Climate Analyst (Brasilia/Climate Team)

View Vacancy – Climate Analyst (Brasilia/Climate Team)

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Job Category

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Policy & Political roles)

Job Subcategory

Climate Diplomacy

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

Main purpose of job:
This is a challenging position based at the Climate Team at the British Embassy in Brasilia, which will also demand to work together with members of the team based at the British Consulates in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The role of the jobholder is to support the Climate Team to deliver the UK-BR Partnership on Green & Inclusive Growth (GIG) launched in May/2023 and contribute to the COP30 delivery. That includes supporting the management of the GIG Partnership workplan, liaising meetings with Brazilian authorities, and assisting the delivery of missions, events, visits, and COP30. The jobholder is also responsible for managing an intern also based in Brasilia and offering financial and administrative support to the team, including managing different budgets.

We expect to recruit someone who can work in a team, is agile, helpful, proactive, and interested in the subjects of climate, environment and energy. The new Climate Analyst must be available for occasional working travels to be agreed in advance.

Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve?:

1. COP30 – Support with visits, accreditation, and logistics to be led by senior managers.
2. UK-BR Partnership on Green & Inclusive Growth – Tracking the delivery of the workplan across the five pillars of intervention, sharing knowledge widely and managing budgets to implement projects and activities.
3. Missions, Visits and Events – Support the delivery of missions, ministerial visits and events, working with the Policy Officers and Intern on the workplan, programme, logistics, RSVP etc in all posts in Brazil as required, mainly Brasilia, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
4. Support the Comms Team in validating and delivering contents to social media.
5. Stakeholder mapping – Alongside the Intern, work on communications and management pieces that enable the Climate Team and the senior managers to keep updated about the main climate stakeholders in Brazil and the UK.
6. Knowledge Management – Coordinate our two interns (based in Brasilia and São Paulo) to keep key documents updated and archived in the folders
7. Financial and administrative – Manage funds and budgets to support the team and the wider network to deliver key activities for COP30 and the GIG Partnership, ensuring deliver on time and tracking expenses. Provide administrative support in general, including liaising meetings with Brazilian government officials, assisting the purchase of goods and services in compliance with UK Government guidelines, raising requisitions and paying suppliers in line with the Embassy\’s procurement system.
8. To hold a corporate responsibility objective which contributes to the wider corporate agenda of the Brazil Network.
9. Manage the Climate Intern based in Brasilia, supporting his professional development and managing his deliveries.

Resources managed

It will be necessary to line manage an intern position

Essential qualifications, skills and experience
Essential skills / experience / qualifications:

1. Bachelor\’s degree in a related field (International Relations, Public Administration, Political Science, Economics etc);
2. Previous work experience (including internship, voluntary job and academic experience).
3. Proven visits and/or project management skills (including through internship, voluntary job and academic experience).
4. Proven events organization skills (including through internship, voluntary job and academic experience).
5. Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
6. Excellent command of written and spoken English and Portuguese.
7. Able to deal with multiple tasks and priorities.
8. Problem-solving, attention to detail
9. Availability for occasional working travels

Language requirements:

Language: English and Portuguese
Level of language required (spoken and written): Advanced English and Fluent Portuguese.

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience
Desirable:

1. Understanding of international climate change policy, including through university or voluntary job.

Required behaviours

Changing and Improving, Delivering at Pace, Managing a Quality Service, Working Together

Application deadline

6 April 2025

Grade

Administrative Officer (AO)

Type of Position

Full-time

Working hours per week

36

Region

Latin America and Spanish speaking Caribbean

Country/Territory

Brazil

Location (City)

Brasilia

Type of Post

British Embassy

Number of vacancies

1

Salary Currency

BRL

Salary

7.161,36

Type of Salary

monthly

Start Date

16 May 2025

Other benefits and conditions of employment

Applicants must have the legal status to live and work in Brazil.
Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary, eg some non-local national staff and some spouses or partners of UK diplomatic staff, will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount.
Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a \’reserve list\’. If during the reserve period of 12 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate.
The British Embassy Network offers a strong benefits package. This package includes generous vacation and leave time, flexible working patterns, and enriching learning and development opportunities.

Please note that internal candidates applying for positions in other Posts, if they are successful should resign their contract in the respective Post to be admitted in the Post where the position has been advertised.

Working patterns:

This is a full time role. Hours of operation for the Embassy in Brasilia are:

Monday – Thursday: 9:00 – 17:15
Friday: 9:00 – 17:00

Additional information
Closing date of receiving applications is before 23:55 (Local Time) on 6 April 2025

All applicants must fully complete the online application form, including the sections for employment and educational details, experience, and behaviour-based questions. Only those applications that contain all required information will be considered. To ensure the sift process remains anonymous, please do not include any personally identifiable information in your application form.

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