The Caribbean island nation of Grenada, whose core economic pillars of tourism, agriculture, and construction are disproportionately vulnerable to climate shocks ranging from extreme hurricanes to accelerating sea-level rise, is taking a key step to unlock critical climate investment by launching a search for a specialized Climate Finance Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Strategist.
As the country charts a path toward the low-carbon, climate-resilient economic transition laid out in its official Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and National Adaptation Plan (NAP), official estimates indicate more than $500 million in targeted investment will be required over the next decade to meet these climate goals. However, persistent gaps in access to international climate finance and limited familiarity with innovative green financing mechanisms have created a critical barrier to progress, making expanded private sector participation an urgent priority.
To address this gap, the Government of Grenada is leading the “Getting Grenada Private Sector Ready for Grenada’s Climate Finance (GPS-4-GCF)” initiative, implemented by the Grenada Development Bank (GDB) with funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) through its Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme. The overarching goal of the project is to build local institutional and industry capacity to leverage climate finance, including targeted training and framework development for private sector stakeholders on core skills such as green finance management, climate risk screening, and climate-aligned investment planning. By cultivating a supportive ecosystem for private sector climate action, the project aims to unlock local contributions to both national climate adaptation and emissions reduction efforts.
A broad cross-section of local stakeholders stand to benefit from the initiative, including commercial and development banks, credit unions, financial regulatory bodies, insurance providers, private sector businesses ranging from micro-enterprises to large hotel operators, commodity boards and state-owned enterprises, private education and medical providers, construction firms, architects, and engineering professionals.
The selected consultant will be tasked with delivering clear, results-driven outputs aligned with the project’s objectives. Three core deliverables have been outlined: first, supporting private sector stakeholders to identify existing barriers to investment in climate resilience and emissions reduction, and co-developing actionable recommendations to remove these barriers while helping local actors leverage available public climate finance; second, designing a formal PPP Strategy and Investment Framework for climate mitigation and adaptation infrastructure projects, including the identification of high-priority, investment-ready climate-resilient PPP opportunities; and third, leading outreach and sensitization campaigns to educate private sector actors on the unique investment and development opportunities PPP structures can unlock for climate action in Grenada.
This is a fixed-price consultancy assignment scheduled to run over a four-month period. The GDB has outlined strict qualifications for interested candidates, requiring a master’s degree or equivalent in finance, climate finance, economics, public policy, development studies, or a related field, with a Certified PPP Professional (CP3P) certification considered a major advantage.
Candidates must demonstrate a minimum of seven years of hands-on experience developing and implementing PPP investment strategies, with preference given to candidates with existing work experience in the Caribbean or other small island developing states that share similar geographic, financial, and cultural contexts. Additional requirements include at least five years of experience working with the Green Climate Fund, multilateral development banks, or private investors in structuring capital investment arrangements, proven experience delivering climate adaptation and mitigation projects, deep expertise in climate finance, institutional capacity building, and climate risk management, and a track record of collaborating with Caribbean governments and regulatory bodies to design PPP frameworks and policies. Candidates must also have direct experience structuring PPP transactions, blended finance deals, and building pipelines of investment-ready projects, with technical expertise in blending commercial and concessional financing for both sovereign and non-sovereign projects, identifying and mitigating financial, operational, and political climate investment risks, conducting qualitative research and data analysis to develop evidence-based strategies, and building cross-sector partnerships with a diverse range of stakeholders from private investors to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
The GDB is currently accepting expressions of interest from individual candidates, though firms may nominate one qualified individual candidate per firm for the role; selection will be based solely on the individual candidate’s qualifications and experience, not the nominating firm’s credentials.
The selection process adheres to the procedures for Individual Consultant Selection laid out in Grenada’s Public Procurement Act 39 and Public Procurement Regulations SRO 32. Candidates will be evaluated on two core criteria: relevant qualifications account for 35% of the total score, while relevant professional experience accounts for the remaining 65%. Only candidates shortlisted through the expression of interest stage will be invited to submit full technical and financial proposals for the assignment.
Interested candidates must submit their expressions of interest no later than 3 pm Eastern Standard Time on June 26, 2026, with the subject line “GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme – Climate Finance Public-Private Partnership Strategist”. Submissions must include a Statement of Capability confirming the candidate’s availability for the four-month assignment, and a detailed curriculum vitae highlighting relevant completed projects. All expressions of interest must be sent via email to [email protected], with a copy to [email protected], addressed to the General Manager of the Grenada Development Bank in St George’s, Grenada. Full detailed Terms of Reference for the role are available for download on the Grenada Public Procurement website (www.procurement.gd) and the Grenada Development Bank website (www.grenadadevelopmentbank.com), or can be requested via email.