• Are you passionate about urban and regional climate action, particularly in the Asia region?
• Would you enjoy working with local and subnational governments to support their climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience policies and plans?

If you want to make your mark in a professional and fast paced NGO, this is the role for you. You will be supporting a new capacity building programme for cities in Asia to strengthen their climate resiliency. This will also involve encouraging general climate and environmental disclosure for local and subnational governments. You will have experience in climate change or the environmental sector, external stakeholder engagement, and workshop/event organization.

About CDP

CDP is an international non-profit that drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests. Over 23000 companies and 1100 cities, states and regions disclose their environmental data to CDP. Our platform is one of the richest sources of information globally on how companies and governments are driving environmental change. By working with more than 740 institutional investors with assets of over US$130 trillion, we leverage investor and buyer power to motivate companies to disclose and manage their environmental impacts. Find out more via www.cdp.net or follow us on twitter @CDP.

Key responsibilities include:

• Co-delivering a capacity building programme on city climate finance including supporting cities on project preparation process, strengthening of their project pipeline so that they could be linked to potential technical assistance, including the organisation of workshops (Online and offline) and events.
• Growing CDP’s Cities, States and Regions work in Asia through new opportunities and collaborations.
• Direct engagement with local and subnational governments in Asia with a focus on India on climate change and environmental disclosure.
• Collaborating and communicating with the disclosure functional team to prepare for and implement disclosure-related activities in Asia.
• Data analysis and support to regionally specific presentations and reports.
• Attending relevant events and meetings with key stakeholders in India and the wider region.
• Development of knowledge/educational resources as part of the project deliverables.

Required skills and experience:

• At least 5+ years professional experience in climate change, environment, sustainability or local/regional government roles.

• Experience in the design and organization of workshops, webinars and events.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

• Fluency in English and preferably one other Asian language (e.g. Hindi).

• Strong attention to detail and the ability to prioritise and deliver projects on time.

• Experience working collaboratively with a range of teams and external stakeholders and liaising across different time zones and cultures.

• Knowledge and interest in urban climate change adaptation and mitigation issues.

• Competency in computer skills and proven ability to learn and become proficient in new IT systems quickly.

Desired skills and experience:

• A working understanding of climate adaptation/resilience planning and implementation and city climate finance.

This is a full-time fixed contract role based in CDP’s New Delhi office reporting to Head of Disclosure, APAC based in Singapore.

Salary and Benefits:INR 800000-INR 10,00,000 per annum,22 holidays (annually) plus bank holidays, Medical Insurance, Provident Fund & flexible working opportunities.

Before you apply

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Please upload your CV in the application form along with a covering letter as an additional document setting out how you meet the required skills and experience or key responsibilities, which should be no more than 2 pages.

The deadline for this job application is 05^th March 2024 Midnight.

Department

Cities, States and Regions

Locations

CDP India

Remote status

Hybrid Remote

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