Senior Analyst, Urban Resilience

Background

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) is a global research and advisory organisation in climate action with specific focus on tracking and enabling financial flows into climate-positive sectors. Headquartered in San Francisco, CPI works in places that provide the most promising potential for climate action, including Brazil, Europe, India, Indonesia, Kenya and the United States.

CPI works in various domains of climate including energy transition, industrial decarbonisation, agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU), adaptation and resilience and green finance.

As the world increasingly urbanizes, cities must be at the forefront of global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and climate change risks. Cities not only account for 70% of global CO2 emissions from energy use, they are also at the forefront of climate change vulnerability, with a majority already experiencing harmful impacts to their citizens and infrastructure as a result of extreme weather events. To address this, trillions of dollars in finance for climate action in cities is needed - highlighting a significant investment gap in urban climate solutions.

Urban green transition is one of the focus areas of CPI. It serves as the Secretariat for the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA), the only multi- level and multi-stakeholder coalition aimed at closing the investment gap for urban subnational climate projects and infrastructure worldwide. CCFLA provides a platform to convene and exchange knowledge among all relevant actors dedicated to urban climate action. It also publishes research encompassing key topics including the state of cities climate finance, scaling finance for zero carbon buildings, and urban adaptation finance. Furthermore, CPI s Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance ( The Lab ) has promoted several innovative models aimed at making cities more sustainable.

Position Summary

The Senior Analyst, reporting directly to the Senior Program Manager, would be a pivotal part of the emerging work within CPI related to urban green transition, including urban resilience, climate change-induced disaster risk management and green building materials. This position combines an understanding of climate resilience especially in the urban context, ability to conduct deep research and an eagerness for finding climate solutions through finance. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working in an interdisciplinary environment and capable of managing multiple projects and deadlines.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Anchoring the urban resilience and disaster risk management work at CPI s India office; helping identify new concepts and areas of intervention in these areas and building strategies for their development
• Conducting research and collating primary or secondary data, as necessary, from relevant sources
• Engaging in dialogue with relevant stakeholders like urban local bodies, municipal authorities and parastatal institutions, and managing stakeholder relationships
• Developing knowledge collaterals like policy papers, reports and blogs, and other outputs like proposals and presentations for funders and other stakeholders
• Developing new concept notes in the fields of resilience and disaster risk for funders
• Organising external stakeholder forums for finding financing solutions in urban heat resilience/ disaster resilience/ green buildings; engaging seamlessly with colleagues in urban programs in other offices of CPI
• Reporting on program deliverables as stipulated in grant agreements in a timely manner and adhering to quality standards

Qualifications & Experience

The candidate should have a commitment to CPI s mission and values and a passion for addressing climate change related policy and finance issues. Besides, s/he should have the following credentials.

• A Post-Graduate in Planning/ Urban Planning and Development/ Urban Policy/ Disaster Risk and Resilience/ Sustainable Development or an equivalent Social Sciences qualification relevant to the aforesaid areas. A Bachelor s degree in Architecture would be preferable.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant work experience in urban sector with focus on resilience/ disaster management with extensive work in research, policy, project design and development, project costing and financing, monitoring and evaluation, etc.

Competencies & Personal Attributes

• Excellent skills of verbal and written communication and presentation; ability to write reports quickly with depth of analysis and clarity of articulation.
• Flexibility, professionalism, self-drive and enthusiasm for working as part of a team, with minimum guidance.
• An ability to interact with a diverse array of people.
• An ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Willingness to travel domestically and, on a need basis, internationally.

Location and compensation

CPI is hiring for at least one permanent/fixed term, full-time Senior Analyst position based in Delhi/NCR.

CPI offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. Compensation will be dependent on experience.

To apply

With your application, attach two documents: (1) CV no longer than two pages (2) a compelling cover letter no longer than one page setting out how you meet the requirements of the role and your motivations for wanting to work at CPI.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and open until filled. Applicants are requested to apply early.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

CPI Commitment

Climate Policy Initiative is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) 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.