India Lab Senior Analyst / Manager – Climate Policy Initiative

Climate Policy Initiative CPI is an analysis and advisory organization with deep expertise in finance and policy. Our mission is to help governments, businesses, and financial institutions drive economic growth while addressing climate change. CPI has six offices around the world in Brazil, India, Indonesia, Kenya, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

CPI is known as a leader in tracking sustainable investment trends, identifying innovative business models, and supporting the solutions that can drive a transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy. We are unique in our focus on finance, our ability to get the right people to the table, and our analytical rigor.

ABOUT THE LAB

The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (The Lab) is a public-private initiative that identifies, develops, and launches cutting-edge climate finance instruments. It aims to drive billions of dollars of private investment into climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries.

Since launching in 2014, The Lab and its initiatives have successfully launched 61 new innovative financial instruments, have been endorsed by the G7 and collectively attracted over USD 3.4+ billion in seed capital through the instruments that were endorsed by the Lab Members.

Over the years the Lab has launched three regional programs of India, Brazil, and Southern Africa. Since the launch of these regional initiatives, starting with India in 2015, followed by Brazil in 2016 and most recently Southern Africa in 2019, these regional Labs have been working in parallel with the overall Lab to develop innovative financial instruments or program focusing on the specific geography with the potential to scale-up private sector investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency, climate adaptation, and/or sustainable land-use of climate finance related products.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Lab is seeking a talented and motivated Senior Analyst or Manager to build, represent, and help lead the India Chapter of the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance. In addition, this role will contribute to the successful development of climate finance instruments for the Lab Program in India, as well as replication and scale-up of proven financial solutions from the Lab portfolio.

The Sr. Analyst/Manager will work in collaboration with the Global Lab Associate Director and work closely with a range of national and international partners from the policy, finance, and corporate spheres, as well as with CPI teams in India and across the world.

The Sr. Analyst/Manager will work closely with Lab Analysts and consultants the Lab Communications Manager, Portfolio Manager, and Project Manager, drawing on robust and careful analysis, including methodologies from economics, public policy, finance, and other academic and commercial disciplines the Sr. Analyst/Manager may bring to the table.

The successful candidate will bring strong knowledge of India’s national climate and economic development priorities, as well as key climate policy frameworks and market conditions impacting the region more broadly. Knowledge of development finance and blended finance structures are a plus. The Sr. Analyst/Manager should also bring an exceptional grasp of the policy, grant funder, and private investor stakeholder landscapes in India, and ideally will hold relationships with key actors.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Including the following and others as required:

• Work closely with international partners from the policy, finance, and corporate spheres, as well as with CPI teams throughout the world in instrument development and working group management tasks.
• Lead business development and strategy to improve the Lab’s presence and impact in India.
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders in the climate, agriculture, and renewable energy sectors, and provide advice and support to Lab and CPI Senior Management
• Oversee continued support activities for Lab instruments, including oversight of deliverables, events, and managing investor outreach
• Deliver high-quality outputs on time and within a budget
• Support & collaborate with Lab Sr. Program Associate, Technical Lead, Associate Director & other key Lab staff

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Post- graduate in finance, economics, management, environment, public policy, land-use or equivalent.
• Preferably with a graduation with engineering.
• Progressively senior experience in climate finance, development finance, management consulting, policy, and/or energy markets and/or sustainable land use
• Private sector experience, preferably in the financial sector and/or government or multilateral experience is highly valuable
• Advanced knowledge of Indian policy environment, energy markets, sustainable transport, and/or key sustainable land-use and agriculture issues
• Familiarity with climate adaptation issues and concepts strongly preferred
• Familiarity with blended finance instruments / approaches strongly preferred

POSITION DETAILS

• CPI is seeking the services of an independent candidate for an immediate start. We strongly prefer the Sr. Analyst / Manager to be based in Delhi. However, exceptional candidates may be considered who are based elsewhere in India.
• CPI has adopted a flexible / hybrid working policy where staff located near CPI offices are able to work in-person in office locations, as well as from home with time spent at
• CPI offers competitive rates, based on experience.

TO APPLY

• Click here to submit an application. With your application, attach two documents in English: (1) An up to date CV and (2) a cover letter outlining why you want to work with CPI and how your skills and experience align with the above criteria.
• Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis so we encourage applicants to submit at the earliest opportunity. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. Please be sure to add notifications@app.bamboohr.com to your contact list to ensure delivery of all correspondence from us.
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