Corporate Climate Governance Experts | London/EBRD countries of operations | Proposal

Chemonics UK is inviting applications from climate finance professionals interested in working with Chemonics to deliver the flagship European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)’s Corporate Climate Governance (CCG) Facility programme. These positions will be based in London, UK and around the EBRD countries of operations across Europe, Asia, and Africa.

We are looking for individuals with significant experience in climate transition planning and a passion for the adoption of sustainability-related practices and disclosures. The Corporate Climate Governance (CCG) Facility programme is a flagship EBRD programme, to support EBRD clients in improving their capacity to recognise climate and broader sustainability-related impacts, risks and opportunities that are relevant for their business operations, substantially in line with internationally recognised frameworks and standards, as well as applicable regulation.

Component 1B of the programme will design and provide capacity building, knowledge management, communication and cross-cutting support for partner financial institutions (PFIs) and other financial sector stakeholders. EBRD established the CCG Facility in 2021 to encourage, through technical advisory interventions, a more systematic orientation of market behaviour and to achieve transformational change in the markets in which the Bank invests, in support of low-carbon and climate-resilient economic development, in line with the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement.

The Bank now wishes to expand the scope of the CCG Facility to cover other sustainability themes, starting with nature/biodiversity risk assessment and management. The Facility will provide technical support activities on climate and broader sustainability themes for the benefit of EBRD clients and stakeholders in the EBRD regions and enable the Bank to scale up the quantity and quality of advisory services to clients in this area.

Please be advised that this position is for an anticipated proposal and the roles are contingent upon award of a contract to Chemonics UK.

Principal Roles and their Responsibilities:

• Senior Advisory Experts: A core team of experienced individuals with at least 10 years of relevant professional experience in sustainability and climate finance. Experienced in supporting financial institutions on sustainability and climate matters, including related elements of transition planning including climate strategy, climate risk management, climate metrics and targets. Knowledgeable of the TCFD framework/ISSB, European and global disclosure practices (from EFRAG and ISSB), EBRD Paris alignment methodology and best practice approaches on the market (from GFANZ and the IIGCC). Demonstrated experience training and advising financial institutions on climate-related topics. Should have experience of working with financial institutions across the EBRD region.
• Financial and Technical Expert(s) and analyst(s): Experienced individuals providing specialised advisory, technical and analytical support to a range of capacity building, product development and knowledge management activities. These experts should have experience of working for or with financial institutions across the EBRD regions and preferably with at least 7 years of relevant professional experience including: ESG and climate-related risk management including policy development, regulatory developments, and compliance. Emerging climate-related regulations and industry-led standards. Climate and ESG data integration in situation analysis, target systems, strategies, and financial products as well as reporting and compliance. Finance and risk organisation, covering risk control, financial control, financial accounting, regulatory reporting, treasury, and data management. Capital markets, financial product development, structuring, regulatory regime, standards, and business processes. Sustainable finance including dedicated financial products (e.g. green or sustainability-linked bonds and loans), impact analysis for financial products, structuring, monitoring, verification, and reporting. Quantitative data and research, including design and implementation of studies involving collection and analysis of numerical data; applying advanced statistical techniques to identify trends, patterns, and correlations within data; and interpreting complex data sets.
• Legal/Regulatory expert(s): Experienced specialist(s) with at least 7 years of relevant professional experience and very good understanding of climate policy, international frameworks, and national frameworks standards and regulations.
• Communication and Marketing Expert(s): Experienced marketing expert(s) with at least 7 years of relevant professional experience in building long-term communication and marketing strategies. This expert should have experience of conducting communication and marketing programmes related to climate or sustainability issues, experience with financial services especially in EBRD regions, experience with the design and operation of websites and digital communication and be able to develop targeted communication strategies.
• Knowledge management expert(s): Experienced knowledge management specialist(s) with at least 7 years of professional experience in establishing effective knowledge management systems and programmes.
• Local experts: Individual(s) with strong understanding of financial and sustainability regulation and banking sector, preferably with at least 10 years of relevant professional experience working with financial institutions and experience of working in the financial or corporate sector in the EBRD regions. At least one local expert for each main EBRD sub-region.

Duration of Assignment: From 2026 to 2027 (length of effort, subject to availability and confirmation).

Location of Assignment: London/EBRD countries of operations.

Reporting: The experts will report to CCG Facility’s Component Lead or their designee for the duration of this assignment.

How to Apply: Interested candidates are invited to email their CV and Cover sheet to the Chemonics UK Recruitment Team at Recruitment-UK@chemonics.com. Please ensure you add in the subject line EOI: Corporate Climate Governance (CCG) Facility. Your CV will be reviewed by our team. Due to the level of applications we cannot provide detailed feedback to all candidates; if your CV meets the required requirements then you should expect to hear from Chemonics within the next 30 days.

Further Information:

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