Analyst – Biodiversity Finance Policy and Ecosystem Services Valuation

Develops Armenia's biodiversity-finance systems by designing budget-tagging and results-based budgeting frameworks, analysing ecosystem-service valuation and legal policy, and convening government, scientific and civil-society stakeholders to embed nature financing in public planning.

Department: Climate, Environment and Resilience Portfolio

• Map biodiversity expenditures, governance arrangements and public-finance workflows
• Design institutional arrangements and guidance for biodiversity budget tagging
• Develop biodiversity results-based budgeting indicators, templates and implementation guidance
• Assess ecosystem-service valuation methods and resource requirements
• Review legal and policy barriers to integrating ecosystem valuation in national planning
• Develop policy recommendations and options for regulatory amendment
• Convene science-policy-practice dialogues through the National BES Platform
• Synthesise stakeholder feedback into methodology and implementation recommendations

• Master's degree in environmental policy, economics, public finance, public administration, biodiversity finance, natural-resource management or a related field, or a bachelor's degree with two additional years of qualifying experience
• At least two years of relevant experience with a master's degree or four years with a bachelor's degree in environmental governance, policy analysis, public finance, biodiversity finance or institutional development
• Experience developing analytical reports, methodologies, frameworks, guidelines, policy instruments or institutional recommendations
• Experience working with government institutions and facilitating technical consultations and validation
• Fluency in English and Armenian

• Short-term NPSA assignment of up to 12 months
• All outputs must be produced in Armenian and English