Job Description:
As part of the expansion of its activities in sustainable finance and innovative financing instruments, G2P is seeking a senior financial expert with proven experience in structuring and implementing debt-for-nature swap mechanisms, particularly in developing or emerging countries.
The assignment will focus on providing technical support to governments, regional banks, or donors in designing debt relief programs backed by measurable environmental commitments (climate, biodiversity, forests, coastal zones, etc.).
Main Responsibilities:
- Design and structure debt-for-nature swap operations (bilateral or via secondary markets)
- Analyze public debt profiles and identify optimization opportunities through green conversion
- Prepare technical notes, roadmaps, and dialogue documents for creditors
- Identify concessional financing sources that could support transactions (GEF, GCF, bilateral donors, etc.)
- Contribute to defining post-transaction monitoring, transparency, and governance mechanisms
- Support states in negotiations with donors and creditors
- Strengthen stakeholders’ capacities on debt-for-nature mechanisms and associated international standards
Profile Sought:
- Master's degree or higher in finance, economics, public policy, or related field
- At least 10 years of professional experience in public finance, sovereign debt, financial structuring, or climate finance
- Deep knowledge of debt-for-nature swap mechanisms, debt markets, and hybrid instruments (blended finance)
- Experience collaborating with ministries of finance, central banks, international financial institutions, or environmental funds
- Excellent writing, summarizing, and presentation skills
- Experience in African contexts or middle-income countries (an advantage)
Availability: 3 months
Contract Type: Project contract
Location: Lomé
