Biomass Mapping Individual Consultant – Uganda

About the role

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is recruiting an Individual Consultant (Level 4) for a nine-month assignment in Uganda, under the project "National Assessment of Carbon Biomass Potential in Uganda". The consultant will assess and quantify Uganda's national biomass carbon potential and use the evidence to update an existing GCF concept note on low-carbon clean cooking transitions. The consultant reports to the Ministry of Water and Environment, in collaboration with GGGI.

Key responsibilities

• Identify, review and map existing biomass resources and datasets across Uganda
• Estimate above- and below-ground biomass carbon stocks by land-use and biomass category
• Assess carbon-sequestration and emissions-reduction opportunities, including afforestation, reforestation, improved forest management and forest restoration
• Determine the sustainable availability and geographic potential of biomass feedstocks for clean cooking and bioenergy
• Identify environmental, social, land-use, food-security, supply-chain, policy, regulatory, market and investment considerations
• Develop policy, investment and implementation recommendations for government, private-sector actors and development partners
• Revise the GCF concept note with validated Uganda-specific findings
• Carry out literature and data review, GIS and remote-sensing analysis, field sampling where needed, stakeholder consultations and data validation

Required profile

• Master's degree in Forestry, GIS, Environment and Natural Resources, Climate Change or a closely related field
• More than 5-8 years of experience in land-use/land-cover mapping and biomass assessment
• Proven track record in forestry and biomass assessments, with strong knowledge of carbon accounting and climate-change mitigation

Required skills

• Proficiency in GIS and remote sensing
• Biomass-resource mapping and carbon-stock estimation
• Application of recognized IPCC methodologies
• National Forest Inventory data and biomass-conversion factors

Paid in total fees of USD 60,000, with four deliverables (Inception Report, Draft Biomass Study Report, Final Report and Data Package, and Updated GCF Concept Note) due within 2, 8, 16 weeks and by the end of month 9 respectively. The appointment ends on 31 August 2027; applications close on 4 November 2026.