Maputo, Mozambique
Enabel is the Belgian international cooperation agency. Our mission is to work towards a sustainable world where all live under the rule of law and are free to thrive. With its partners Enabel offers solutions addressing pressing global challenges – Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Economic and Social Inequalities – and promoting Global Citizenship.
We have over 20 years' experience in areas ranging from education and health care to agriculture, environmental protection, digitalisation, employment and peace and security. The Belgian government, European Union institutions, governments of other countries and the private sector rely on our federal agency's global expertise . We work with civil society, research institutes as well as businesses and we foster fruitful interaction between development policy and other areas.
With over 2100 staff, Enabel manages about 170 projects in more than twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.
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Background
The 2023–2029 country programme for Belgo-Mozambican cooperation is centred on addressing climate challenges, with a specific emphasis on three key public services: water, energy, and waste management. The program also targets energy transition and efforts to mitigate losses and damages.
Enabel Mozambique is also implementing projects within global partnerships with other donors: MAF, The EU, GCF and Brussels Capital Region.
The Climate-PFM project, targets Mozambique's acute climate vulnerability—ranked highest globally in 2019 by the Global Climate Risk Index—with intensifying cyclones, floods, and droughts like Idai threatening up to 9% GDP loss by 2050 and exacerbating poverty. It will develop climate-responsive methodologies (e.g., budget tagging, green procurement), deliver national training for key ministries (Finance, Planning, Economy, Agriculture/Environment), and secure sustainable governance to align public finance with Paris Agreement/NDC goals, enhancing resilience, transparency, and access to climate funds per Helsinki Principles and global standards.
Job description
Major Responsibilities
Technical Advisory
Provide high‑level advisory support by reviewing and validating consultant deliverables across all project result areas. Prepare policy briefs and implementation notes for senior management and act as focal point for coordination with donor working groups, bilateral and multilateral partners, and the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action. Promote evidence‑based interministerial dialogue and strengthen engagement with civil society, the private sector and other key stakeholders.
Capacity Building & Mentoring
Design and roll out a national climate‑responsive PFM capacity‑building programme, including manuals, training materials and courses. Support the adoption of the Climate‑Responsive PFM Toolkit in alignment with national systems and procedures, and disseminate relevant international best practices adapted to the Mozambican context.
Knowledge Management
Develop and maintain a consolidated project roadmap, organise an internal knowledge repository and lessons‑learned system, and produce regular project reports. Ensure continuous feedback is integrated into the National Training Programme.
Promote regular stakeholder exchanges on Climate-PFM for alignment, coordination and collaboration.
Project Coordination & Integration
Work closely with the Project Manager to align work plans, timelines and cross‑outcome activities, ensuring coherence, avoiding duplication, and identifying emerging risks early.
Additional Duties
- You provide all necessary technical inputs in one’s sector or thematic area of expertise.
- You contribute to the implementation of the project by providing inputs for planning, execution, coordination and monitoring and evaluation of activities.
- You are responsible for organizing knowledge sharing (knowledge building) and knowledge management in one’s sector or thematic area of expertise.
Your profile
Required qualifications
- Master's degree in economics, Public Policy/Administration or political science, environmental science or engineering, or similar relevant field.
Required experience
- Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in in PFM areas such as budget preparation, execution, public investment management, or climate expenditure analysis.
- Proven work experience in public finance/climate finance, including tagging methodologies, fiscal risk assessment from climate change.
- Experience in international organizations or ministries of finance is a strong asset.
Required skills and knowledge
- Knowledge of Climate Finance.
- Experience with executing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating development projects.
- Expertise in climate-aligned budgeting, green PFM, and integrating mitigation/adaptation into fiscal frameworks.
- Strong analytical skills for policy advice, capacity building, stakeholder coordination, and knowledge products like reform roadmaps.
- Project management abilities, including leading assessments and international collaborations (e.g., Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action)
- You result oriented.
- You are fluent in spoken and written English and Portuguese.
Applicants are also required to commit to the vision, mission and values of Enabel (https://www.enabel.be/content/enabel-vision-mission-values).
We offer you
- A fascinating job in an international environment. You are employed at Enabel in the function of “Climate-PFM Expert”.
- An open-ended contract according to the Mozambican labour law, linked to PFM Climate Project. You are based in Maputo.
- A salary package that comprises the monthly gross salary, in accordance with our salary scales.
Every person who fulfils the conditions listed in our job advertisements may apply. Enabel is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability status or any other factor other than competence.
Are you interested?
Apply at the latest by 12/04/2026, here and include your application letter and updated CV.
Only applications submitted via the above link will be considered.