[Hiring] Senior Mining Governance Expert @Banyan Global

Role Description

MCC's Social Analysis Practice Group is engaged in due diligence and compact development support for Liberia's second compact, including a focus on mining governance and critical minerals. Banyan Global is recruiting a senior mining governance expert to provide specialized technical support on mining law development and regulatory design, ensuring that the legal and regulatory reform workstream is technically grounded and aligned with international best practices.

The objective is to provide targeted technical support to MCC's mining governance workstream in Liberia, including:

• Advisory inputs on draft legislation
• Review of mineral development agreement frameworks
• Related legal and regulatory reform activities

Qualifications

• Core expertise in mining law and/or mining governance
• Demonstrated experience drafting or reviewing mining legislation in low- or lower-middle-income countries in Africa
• Familiarity with social performance dimensions of mining governance
• Substantive knowledge of local content provisions, community benefit-sharing, and CDF governance
• Understanding of IFC Performance Standards applied to mining and E&S impact requirements
• World Bank, IFC, IMF, OECD, African Development Bank, NRGI, or similar institutional background preferred
• Sub-Saharan Africa experience essential; West Africa preferred; Liberia-specific knowledge a bonus
• MCC familiarity not required but would be helpful

Requirements

• Amenable to short-term/intermittent work including desk review and advisory inputs on draft law
• Possibly available for in-country mission
• Must be available on reasonably short notice given compact timelines

Benefits

• Up to approximately 30 days from May 2026 through March 2027
• Remote work with possible travel to Liberia