Climate Policy Initiative is hiring a
Program Associate, Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance
About CPI.
With deep expertise in finance and policy, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) is an analysis and advisory organization that works to improve the most important energy and land use practices around the world. Our mission is to help governments, businesses, and financial institutions drive economic growth while addressing climate change. CPI has six offices around the world in Brazil, India, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
About the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance.
Trillions of dollars will be required to help cities build the low-emissions, resilient infrastructure necessary to combat and react to climate change. Dramatic changes in the global economic and political landscape, demand new approaches to urban development and the climate transition. There is a clear demand for coordinated work across the entire urban climate finance value chain to accelerate cities’ climate transition and facilitate their access to climate investment.
Positioned as the driving force behind these much-needed coordination efforts, Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA) is the main multi-level and multi-stakeholder coalition aimed at closing the investment gap for urban subnational climate projects and infrastructure worldwide. CCFLA was launched at the United Nations Secretary General’s Climate Summit in September 2014 and renewed at the United Nations Secretary General’s Climate Summit in September 2019, when the Secretariat was handed over to CPI.
Today, CCFLA has 86 Members committed to deploying finance for city-level climate action at scale by 2030. Its Members represent many of the world’s largest city and subnational networks, major public and private financial institutions, governments, and international organizations.
CCFLA engages its Members in knowledge, collaboration, and advocacy activities aiming to help close the urban climate finance gap. More specifically:
Position summary.
CPI is seeking a dynamic, proactive, hands-on, highly organized, detail-oriented, and motivated individual to join the team. You will work in close cooperation with a range of national and international partners from the policy, finance, and corporate spheres, as well as with CPI teams throughout the world. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking to build a career in the international development and/or climate finance arena.
The position reports to CCFLA Senior Program Associate.
Primary duties and responsibilities.
Qualifications & experience.
Competencies & personal attributes.
Compensation and location.
The salary range for this role is £38,000 - £48,000 per annum, depending on experience.
Location: Ideally London, but willing to consider candidates based in Washington DC.
This role is not eligible for sponsorship so candidates must have the right to live and work in their location.
Hybrid work of at least 40% office-based per week.
To apply.
Please also attach your CV/resume no longer than 2 pages and respond to our 4 key questions about why you want to work with CPI and how your skills and experience align with the above requirements. No cover letter needed.
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.
Sunday, April 28th (BST) EOD. We recommend applying early, as we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis.
CPI Commitment
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.