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Job Opportunity: World Bank Group is hiring a Climate Change Specialist(International Recruitment)

The World Bank Group is Hiring A Climate Change Specialist. Apply Below

Closing Date:10/26/2023 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. 

The Sustainable Development Practice Group & the Climate Change Group
 
Climate change, poverty, and inequality are the defining issues of our age. The World Bank is the biggest multilateral funder of climate investments in developing countries. Over $32 billion in 2022 alone – accounting for over half of multilateral climate finance to developing countries—and over two-thirds of adaptation finance. We intend to go further in helping countries reduce poverty and rise to the challenges of climate change with our revamped mission to create a world free from poverty on a livable planet. 
 
The Sustainable Development (SD) Practice Group (PG) helps countries tackle their most complex challenges in the areas of Agriculture and Food, Climate Change, Environment, Natural Resources & Blue Economy, Environmental and Social Framework, Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience & Land, Social Sustainability and Inclusion, and Water. The Climate Change Group (CCG) resides in the SD PG and is responsible for mainstreaming climate change across the Bank and scaling climate finance.
 
The Climate Finance & Economics Unit

The Climate Finance & Economics Unit (SCCFE) is one of five units in the World Bank’s Climate Change Group (CCG). The mandate of the unit encompasses three workstreams:

(i) Climate analytics and diagnostics: development of climate analytics and diagnostics, including tools, instruments and flagship reports that inform climate policy, priorities and finance;
(ii) Carbon markets & finance and carbon pricing: support client countries on carbon markets and carbon pricing and drive innovation in international carbon markets infrastructure; and
(iii) Scaling up and innovation in climate finance: develop innovative climate finance instruments and business models to help the Bank scale up climate finance.

SCCFE accomplishes its mandate in close collaboration with other units within CCG and other regional teams and global practices (GPs).
 
About the Position: 

SCCFE is seeking a highly motivated Climate Change Specialist, to advance the unit’s work in carbon markets, especially in developing innovative solutions through the Climate Warehouse (https://www.theclimatewarehouse.org/ program and scaling and implementing these solutions though the Partnership for Market Implementation (https://pmiclimate.org/).

The Climate Change Specialist will be based in Washington, DC and will report to SCCFE’s Practice Manager

Duties & Accountabilities

• Lead the work on the development of policy, institutional and regulatory framework for the next generation of voluntary and compliance carbon markets in developing countries. The responsibilities will include the development of regulatory and institutional arrangements for the growth of the compliance markets linked to Article 6 and other international mitigation programs and the voluntary carbon markets and related efforts of programs related to the innovation pillar of Partnership for Market Implementation Facility.
• Provide technical and implementation leadership in the prototyping and testing, and iterative improvement of digital Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems applicable to relevant sectors including energy, forest, REDD+, Agriculture and others, in coordination with relevant World Bank teams. Guide the exploration of the roles and applications of new technologies, such as GIS, IOT, machine learning in reducing transaction costs and increasing transparency in carbon markets.
• Lead engagement, partnerships and discussions with potential partners and World Bank clients to facilitate participation and learning from testing and simulation exercises. External engagement is expected to target different users of the data and processes of digital MRV and national MRV systems and build partners’ capacity for participation in carbon markets.
• Lead the development of knowledge products under the technical work program of SCCFE.
• Support the dialogue with different GPs and regional teams to facilitate further development and implementation of the innovation pillar of the Partnership for Market Implementation specifically Climate Warehouse and Invest for Climate work program, particularly in developing institutional, regulatory, and institutional frameworks for the establishment of compliance and voluntary carbon markets.
• Support the delivery of the SCCFE unit tasks related to climate finance and carbon markets, including specific inputs in the development of new approaches, analytical tools and financial structures for blended finance using carbon markets, climate finance and concessional resources.

Perform other duties and functions as assigned by the SCCFE Practice Manager or other SCCFE lead

Selection Criteria

• A Masters’ level degree, or equivalent post-bachelor’s qualification in environmental science, natural resource management/forestry, geography, environmental law, environmental policy or environmental economics, engineering and/or other relevant area;

• Work experience in in the practical application of greenhouse gas accounting methodologies;

• Experience with the development and/or application of monitoring tools as applied to the AFOLU sector or energy, or waste management is desirable;

• Relevant work experience in developing countries is essential;

• Strong understanding of international carbon markets and the information systems used for generating and transacting carbon assets, in particular carbon accounting methodologies and validation and verification processes;

• Experience with the applications of new technologies in carbon markets, such as satellite imagery, and be able to use software tools to process and analyze this data is desirable;

• Strong understanding of detailed technical elements related to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and ability to explain complex concepts through simple visual representations;

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English; Proficiency in other WB languages is an advantage.

Climate Change Competencies

World Bank Group Core Competencies

The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

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