Associate of Green Policy and Climate Analytics - London, United Kingdom - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

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London, United Kingdom

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Description

Requisition ID Office Country- United Kingdom- Office City- London- Division- Policy and Partnerships- Contract Type- Fixed Term- Contract Length- 2 years- Posting End Date- 12/02/2024
Purpose of Job
Reporting to the Associate Director Head of Green Policy and Climate Analytics, the Associate is needed to:
(i) contribute to research and technical assignments for policy engagement and business development at country or regional/sectoral level, working across the team and other departments, which also includes contributing to activities related to the development and implementation of NDC/LTS and sectoral low carbon and climate resilient pathways.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities
The Associate will contribute to the following areas or work and lead on certain specific tasks:

Analytical and coordination work related to economy-wide and sectoral long-term low carbon resilient pathways and implementation plans

Developing analysis of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Long Term Strategies (LTS) of COOs and conduct analytical work to connect the Bank's activities (investments and policy dialogue) to a country's NDCs and LTS objectives and targets that encompasses other relevant sectoral and subnational longterm low carbon and climate resilient pathways and plans, including nature.
Supporting the policy engagement and technical assistance work on low carbon and climate resilient pathways, specifically with the focus on modelling and scenarios analysis. This entails the ability to use and understand integrated system modelling e.g. PLEXOS (energy systems modelling tool that the Bank has license for) and/or other energy system softwares or economic impact models like CGE.
Supporting policy coordination and engagement across the team, particularly with the sectoral experts and country experts, to contribute to: i) effective information management that serves as basis for new informational tools based on solid understanding of modelling results and ii) support development of countrysector platforms with robust analytical inputs.
Conducting specific NDC/LTS and sectoral low carbon and climate resilient scenarios/pathwaysrelated analysis to support the process of decisionmaking on prioritisation of certain activities in a country, including the use of concessional finance and other types of instruments.

Country/Regional and Sector Analysis in the context of GET

Developing and managing a knowledge base through extracting relevant data and information from technical analysis, particularly modelling and scenario analyses, that can effectively inform business and policy activities, including on Paris alignment.
Identifying relevant data/statistical databases and indicators to develop and maintain data analytics tools, and updating and maintaining of the Climate Analytics Dashboard and other analytical tools, under the guidance of the members of the Green Policy and Climate Analytics unit and senior management of CSD.
Researching and using information collected to conduct country/regional and sector specific analysis to generate knowledge products in the context of GET delivery, climate sciences, climate policies and climate finance.
Providing relevant analytical inputs in the Bank's country diagnostics and related material, as well as contribute to the development of country and sector strategies and platforms, as well as countryspecific GET pitching materials.
Carrying out analysis between the country/sector data and the GET finance and policy activities, as well as climate finance MRV data, to estimate and improve the impact narrative of the EBRD's activities in its COOs.
Contributing to and generating enewsletters/knowledge products on climate analytics and other specific emerging themes.
Supporting the work on climate risk assessments.

Focused research and analytical assignments for policy engagement and business development

Creating presentations and other communication materials that effectively present the analysis made to different audiences, including to the management and external audiences.
Producing effective visualisation of data and supporting to develop infographics, and generating effective narratives.
Leading and/or supporting on writeups of analytical pieces and knowledge products for internal and external capacity building and awareness raising, particularly related to new GET2.1 thematic areas.

In addition, an Associate to the Unit will be asked to support other Analysts and newcomers to the team over time to support their integration, especially in terms of access to information and data.

The responsibilities of the Associate are designed to allow he/she to progressively undertake more complex tasks and build the scope of responsibilities based on acquired experience and expertise.

In order to perform the tasks outlined above, excellent analytical skills that is combined with strong communications and interpersona