Senior Analyst – Adaptation and Resilience

Role:                         Senior Analyst – Adaptation and Resilience

Location:                 London

Reports to:              Manager

Contract:                 Permanent, Full Time

Salary Range:          £50,000 - £60,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Updated:                 October 2023

About CPI

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) works to improve the most important energy and land use policies around the world, with a particular focus on finance. CPI supports decision makers through in-depth analysis on what works and what does not. CPI works in places that provide the most potential for policy impact, including Brazil, Europe, India, Indonesia and the United States. Our work helps nations grow while addressing increasingly scarce resources and climate risk. This is a complex challenge in which policy plays a crucial role. CPI is a small but dynamic organization, with a global reach and an entrepreneurial culture. We work hard to maintain an idea-driven, collaborative environment across all our teams.

Position Summary

CPI offers a challenging environment that requires independent thinking, collaboration, and pragmatic problem solving. This Senior Analyst role will be focused on CPI’s Climate Finance Tracking workstream, including on tracking global climate finance flows, aligning finance with low carbon and climate resilient development, and assessing key gaps in financing climate action at regional and sectoral levels as well as managing relationships with clients and key stakeholders. The position is particularly focused on adaptation and resilience finance to support CPI’s leading efforts to track the current state of global finance for climate adaptation and to propose solutions to increase investment and fill data gaps in adaptation finance tracking.

Under the supervision and guidance of the country office Director, Senior Analysts undertake robust and careful analysis, drawing on methodologies from micro- and macroeconomics, public policy, regulatory economics, finance, behavioral science, risk management, statistics, law, engineering, and other academic and commercial disciplines. Senior Analysts work in close cooperation with a range of international partners from the policy, finance, and corporate spheres, as well as with CPI teams across the globe.

Climate Finance Tracking

Since 2011, CPI has published the Global Landscape of Climate Finance series which has been the global benchmark for robust information on climate finance, foundational data for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th Assessment Report, and the UNFCCC’s Biennial Assessment among others. CPI also develops deep dive analysis tracking climate finance flows at sectoral, national and regional levels including the intersection of climate and SDG goals, agrifood systems finance, adaptation and renewable energy working with partners such as the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), International Development Finance Club (IDFC), Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and European Forestry Institute (EFI).

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Includes the following and others as assigned:

• Perform rigorous quantitative and qualitative evaluation of national and international climate finance mechanisms and climate and energy policies, risk management, and interactions between public and private actors and resources.
• Have primary responsibility for adaptation-focused climate finance tracking projects as designated by, and under the direction of senior management and ad-hoc advisory committees, develop, manage, and implement complex research assignments and analytical projects.
• Lead the writing and editing of high-quality CPI products, including full reports, executive summaries, blogs, and presentations. Produce high-quality materials that are fit for purpose time and within budget.
• Identify opportunities to develop and consolidate work streams and lead development of funding proposals under guidance of senior management.
• Train, manage and provide guidance to junior staff on professional work practices and lead by example.
• Engage clients, advise policymakers and investors on the implications of research findings.
• Communicate and collaborate with CPI staff working around the globe.

Qualifications & Experience

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, or another relevant field. Post-graduate degree desirable.
• Significant professional experience in financial services, management consulting, international nonprofit, government, and/or a multi-lateral institution.
• Understanding of climate finance and the financial sector actors and actions that are needed to mobilize effective finance towards adaptation and resilience activities.
• Independent, analytical mind with an excellent track record of applying sound financial, political, and strategic judgment to complex issues.
• Ability to manage and engage stakeholders in the financial sector.
• Excellent project management skills including time management, task delegation and prioritization, and communication skills.
• Flexibility, professionalism, enthusiasm for working as part of a team, and an ability to interact with a diverse array of people.
• An ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.

Beneficial:

• Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Experience in research on and/or implementation of adaptation and resilience activities, including physical climate risk analysis and management and climate adaptation-focused investing.
• Experience working with actors across the public and private sectors on adaptation and resilience finance activities (for example, insurers and re-insurers, development finance institutions, institutional investors, and governments and regulators).
• Familiarity with managing technical assistance and grant funded programs.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.
• Fluency in a second language.

Competencies & Personal Attributes

• Advanced user of MS Office suite, in particular Excel. Knowledge of database management systems such as SQL, R, Python is a plus.
• Independent, analytical mind with a track record of applying sound financial, political, and strategic judgment to complex issues.
• Flexibility, professionalism, enthusiasm for working as part of a team, and an ability to interact with a diverse array of people.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, time management, and prioritization skills, and an ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Superior English written and verbal communications skills.

Position details

CPI is recruiting for one full-time position in our London office.

CPI has adopted a hybrid working policy whereby staff are able to mix working remotely with 2 regular days in the London office (particularly helpful for interacting with the wider CPI team, specific team meetings and collaboration).

CPI offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes 28 days leave+ office closure between Christmas and NewYear, 5 days study leave, $500 training budget, health insurance.

Salaries are based on experience.

To apply

Click here to submit an application. With your application, attach two documents: (1) CV/resume no longer than 2 pages; and (2) a cover letter outlining why you want to work with CPI and how your skills and experience align with the above requirements.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. Please add notifications@app.bamboohr.com to your contact list to ensure delivery of all correspondence from us.

Applications deadline.

Friday 6 Nov, 18:00 GMT. Apply early.

Climate Policy Initiative is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and we are working to embed DEI across every facet of our organisation. We seek to establish a working environment where all board members, staff, volunteers, and contractors feel respected and valued regardless of gender, age, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation or identity, disability, education, or any other bias. We want to create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity are openly valued as critical to the success of our organization and the achievement of our mission and vision.

If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application. We will then work with you to identify the best way to assist you through the recruitment process.