Customs Training Consultant – Ghana HPMP Stage II

The home-based consultant helps Ghana prevent illegal trade in HCFCs and other ozone-depleting substances by planning and delivering five gender-responsive customs workshops, teaching refrigerant-identifier use, updating practical materials, coordinating enforcement partners and reporting results.

Department: Law Division, Africa Office

• Prepare a detailed work plan for five customs-training workshops
• Train customs officer trainers at Ghanaian ports of entry to use refrigerant identifiers
• Develop and update presentations, case studies, procedures and demonstration modules
• Coordinate the National Ozone Unit, customs authorities and enforcement agencies
• Organise participant mobilisation and workshop logistics
• Track gender-disaggregated participation and analyse pre-training and post-training evaluations
• Report workshop progress, findings, challenges and recommendations
• Produce a final report on results, lessons and future enforcement priorities

• Master's degree in engineering, environmental science or a related field, or first university degree with two additional years of qualifying experience
• At least five years of progressively responsible experience in environmental management, customs enforcement, engineering, environmental science or a related field
• Practical experience in customs capacity building, environmental enforcement, border-control procedures or related compliance initiatives
• Technical knowledge of ozone-depleting substances, HCFC trade controls and refrigerant-identification technologies
• Fluency in oral and written English

• Home-based consultancy lasting 10 months
• Assignment supports Ghana's HPMP Stage II second-tranche customs activities
• Consultant coordinates closely with Ghana's National Ozone Unit