Tanzanian Policy Lead (Carbon Markets)

Location: Duty station in Tanzania, with travel to Dodoma and other locations as required

Budget ceiling: GBP 7,000 for the full assignment, inclusive of professional fees and assignment-related costs except travel costs

Company

hirify.global designs and delivers initiatives that create lasting social, environmental, and economic value in collaboration with governments, foundations, investors, corporations, communities, and civil society.

What you will do

• Prepare the stakeholder map, document inventory, consultation schedule, and government engagement plan during the inception phase.
• Coordinate communication between the consultant team, the UK-Tanzania Green Growth Facility, government counterparts, and relevant institutions.
• Facilitate access to legislation, policies, technical studies, institutional data, and government inputs, and coordinate information verification.
• Analyze Tanzania’s legal, policy, and institutional framework for carbon markets, including regulatory alignment, institutional mandates, and implementation challenges.
• Assess institutional coordination, UNFCCC reporting, registry readiness, ITMO tracking, and implementation capacity across Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.
• Contribute to the diagnostic assessment and National Article 6 Framework, stakeholder validation, dissemination planning, and technical handover.

Requirements

• Tanzanian nationality and professional experience in Tanzania are required.
• Advanced degree in environmental law, public policy, climate change, economics, international development, natural resource governance, or a related field.
• At least eight years of relevant experience, including work with national government institutions on climate change, environmental governance, carbon markets, or related policy processes.
• Strong knowledge of Tanzania’s carbon-market governance, environmental legislation, policy-making processes, and institutional landscape.
• Experience in policy and institutional analysis, government consultations, stakeholder engagement, and developing written recommendations.
• Excellent written and spoken English and Kiswahili are required.

Nice to have

• Experience with Article 6, carbon trading, climate transparency, MRV, NDC implementation, or UNFCCC reporting.
• Experience working with senior government officials, technical officers, private-sector stakeholders, civil society, and development partners.

Culture & Benefits

• International technical collaboration under the direction of the Green Growth Facility.
• Close coordination with Tanzania’s Vice President’s Office, the National Carbon Monitoring Centre, Zanzibar’s First Vice President’s Office, and sector institutions.
• Project duration: 1 September 2026 to 31 December 2026.
• Travel costs are excluded from the professional-fee and assignment-cost ceiling.

Hiring process

• Submit a concise technical and financial proposal, including an interpretation of the assignment and proposed approach.
• Provide a CV demonstrating the required experience and a financial proposal in GBP within the stated ceiling.