Senior Advisor, Responsible Mining (Consultant)

PACT; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Pact is seeking an experienced Senior Advisor to strengthen its responsible-mining portfolio, expand relationships with funders and teaming partners, and guide winning proposals in the critical minerals sector. This senior role requires deep sector knowledge and proven leadership across mining, government, and development finance institutions.

The engagement emphasizes strategic oversight, cross-functional collaboration, and rigorous adherence to ethics and governance standards.

Qualifications

• Master's degree and 12+ years of senior-level experience spanning the mining industry, government, international development, non-profit or social impact organizations and/or multistakeholder or coalition leadership roles.
• Strong, active relationships across mining industry, government, DFIs, funders, and multistakeholder initiatives relevant to critical minerals and responsible mining.
• Experience designing, structuring, implementing or overseeing large-scale, field-based programs in mining-affected communities or resource governance contexts.
• Experience developing or contributing to competitive proposals, concept notes, statements of interest, partnership strategies, or other business-development materials.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic advice on opportunities to grow Pact's responsible mining portfolio and strengthen its positioning with funders and teaming partners.
• Contribute to or lead development of concept notes and project proposals related to responsible mining and critical minerals, including design and win-theme recommendations.
• Review Pact's marketing materials to provide concise, actionable recommendations and help develop materials communicating Pact’s capabilities.
• Advise on Pact's relationship-development and stakeholder engagement strategy with industry leaders and private sector partners, ensuring compliance with ethics and anti-corruption requirements.
• Provide market intelligence on priorities and approaches of the U.S. Government, DFIs, and other funders in the critical minerals sector.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Proposal development

Strategic advisory

Program design

Partnership strategies

Market intelligence

Education

Master's degree + 12+ years

Job description

PACT Overview

A global nonprofit with experience in more than 60 countries, Pact fosters thriving, resilient communities that chart their own development paths. We deliver solutions that are rooted in evidence and driven by data.

Department

Public Business Development (PUBD) - The Business Development team drives Pact's mission forward by leading the pursuit and capture of new funding from U.S. government, foundation, corporate, and institutional funders. The team leads across all parts of the fundraising cycle, from early opportunity identification, teaming strategy, and positioning, through proposal design, technical writing, and pricing. BD staff lead the proposal process end-to-end, while partnering closely with technical practice leads, country teams, and finance to build competitive, compliant bids. Ideal candidates stay organized and effective under proposal deadlines, adapt quickly when requirements or priorities, and bring a collaborative, collegial spirit to cross-team work.

Position Overview

Background

For more than two decades Pact has worked with mining communities, U.S. and host-country governments, and private sector partners to build secure, resilient, and responsible mineral supply chains. As a U.S. nonprofit with experience in more than 60 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, Pact creates lasting economic opportunity for mining communities while ensuring reliable, traceable access to critical minerals. Miners and their families are at the center of this work. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) provides a vital livelihood for tens of millions of people, and Pact is committed to enabling communities to lead their own and derive lasting benefits from the resources around them.

Founded in 1971, Pact combines expertise in responsible mining, energy resilience, global health, natural resource management, government and community capacity strengthening to support prosperous communities, secure critical mineral supply chains, and stable operational environments. In addition to working directly with mining communities, Pact collaborates with and advises large- and small-scale mining companies, mineral traders, and U.S. consumer brands.

As this portfolio grows, Pact is investing in the strategic relationships, positioning, and partnerships needed to grow with it - expanding our pipeline and strengthening the consortia through pursues opportunities in the critical minerals sector while delivering positive and sustainable outcomes for communities and key stakeholders.

Purpose of the Engagement

The purpose of this engagement is to supplement Pact's existing expertise with senior - level , multi-multisector experience and strategic insight that will strengthen Pact's responsible-mining portfolio, positioning, and partnerships. Drawing on experience working in or overseeing programs involving mining communities, governments , the private sector, and multistakeholder initiatives the advisor will help Pact deepen relationships and communicate its responsible-mining capabilities effectively to bilateral, multilateral, and private-sector stakeholders. This advisory engagement will build up Pact's existing strategy technical expertise and relationships.

The advisor should have a strong understanding of the relationship between artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and large-scale mining (LSM). Recommendations should reflect - and when appropriate be developed in consultation with-and the needs and interests of mining and other affected communities. All advice must align with Pact's commitment to locally led development and Pact's market-based approach to ASM formalization. (learn more at https://www.pactworld.org/engaged-communities and https://www.pactworld.org/library/pacts-asm-formalization-approach)

Key Responsibilities

Working with Pact's Business Development and technical leadership, the Senior Advisor will:

• Provide strategic advice on opportunities to grow Pact's responsible mining portfolio and strengthen its positioning and engagement with current and prospective funders and teaming partners. This advice should build on Pact’s more than 20 year of experience and prioritize areas in which Pact can demonstrate evidence of results to diverse stakeholders.
• Contribute to or, when specifically requested by Pact lead the development of concept notes and project proposals related to responsible mining and critical minerals space. Support may include program design, technical narrative development, win-theme development and recommendations concerning teaming arrangements and partner selection.
• Review Pact's critical minerals marketing and positioning materials to provide concise, actionable recommendations. Where appropriate, recommend or help develop materials that communicate Pact’s capabilities effectively to current and prospective funders and teaming partners
• Advise on Pact's relationship -development and stakeholder engagement strategy with industry leaders, private sector partners, and local and national organizations. This may include facilitating appropriate senior-level introductions and identifying opportunities for strategic teaming arrangements. All such activities must comply with applicable ethics, Anti-Corruption, lobbying, procurement-integrity, and conflict-of-interest requirements.
• Provide market intelligence concerning the priorities requirements, and approaches of the U.S. Government, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), and other bilateral and multilateral funders active in the critical minerals sector, including requirements related to due diligence, environmental and social safeguards, responsible sourcing, and community benefits.

Deliverable

Indicative Timing

Kickoff discussion and work plan confirming the engagement’s focus areas priorities, anticipated outputs, and priority relationships.

September 2026

Strategic advisory support to grow Pact’s responsible mining and critical minerals portfolio, and strengthen its engagement approach, delivered through working sessions, concise written feedback on existing positioning and marketing materials, and recommendations for—or development of—new materials, as appropriate.

September - December 2026

As requested, leadership of or contributions to proposals, concept notes, statements of interest, and other opportunity-specific materials, including program design, technical narrative development, teaming and partner recommendations, and win-theme development.

Ongoing

Strategic relationship mapping, and engagement recommendations including targeted introductions, where appropriate to strengthen Pact's oning with with prospective funders, industry leaders, private-sector entities, teaming partners, and organizations in priority countries.

Ongoing

Brief closeout summary of key observations activities undertaken, and recommended next steps for continued positioning, relationship development, and business‑development engagement.

December 2026

Given the advisory nature of this engagement, deliverables are streamlined and focus primarily on strategic advice,, relationships development, and actionable guidance rather than written products.

Basic Requirements

• Master's degree and 12+ years of senior level experience spanning the mining industry, government, international development, non-profit or social impact organizations and/or multistakeholder or coalition leadership roles.
• Strong, active relationships across a combination of the mining industry, government, DFIs, bilateral and multilateral funders, and multistakeholder or industry initiatives relevant to critical minerals and responsible mining.
• Demonstrated experience designing, structuring, implementing or overseeing large-scale, field based programs in mining-affected communities or resource governance contexts.
• Demonstrated experience developing or contributing to competitive proposals, concept notes, statements of interest, partnership strategies, or other business‑development materials.
• Ability to translate high -level strategy into practical, appropriately scoped, and implementable activities across diverse geographic and operating contexts.
• Strong working knowledge of ASM, ASM formalization, and its intersection with LSM, responsible sourcing, and critical mineral supply chains.
• Knowledge of