The Nature Conservancy (TNC), a global non-profit conservation organisation operating across 70+ countries with a 73-year track record of safeguarding critical lands and waters for all life, has issued an official public request for proposals (RFP #GNDCHOIP003) based out of its St George’s, Grenada, office, seeking a qualified Policy Assessment Consultant for a landmark marine conservation initiative.
The selected consultant will support TNC’s five-year (2025–2030) “Improving Waste Management and Public Awareness for a Clean and Healthy Ocean” project, part of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded global Clean and Healthy Ocean Integrated Programme (CHO-IP). The core goal of this nationwide Grenada project is to reduce coastal marine hypoxia driven by land-based nutrient and organic pollution, anchored in the framework of a sustainable blue economy. The multi-pronged programme combines targeted public awareness campaigns, inclusive policy strengthening, nature-based solution pilots, and a national knowledge sharing platform to deliver long-term, equitable marine protection outcomes that centre gender equality and social inclusion for marginalised groups including women, youth, and low-income coastal communities.
This 7-month consultancy, scheduled to run from January 11, 2027, through to July 2027, is a core component of the project’s governance strengthening workstream. The contracted individual or firm will conduct a full, systematic audit of Grenada’s existing national policies, legislation, regulatory standards, and institutional arrangements covering marine and coastal management, water quality regulation, wastewater oversight, agricultural nutrient controls, pollution enforcement, fisheries governance, and climate adaptation frameworks. The assessment will benchmark local systems against regional and international best practices, identify unaddressed gaps in enforcement, data collection, financing, and inclusive participation, and embed a dedicated gender and social inclusion analysis to map barriers that prevent underrepresented groups from accessing resources, contributing to decision-making, and benefiting fairly from updated marine protection rules. The consultant will also run multi-stakeholder engagement sessions with government agencies, civil society groups, academic institutions, private sector operators, and local vulnerable communities to validate findings, before developing targeted, actionable policy briefs for national policymakers alongside a full suite of evidence-based reform recommendations covering legislative amendments, institutional capacity building, improved water quality monitoring systems, aligned climate action linkages, expanded public outreach, and sustainable long-term financing mechanisms.
Eligible applicants include both independent consultants and registered firms, with priority given to candidates based in Grenada, followed by qualified applicants across the wider Caribbean region; no relocation support will be provided, and all required travel for stakeholder consultations must be factored into submitted financial proposals. Required qualifications include an advanced postgraduate degree in environmental policy, environmental law, marine science, public policy, natural resource management, or a closely related field, a minimum of seven years of hands-on relevant professional experience, proven track record in environmental regulatory gap analysis, policy brief development, and integrating gender and inclusion frameworks into public policy design, with additional preference for candidates with prior work experience in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and demonstrated expertise in nutrient pollution and marine ecosystem management.
All submissions must include a detailed technical proposal outlining the proposed work methodology, a transparent and itemised financial proposal, and full CV documentation for all personnel assigned to the project. The final submission deadline is 11:59 pm AST on November 27, 2026, with all proposals required to be sent via the designated official email address. The formal evaluation process will assign 35% of total scoring to alignment of the proposed technical approach with project requirements, 35% to the reasonableness and realism of the submitted budget, 20% to relevant professional experience, and 10% to proven geographic experience delivering similar marine conservation policy work in the Caribbean. TNC reserves full rights to reject any or all submitted proposals at its sole discretion, to ensure all procurement decisions align with the organisation’s core mandate and best interests.
RfP: Grenada Clean and Healthy Ocean Project – Policy Assessment Consultant
