Consultancy Opportunity: Sustainable Financing Plan for the Blue Economy Hub (Caribbean BluEFin Project), United Kingdom

About the career opportunity:

The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund is seeking a qualified team of experts, consulting firm, or consortium to develop a sustainable financing plan for the Blue Economy Hub under the Caribbean Blue Economy Financing (Caribbean BluEFin) Project. The consultancy will produce a resource mobilisation and sustainable financing plan that supports the Hub's long-term financial viability, recommends the institutional and operational structure required to sustain it, and aligns with CBF's broader conservation finance architecture. The assignment will identify feasible revenue streams, secure partner and private sector investment pathways, and integrate the Hub with related CBF financing mechanisms, including the Regional Reef-Risk Insurance Initiative, Marine Protected Areas Finance Facility, Gender-Smart Facility Hub, and Advancing Circular Economy Facility.

Expected Deliverables:

• Inception Report and Work Plan
• Financial Landscape Analysis and Stakeholder Mapping Report
• Draft Sustainable Financing Plan for the Blue Economy Hub
• Stakeholder Consultation Report
• Final Sustainable Financing Plan
• Executive Summary and External Presentation Materials for dissemination

Budget:

The total budget available for this consultancy is USD $51,000, inclusive of all fees, taxes, and reimbursable costs.

Minimum qualifications:

• Demonstrated expertise in conservation finance, sustainable financing mechanisms, and environmental policy and law
• Proven experience conducting financial feasibility assessments, particularly for conservation trust funds and blue economy initiatives
• Knowledge of innovative financing instruments, including blended finance, endowment and sinking funds, public-private partnerships, and donor mobilisation
• Experience developing resource mobilisation and fundraising strategies for environmental and conservation programmes
• Familiarity with international best practices related to institutional arrangements and governance frameworks for conservation finance
• Team leader with a graduate or postgraduate degree in environmental economics, finance, sustainable development, or a related discipline
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience in fundraising, programme development, and institutional resource mobilisation, including work related to climate change, gender, and biodiversity
• Leadership of at least two comparable assignments within the past five years focused on financing strategies or business models for conservation or sustainable development initiatives
• Proven experience working in the Caribbean region, with familiarity with regional institutions, policy environments, and investment frameworks
• Strong communication, coordination, and facilitation skills
• Other team members with an undergraduate degree in environmental economics, finance, sustainable development, or a related field
• Minimum of five years' relevant experience in similar consultancies in the Caribbean
• Proven ability to engage diverse stakeholders through participatory processes to develop inclusive and equitable financial and governance strategies

Management Skills:

• Leadership of comparable assignments focused on financing strategies or business models
• Experience leading stakeholder engagement processes
• Experience developing public-private partnerships
• Strong communication, coordination, and facilitation skills
• Ability to engage diverse stakeholders through participatory and inclusive processes

Technical Skills:

• Conservation finance
• Sustainable financing mechanisms
• Environmental policy and law
• Financial feasibility assessment
• Blue economy initiatives
• Blended finance
• Endowment and sinking funds
• Public-private partnerships
• Donor mobilisation
• Resource mobilisation strategy development
• Fundraising strategy development
• Institutional and governance framework design