Senior Economist — MTL/UCP (World Bank), Maputo

The essentials: The Ministry of Transport and Logistics (MTL), through the Project Portfolio Coordination Unit (UCP), will hire an Individual Consultant for the position of Senior Economist in Maputo. Submit your application by email by 3:00 PM on September 30, 2026.

About the project and organization

The Government of Mozambique has received financing from the World Bank for the Transport Corridor for Economic Resilience project (TRACER SOP2). Part of these resources is intended for the recruitment of individual consulting services.

This public tender was launched on September 9, 2026. The evaluation and selection of the professional are the responsibility of the MTL/UCP team, following World Bank guidelines.

The selection process complies with the conflict of interest rules described in paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank Procurement Regulations for Investment Project Financing Borrowers (September 2025).

What you will do

In this individual consultancy position, you will provide high-level economic and financial advice to the project management unit and the Ministry of Transport and Logistics.

The focus of your work is to strengthen the State's capacity to evaluate, negotiate, and monitor the economic performance of transport and logistics corridor concessions in the country.

Your activities aim at three main objectives:

• Maximize the capture of sovereign value within the sector's contractual negotiations.
• Ensure that executed contracts are sustainable from a macro-fiscal perspective.
• Align concession management with international regulatory best practices.

You will also collaborate directly with the National Institute of Statistics (INE) in preparing the future transport and logistics satellite account, which will periodically measure the sector's contribution to the national gross domestic product (GDP).

Working conditions

The role is based in Maputo under an individual consultancy contract.

There is a 3-month probationary period starting from the contract signature date, with renewal contingent upon performance evaluation.

In this role, you will report directly to the Project Coordinator at UCP/MTL.

Before applying

This is a senior-level selection for an internationally funded public project. Prepare your documentation carefully before submitting your application:

• Organize your CV in Portuguese or English clearly, highlighting comparable past projects. Check our guide on English CV in Mozambique if you choose to write in that language.
• Draft a cover letter structured point-by-point, demonstrating how you meet each selection requirement specified in the tender.
• Review the technical details on how to send a CV by email to confirm that the message and attached files are error-free.
• Submit your application well in advance of the 3:00 PM deadline on September 30, 2026.

How to apply

You can write your expression of interest in Portuguese or English.

Submit your application by email by 3:00 PM on September 30, 2026 (Mozambique local time, CAT/UTC+2).

Your application package must mandatorily contain two documents: a detailed CV (including qualifications, experience, and achievements in similar assignments) and a detailed cover letter.

Address your application to the UCP Portfolio Coordinator, Ministry of Transport and Logistics, in Maputo, by sending the message to procurement.ucp@mtl.gov.mz.

In the email subject line, you must include the reference MZ-MTL-564463-CS-INDV along with the job title (Senior Economist).

If you need to consult the complete Terms of Reference (ToR), you can request them via the same email during business hours (8:30 AM to 3:00 PM).

Your application goes directly to the Ministry of Transport and Logistics. On Inademy, your profile is free, and you receive alerts for new job openings via email and WhatsApp.

📢 Don't miss out on job openings — get them first. Follow Inademy's official channel and receive fresh job postings every day at 07:30 AM: Inademy WhatsApp channel.