The Climate Emergency Collaboration Group (CECG) is a regranting collaboration made up of some of the world's largest climate philanthropic funders. We use our convening and philanthropic power to facilitate stronger collaboration, coordination, and campaigning from the global climate movement in pursuit of increased climate action around the UN climate talks and other international summits. CECG is fiscally sponsored by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, a 501(c)(3), as a Sponsored Project within its charitable-giving fund. 

This work will come under the CECG’s Global Recovery Collective (GRC) which is an innovative programme within CECG, that supports reforms of the global financial architecture necessary to deliver the scale, speed and quality of finance required to meet both the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals. Working at the intersection of climate and development, the project supports a growing ecosystem of partners in civil society and philanthropic spaces to advocate for reforms of our international financial architecture and make it fit to address the poly-crises of the 21st century. 

The Climate Emergency Collaboration Group is looking for a senior consultant with technical expertise in public climate and development finance who can provide advice for their growing programme of philanthropy work in support of a more just and resilient global financial architecture that can create the conditions to unlock the high-quality finance necessary to deliver the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. The consultant will play a crucial role in helping CECG identify, assess, and support initiatives related to the reform of international financial institutions, sovereign debt, the use of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), Official Development Assistance, and fair and effective taxation, with an aim of increasing the quality and quantity of finance necessary to deliver climate and development goals.

Our ideal candidate will have strong macroeconomic technical expertise, with an understanding of the operation of debt markets, international financial institutions, taxation rules and development or climate finance and working experience of the specific challenges faced by LICs and MICS within these systems. We have a strong preference for candidates with experience in a public finance institution, such as a finance ministry, central bank, public lender or International Financial Institution. 

This Consultant will provide technical advice and analysis to the GRC team and partners around proposals and initiatives to reform the global financial architecture across five key areas: sovereign debt, innovative tax sources and tax reforms, Multilateral Development Bank reform, the IMF and the role of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), and Official Development Assistance (ODA). The technical advisor will also help advise how accountability can be improved across all five areas.

You would support the GRC Team by:

• Tracking and analysing the latest technical work and research from think tanks, IFIs, and governments pertinent to financial architecture reform and advising on its relevance for policy work supported by the GRC’s partners and grantees.
• Undertaking or helping to commission research and analysis to help inform the GRC’s strategies.
• Monitoring and tracking technical international financial architecture reform conversations and developments across various fora.
• Assessing the technical feasibility of policy proposals.
• Engaging with a wide range of stakeholders, to understand the technical conversations.
• Support grant-making by advising on technical feasibility and challenges.

Primary responsibilities

Technical monitoring and assessment:

• Monitoring and tracking technical conversations, proposals and policies in our key focus areas. For example, SDR rechannelling mechanisms or debt restructuring programmes.
• Tracking technical work and research from think tanks, IFIs, and governments and identifying emerging trends, opportunities and risks.
• Writing internal briefs and updates for the GRC team and external stakeholders summarising the technical feasibility of policy proposals, trends, and opportunities.

Engaging with stakeholders:

• Engaging regularly with technical stakeholders, including government finance officials, staff of international financial institutions, and think tanks to understand technical priorities, barriers and opportunities and support our partners in ensuring policy and campaigning work is grounded in strong technical solutions.
• Supporting GRC’s partners in sequencing policy priorities and facilitating discussions across different groups of stakeholders.

Support grant making in this area:

• Assessing policy proposals from a technical feasibility, impact and accountability perspective and providing recommendations to the GRC team.
• Continuously mapping technical proposals and developments against GRC’s work and portfolio to identify gaps.
• Working together with the GRC team and MEL Director to ensure accountability indicators are streamlined across proposals.

The following offers an aspirational view of our ideal candidate profile; however, we encourage applications from candidates with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented groups.  

Experience/Qualifications

Essential

• Either:
• A relevant master’s degree (e.g. economics, international development, international policy, finance), with a minimum of 7 years in a relevant role in international financial institutions, government, consultancy, or finance industry.
• A relevant undergraduate degree (e.g. economics, international development, international policy, finance), and a minimum of 10 years in relevant roles in international financial institutions, government, consultancy, or finance industry.
• Strong macroeconomic technical expertise, with an understanding of the operation of debt markets, international financial institutions, taxation rules and development or climate finance.
• Strong preference for candidates with experience in a public finance institution, such as a finance ministry, central bank, public lender or IFI. 
• Experience working on macroeconomic issues or development and/or climate finance from a developing country perspective, with a strong technical understanding of the challenges, barriers and opportunities for LICs and MICs.
• Understanding of the intersection between policy and diplomacy, and the role of multilateral summits and policy processes, such as the UNFCCC, G20 and G7, United Nations, and meetings of the World Bank and IMF, to drive policy change.
• Have an existing network of development and climate finance practitioners to inform strategy development.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders and work seamlessly within cross-functional teams from various cultural backgrounds.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, including the ability to connect dots across the geopolitical landscape.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Highly resourceful and a keen problem-solver who is eager to take on new challenges.
• Strong time-management skills, attention to detail, and the ability to organize and coordinate multiple work streams.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English, professional proficiency in other UN official languages and/or Portuguese strongly preferred.
• Willingness to travel.

• The initial period of work would take place over 12 months and would require at least an 80% commitment of time for that period.
• This is a remote role, and we welcome applications internationally. Some international travel may be required. CECG is an international team, with the majority of the team working remotely. 

To apply for this role, please submit a copy of your CV/resume and a cover letter outlining your interest in the role and how you fulfil the requirements set out in the job announcement by clicking on the link above.

Please contact Danielle Maximo at for any queries you may have.

The deadline for application is Sunday 19^th May 2024

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