About Climate Arc
Climate Arc (Arc) is a philanthropic organization working to accelerate corporate climate action by unlocking the trillions of dollars of private capital required to meet global climate targets. We ensure that financial decision makers have the tools, data and skillsets needed to direct capital to the right solutions at speed and scale. Arc implements its strategy through grantmaking and through a range of research and tools delivered by our in-house analysts and researchers.
About the opportunity
Arc is seeking an experienced Policy Lead to connect Arc’s work, which focuses on climate transitions in the private sector, with critical developments on relevant policy and regulatory processes.
Reporting to the Director, Research & Program, this exciting, newly created role will play a critical part in the climate finance ecosystem by strengthening linkages between private sector transition plans and relevant policy and regulatory processes. The latter include, for instance, the International Sustainability Standards Board, the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) and regulators in key markets (working with Arc partners).
A strong understanding of the how the climate community is working towards enhanced policies and regulation for climate change will be important to this role, ideally complemented with a familiarity with how transition plans are being developed by the private sector (work that is guided by voluntary or mandatory frameworks).
At the technical level, the role will have a significant focus on sector/region scenarios and transition pathways, which are used to inform policy guidance as well as to assess individual companies (as well as countries) against science-based pathways. The role will also identify opportunities to incorporate information on policy developments into corporate transition analysis which are provided to financial decision makers.
The focus will be to unlock financing of net zero transition by identifying key policy and regulatory interventions. This role will note be expected to directly engage with policy makers or regulators to influence them, but instead, forging strong relationships with advocacy organisations to shape policies and regulations. We want to ensure that Arc is providing critical information and analysis to our partners, so that collectively we can build capacity and push for polices that advance the climate transition.
What you will be doing:
Requirements
The ideal candidate has:
Required:
Desirable:
Benefits
Climate Arc currently offers the following for UK staff:
As well as the tangible items above, we are building a culture of trust and collaboration where we have confidence our team members will get the job done and meet the deadlines and expectations of their roles.
Location
For this role we can offer a remote first working option and are open to locations across the UK, Europe and the USA. Candidates in the US will need to be based on the East Coast due to the need to collaborate closely with employees in UK/European timezones.
Remuneration
Depending on experience and demonstrated capability, the salary range for this role is £80,000-100,000 (or local equivalent if not based in the UK).
To apply
Please complete the Application Form including attaching an up-to-date CV as well as a Cover Letter (both in English) outlining how your skills and experience align with the above requirements and what motivates you to work with Climate Arc in this particular role.
The application and assessment process will involve the following: