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JOB ADVERT: SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR
(TWO ROLES)
Two roles are open at E3G at Senior Policy Advisor Level
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9-month maternity cover (requiring fluent Spanish) – option to locate in London
or Washington DC office
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Permanent (languages desirable but not essential) – London office
Both roles require:
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8+ years of relevant professional experience.
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Good undergraduate degree in relevant field. A post-graduate qualification is
desirable.
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Good and demonstrable working knowledge of finance and investment in relation
to climate change is required.
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Prepared to work flexibly and travel internationally.
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Circa £35-45K salary offered, depending on qualifications, skills and experience.
Background
If we are to limit average global temperature rises to 1.5-2°C then the transformation
to a global low carbon economy must happen over the next 40 years. Achieving this
will require the shifting of capital from high- to low-carbon projects and businesses.
This, in turn, will require the realignment of investment incentives from high- to lowcarbon and the targeted use of public funds to lever private capital from high- to lowcarbon sectors.
While much innovative thinking is being done in Europe on the role of public banks,
financing instruments and financial regulation in shifting capital from high- to lowcarbon investments, significant work is also being done in developing countries. These
countries can demonstrate and provide real-life evidence of the systematic
implementation of political, technological, policy and social innovations that are
required for delivering low-carbon and resilient investment and transformation.
E3G’s work on finance has a dual focus on Europe and progressive developing
countries. In Europe the focus is on building the institutional and regulatory structures
required to shift capital to support the low-carbon transition. In developing countries,
our focus in on how to structure and finance the implementation of resilient lowcarbon development strategies.
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Job purpose
To proactively work to shape through analysis and advocacy the financing frameworks
required to support delivery of resilient low-carbon economies. There will be a
particular focus on promoting cross-fertilisation of ideas and best practice between
the different countries/regions in which the E3G team has networks. The successful
applicants for the two job vacancies will have lead responsibility for one of two key
areas of the finance programme, including:
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Options for delivering green public banking functions in Latin America. For this
role fluent Spanish and excellent writing skills are essential. (Maternity leave
cover – 9 months)
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Driving reform of International Financial Institutions: getting to 1.5-2°C. For this
role excellent qualitative and quantitative analytical skills are essential.
(Permanent role)
Key responsibilities include:
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Identifying barriers: Engaging at the national level in key countries and through
international networks and initiatives to identify the political, institutional and
policy barriers to scaling up investment in resilient low carbon economies.
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Generating solutions: Identifying and communicating how public and private
finance can be deployed to catalyse transformational change and accelerate
understanding and support for mechanisms and institutional responses that
achieve this.
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Building support: Disseminating successful approaches to refocusing public and
private finance to support resilient low carbon development and creating
opportunities for accelerating learning, replication and scale-up of these
approaches.
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Influencing and shaping: Setting out opportunities and benefits of green growth
and the role of policy and public finance in overcoming barriers and managing the
risks of low carbon and resilient investments. Includes a focus on policy, financing
and other institutional responses.
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Helping lead and manage multi-stakeholder coalitions: building and maintaining
E3G relationships and networks with key political, investor, business and civil
society coalitions; including strategic relationships with a small number of key
organisations.
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Offering support on project work within the wider E3G team and contributing to
the wider development of E3G as an organisation.
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Note: both roles will require travel.
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Person description
You are an intellectually curious and highly motivated self-starter with a strong
interest in the opportunities and challenges around developing low-carbon and
resilient economies. You are a creative thinker, able to learn fast and to work flexibly
with a range of people. You are prepared to go the extra mile to deliver high quality
outputs to challenging deadlines.
You are comfortable with complex research projects and have excellent numeracy
skills. You are confident running analytical processes and managing ad hoc
collaboration. The work you will undertake will make full use of your analytical,
research and communication skills. You will be able to identify and engage with a
range of external stakeholders to effectively communicate your ideas and findings to
a varied audience.
Experience
Senior Policy Advisors will:
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Have 8 years+ of relevant professional experience with progressive levels of
responsibilities and a track record of significant achievements;
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Have a good undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline (required) and postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline (desirable);
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Have a good and demonstrable working knowledge of finance and investment in
relation to climate change;
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Be a strong team player, committed to achieving E3G’s objectives and capable of
inspiring and facilitating action by others, and demonstrate strong strategic and
political understanding of the challenges of sustainable development;
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Demonstrate a track-record of leading and managing stakeholder partnerships,
ideally on climate finance or a low-carbon investment agenda, and have
experience of working closely with or within developing countries;
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Be confident operating in an international context and influencing senior decisionmakers from government, business, finance and civil society;
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Have strong written and spoken English;
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For work in Latin America, fluent Spanish is required (with strong writing skills in
Spanish);
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Be prepared to work flexibly and travel internationally.
Salary in the region of £35K-£45K depending on qualifications and experience.
Please send your CV and a cover letter to Charlotte Murphy at
[email protected] by 15th January 2017. Interviews will be held in the week
of 23rd January 2017.
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About E3G
E3G are the independent experts on climate diplomacy and energy policy. Our senior
leadership has a combined 75 years experience advising Government, business and
NGOs and a wealth of insight into what climate change means for societies.
E3G works to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy. We build the broad
based coalitions necessary to deliver a safe climate, we bring independence to an
extremely polarised discussion, and we hold policy makers to account on their
promises.
E3G works closely with like-minded partners in government, politics, civil society,
science, the media, public interest foundations and elsewhere.
E3G is a European organisation with a global outlook and reach. We currently have
offices in London, Brussels, Berlin and Washington DC, together with a regular
presence in China.
More information is available at www.e3g.org
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