Mercury Consultant – Oral Health Expert

Develops two GEF medium-sized project proposals to phase out dental amalgam, combining oral-health expertise with regulatory, insurance, education and waste-management approaches, and producing complete project designs, budgets, safeguards and implementation annexes for target countries in Africa and Asia.

Department: GEF Chemicals and Green Chemistry Unit

• Draft two complete GEF medium-sized project submission packages and associated annexes
• Coordinate and analyse technical reports and data from government focal points and institutional partners
• Develop baseline scenarios and identify barriers to phasing out dental amalgam
• Design project components, outcomes, outputs, activities and theories of change
• Prepare results frameworks, indicators, targets and detailed budget breakdowns
• Develop gender-mainstreaming, stakeholder-engagement, communication and risk-mitigation plans
• Prepare project workplans and terms of reference for key personnel

• Advanced university degree in dentistry, public health or a relevant field, or a first-level degree with two additional years of qualifying experience
• At least seven years of international project-management experience including project preparation
• Working knowledge of donor-funded project development and supervision
• Fluency in English with strong drafting and writing skills

• Home-based consultancy for nine months
• Deliverables cover two GEF medium-sized projects across indicative countries in Asia and Africa