Key aspects will include practical support to governments to:
Understand and then capitalise on the opportunities presented by voluntary and compliance carbon markets, including identifying the institutional and regulatory preconditions to trade both domestically and internationally
Leverage carbon markets to fund mitigation projects such as carbon sequestration, the accelerated decommissioning of fossil fuel projects and renewable investments, particularly in lower- and middle-income economies
Understand, identify, and advance opportunities to secure climate finance, for example through the Green Climate and Climate Investment Funds, the issuance of climate bonds or through innovative instruments such as debt for climate swaps
In partnership with our investment team, develop and package a pipeline of climate projects and then engage with potential funders and markets to secure finance
Enter into effective partnerships and coalitions with countries and institutions in areas of mutual interest such as integrating carbon markets, supporting coalitions of rainforest states, or helping implement commitments from companies and higher income countries make climate investments in lower income countries
Engage in and influence the global policy debate on climate finance
Working across the wider energy and climate community of practice and the Strategic Partnerships and Initiatives team, you will put in place partnerships with organisations that can complement our offer to Governments and help us scale our work such as climate funds, carbon market initiatives, and networks of concessional and private financiers.
Key Responsibilities
This is a senior role within TBI and will be held by an exceptional candidate with deep and extensive experience in government advisory, carbon markets, climate finance and engagement at senior political levels of government.
Key responsibilities will include:
Offer development and thought leadership
Lead the development and evolution of TBI’s Carbon Markets and Climate Finance offer which defines our approach to supporting countries to better understand and capitalise on the opportunities presented by advances in Carbon Markets and Climate Finance
Identify opportunities for our partner Governments enter into effective coalitions with other Governments to advance mutual climate finance / carbon market objectives such as catalysing carbon markets
Develop internal frameworks, guides, tools, playbooks, and documents which effectively capture our offer and solutions
Technical leadership and expert support
Be TBI advisory’s focal person on Carbon Markets and Climate Finance
Generate cohesion across our Carbon Markets and Climate Finance advisory work, capture lessons learned, and develop best practices to inform future efforts, working closely with the other Global Client Solutions experts and sectoral leads
Provide hands-on technical input and thought partnership to country teams in the scoping, design, and delivery of their support to Carbon Markets and Climate Finance, generating creative solutions, and framing them in a compelling way
Support country directors and teams to understand Carbon Markets and Climate Finance opportunities and incorporate into TBI country strategies in response to government demand
Quality Assure, support and troubleshoot the implementation of our Carbon Markets and Climate Finance work, engaging collaboratively to ensure impact and that country teams can access the best of the Institute to support their work.
Develop, and quality assure high-calibre external facing proposal documents and deliverables working with country teams
Support country teams to maintain effective and trusted government relationships, essential to effectively channeling our support
Provide expert input to country teams as needed with government counterparts, e.g. joining and leading workshops as an expert. Provide ongoing support to resolve strategic questions as they emerge during implementation
External engagement and partnerships
Develop and enhance our network, relationships, and partnership with partners who can complement our offer to government such as financiers, policy makers, and carbon market initiatives
Support our partner countries to enter into effective coalitions with other countries on areas of mutual interest
Represent TBI at a senior level in external conversations, forums, and partnerships
Lead engagements with existing and future strategic partners on Carbon Markets and Climate Finance Initiatives
With the Strategic Partnerships and Initiatives team, support joint strategy and partnership governance, escalating challenges when needed
Support joint opportunity development across the institute
Engage with relevant external stakeholders such as other not-for-profit organisations, donors, media, suppliers, and agencies
Person Specification
As a senior advisor we are looking for a global expert who can engage with and support governments at the highest level. We are looking for an experienced candidate:
With a substantial experience across the areas below:
Carbon markets across multiple geographies and jurisdictions
Engagement with climate funds such as the Green Climate Fund and Climate Investment Funds
Securing climate finance for adaptation, sequestration and renewable projects in developing countries
Engaging with Senior Government decision makers on issues of strategy and policy around carbon markets and climate finance
Who is considered an expert and thought leader in carbon markets and climate finance with an extensive network of relationships
With experience and understanding of relevant aspects of the UNFCCC COP process
Who is strategic, entrepreneurial, pragmatically optimistic and can challenge the status-quo and develop plans for successful delivery of challenging, ambitious objectives
With outstanding management and strategy skills — able to set strategic direction, inspire teams to collaboratively achieve exceptional objectives, and not afraid to be hands-on to achieve results
With a strong consulting toolkit enabling you to explain complex topics in simple terms, develop polished client-facing deliverables, and helpful frameworks and tools to bring scale to your expert advice to teams
Who has a record of accomplishment cultivating and maintaining strategic alliances and partnerships across public, social, and private sector organisations
Who is a skilled communicator and influencer, from executive office level through to technical level, is adept at speaking to senior leadership
Adept at navigating ambiguous environments and is comfortable in a rapid growth environment and at managing up and beyond hierarchy
Who is comfortable speaking in public forums and representing the institute on the global stage
Who has worked or consulted in a range developing and emerging economies and is sensitive to a diverse range of cultural and regional norms, and fosters a positive spirit of collaboration
Who commits to business objectives and pulls out the stops to make sure they are always met
Comfortable to travel about 20- 30% of the time to global locations
Fluency in English is required with proficiency in an additional language an advantage
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