Associate Climate Change Officer

As a/an (Associate) Climate Change Officer, you will provide technical support to the development, implementation and coordination of ADB’s climate change agenda, working with regional or core team members on upstream analysis, country partnership strategy development and annual programming, coordinating the activities and outputs of CCRE-Climate Change, compiling and analyzing thematic and sector information, supporting sector teams with project design and implementation, and monitoring progress of ongoing thematic and sector work related to climate change.

Country Partnership Strategy and Country Programming:

• Support the integration of climate change considerations into development of the country partnership strategy and annual country programming missions, including the development and conduct of country diagnostics.
• Support engagement with implementing agencies and ministries on climate change; ensuring to maintain an overview of climate operations in the country, including lending, non-lending, public-private partnerships, and non-sovereign operations.

Investments, Policies, Strategies and Frameworks:

• Provide support in tracking key global issues on climate change and undertake research, data collection, and analyses to support project development, policy, and sector work.
• Provide technical inputs and support in the design, development, processing, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of ADB climate change investment projects, technical assistance, strategies, and frameworks.

Knowledge Generation and Management:

• Provide technical inputs and support in the preparation of knowledge products, speeches, briefing notes and presentation materials for senior staff and management, workshops, conferences, meetings, and seminars.
• Provide technical inputs and support in the development and implementation of climate change communication and knowledge management plans, websites and related databases, and the development and conduct of learning and training activities.
• Contribute to the preparation and hosting of events at international foras and/or climate change conferences, as well as in collecting, reviewing, and maintaining information on climate change, climate finance, and other climate-related information.

Administrative Support:

• Provide inputs to the preparation and updating of the climate change work plan and accomplishment reports, including assessment of resource requirements in coordination with relevant colleagues; and participation in internal working groups as may be assigned.
• Leads the coordination and preparation of inputs to the regional department and CCSD Management Information System, quarterly accomplishment reports, write ups on the three-year rolling work program and ADB annual report.

Qualifications:

You will need:

• Bachelor’s degree in climate, environmental sciences, economics, engineering, or related fields preferably with advanced training.
• At least 6 years relevant experience particularly in climate change mitigation and adaptation, climate change policy, climate finance and/or project development work
• Strong understanding of the broader climate change agenda, particularly in relation to climate change policy and strategy. In-depth experience in one particular sector may be an advantage.
• Knowledge of multilateral development bank’s products, processes, and systems on project/program processing and other programming activities, an advantage.
• Demonstrated strong research, writing and presentation skills.
• Effective report-writing and communication skills in English.
• Ability to liaise and work effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to work collaboratively with teams as a constructive team member.
• Excellent presentation and written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Please refer to the link for ADB Competency Framework for National Staff (NS1 / NS2)

Source:  https://www.adb.org/careers/240241