Senior Consultant – Climate Adaptation Research and Development

Develops Panama’s national climate adaptation research and development programme for its National Adaptation Plan. The consultant diagnoses research capacity and gaps, sets priorities and governance, convenes validation and financing forums, and delivers an implementation roadmap, policy brief and monitoring framework.

Department: Climate Change Unit

• Assess national climate adaptation research capacity, needs and institutional gaps
• Map research institutions, innovation actors and priority sectors
• Design the national adaptation research and development programme
• Define governance arrangements, research priorities and an implementation roadmap
• Integrate ecosystem-based adaptation, gender and inclusive participation
• Facilitate consultations, validation workshops and a high-level public forum
• Identify financing opportunities, partnerships and resource mobilization options
• Produce the final programme, policy brief and monitoring framework

• Bachelor’s degree in an eligible environmental, engineering, natural resources, climate, law, international studies, development, social or political science field
• Master’s degree in climate change, adaptation planning, sustainable development, environmental management, economics, technology and innovation, public policy or a related field
• At least seven years of relevant experience in climate adaptation planning, research programme development, environmental management or adaptation policy
• Fluency in Spanish

• Home-based consultancy with Panama City retained as the official duty station; travel may be required