Environmental Law and Governance Specialist

Assess Mozambique's legal, policy and institutional readiness for responsible investment in critical energy-transition minerals by analysing regulatory gaps, consulting national and local stakeholders, facilitating validation workshops, and producing reform and policy-package recommendations.

Department: Mining Unit, Industry and Economy Division

• Assess gaps in Mozambique's mineral-investment policy and legal frameworks
• Combine field interviews with independent desk research
• Develop reforms for environmental and institutional investment readiness
• Facilitate national and local stakeholder consultations and validation workshops
• Integrate consultation findings into final recommendations
• Prepare the country-readiness and policy-package enhancement reports
• Coordinate progress with UNEP, UNECA and project stakeholders

• Advanced degree in a relevant mining, environmental, legal, policy, governance or sustainable-development field, or a first degree plus two additional years of qualifying experience
• At least five years of relevant experience in mining, environmental management, environmental or mining policy, regulatory frameworks or natural-resource governance
• Experience analysing environmental or social aspects of mining in Africa
• Fluent written and spoken Portuguese
• Good working knowledge of English

• Supports UNEP's Mozambique pilot on critical energy-transition minerals investment readiness