Senior Climate Policy Analyst - NDC Implementation & Finance; f​/m​/d

Job description

As a member of Climate Analytics’ Implementation Strategies Team, the Senior Climate Policy Analyst plays a critical role in supporting developing countries, mainly in the Caribbean and Latin America, to access climate finance and to develop and implement climate action strategies. The role focuses on enabling governments and regional stakeholders to develop, finance, and execute their climate strategies, contributing to national adaptation and mitigation efforts under the Paris agreement, including through Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Long-Term Strategies (LTS), and National Adaptation Plans (NPAs) as well as enabling conditions (e.g., governance, finance, and coordination).

In addition to contributing subject matter expertise to relevant projects, the Senior Climate Policy Analyst plays a leading role in advancing the North America Office’s Implementation Strategies team portfolio by leading proposal development and project delivery; providing content oversight for the team’s outputs and deliverables; and delivering strategic advice to the Office Director on relevant programmatic and funding strategies. The Senior Analyst also supports execution of Climate Analytics’ UNHQ engagement strategy by leveraging expertise and experience at the intersection of climate, sustainable development, and finance in diverse national contexts to inform UN engagement.

• Lead development and delivery of complex, multi-country projects, including work planning, team coordination, and delivery of high-quality outputs.
• Provide strategic guidance to project teams and ensure alignment with organisational priorities, including through leadership of collaborations across CA content teams and regional offices.
• Lead in-country missions, collaborating with internal and external partners to execute projects.

• Work closely with the North America Office Director and global Head of Implementation Strategies Team to oversee content produced by the North America Office’s Implementation Strategies Team, including (but not limited to) proposals, workplans, policy analysis methodology, and publications.
• Deliver strong quality control, ensuring analytic rigor and scientific accuracy, and supporting impact.
• Provide technical and organisational advice to team members, as well as strategic and technical advice to Office Director.

• Provide strategic guidance and technical support to national governments in the development and execution of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Long-Term Strategies (LTS), and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), ensuring alignment with treaty obligations under the Paris Agreement, international best practices and climate finance requirements, while supporting their sustainable development efforts.
• Lead efforts within the North America Office and more broadly across Implementation Strategies Team and the organisation globally, to support countries in accessing international climate finance by developing concept notes, national-level investment plans, funding proposals, implementation plans, and finance strategies.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to inform policy decisions, including modelling and/or other analytical exercises. This includes identifying and prioritizing projects, estimating costs, and developing financing mechanisms that align with national climate plans (NDCs, NAPs, LTS).
• Design and deliver capacity‑building activities in SIDS and LDCs, particularly in the Caribbean and Latin America, by providing technical assistance and organizing workshops on climate finance access and implementation of climate strategies.
• Lead organization and execution of intra‑country and inter‑country workshops, dialogues and forums on a range of topics related to implementation of climate action.
• Collaborate with CA colleagues globally on project delivery in Africa, South Asia, and the Pacific.

• Engage with senior government counterparts, regional institutions, and international partners to support policy development, build consensus, and enable implementation.
• Facilitate…