant will provide specialized technical assistance to structure a National Investment Portfolio of Priority Environmental Restoration Projects under the PNRA 2025-2026. This involves reviewing international best practices for investment-ready restoration projects, analyzing existing national methodologies for harmonization, and compiling technical and financial criteria for project preparation. The consultant will develop a standardized institutional project template and a project prioritization framework. A practical methodological guide for preparing investment-oriented projects will be created, followed by technical validation sessions. Finally, the consultant will consolidate validated project information into a national portfolio and prepare executive investment fiches for priority projects, identifying potential financing opportunities.

Education: A university degree in Environmental Economics, Finance, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Engineering, Public Policy, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field is required. A postgraduate degree is desirable. A first-level degree with an additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree.

Work experience: A minimum of two years of relevant professional experience is required in areas such as ecosystem restoration, biodiversity conservation, environmental project design, biodiversity finance, climate finance, environmental economics, sustainable development finance, investment project development, or resource mobilization. Experience with restoration initiatives in Latin America, supporting government institutions, and familiarity with biodiversity and climate finance mechanisms are desirable.

Skills: Specialized technical assistance, structuring investment portfolios, project development, financial analysis, environmental project design, ecosystem restoration, biodiversity conservation, climate finance, resource mobilization, Spanish language proficiency.

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