Senior Policy Advisor, Global Macro & Finance Resilience

E3G is seeking a Senior Policy Advisor position within its Global Macro and Finance Resilience program. The post-holder will lead on the team’s strategic policy tracking, analysis and engagement with a key set of international standard-setters and forums (e.g. Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Network for Greening the Financial System, International Organization of Securities Commission). The post-holder will also be supporting the Global Macro and Finance Resilience Program Lead in implementing strategies and tracking developments in global forums such as the G20, the G7, the OECD and the IMF. The Senior Policy Advisor will be based in Berlin’s E3G office.  

Background

E3G is an independent climate change think tank. We are world-leading strategists on the political economy of climate change, dedicated to achieving a safe climate for all.   

We work on the frontier of the climate politics landscape, tackling the barriers and advancing the solutions to a safe climate. Our goal is to translate climate politics, economics and policies into action.   

E3G is ranked as one of the top ten most influential environmental think tanks in the world by the University of Pennsylvania’s Global Go-To Think Tank Index. 

E3G offers a dynamic and fast paced working environment that will value your insight, initiative and collaboration, wherever you are in the organisation.  

E3G values diversity and encourages applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or ethnic background.   

The role

E3G’s mission is to ensure climate safety for all.  

E3G’s Global Macro and Finance Resilience program sits within the wider E3G Finance & Resilience team, working to ensure that by 2030 the understanding of what is a ‘normal’ way to address climate risk will be radically transformed in a way that has mainstream acceptance and which drives action for global climate safety. 

Within this overarching strategy the Global Macro and Finance Resilience program has two international-level goals:  

1. Identifying and supporting political strategies and policy solutions that will align the design of macroeconomic policies with the needs of a stable and safe climate  
2. Identifying and supporting political strategies and policy solutions that will align the major design features of the financial system with climate safety, including regulations, norms or guardrails in support of a robust and effective “climate information architecture” (disclosure mechanisms including transition plans, but also prudential regulation, etc.).   

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic and technical policy analysis: 

• Taking a lead role in tracking and analysing developments in the field of financial regulation, following the work of key international standard-setting bodies and fora (e.g. Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Network for Greening the Financial System)  

• On the basis of this work, inform E3G’s political and policy strategies, in close coordination with the Program Lead  

• Provide support to colleagues in the F&R team and in wider E3G in relation to tracking relevant policy developments in a broader range of venues, including for instance the OECD, IMF, G7 and G20 finance tracks and working groups. 

• Producing internal and external thought leadership on financial regulatory topics, e.g. publishing briefings, private briefings for officials.  

• Building constructive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders at a range of levels (e.g. officials, other civil society organisations, private sector stakeholders) to advance strategic priorities, and supporting E3G colleagues to build and manage relationships with stakeholders in the global finance ecosystem internationally and in key jurisdictions.  

• Supporting the production of internal and external communications materials in relation to role responsibilities, e.g., internal meeting readouts and analysis, E3G policy briefings, reports, social media content.  

• Building a strong working relationship with colleagues from E3G’s Finance & Resilience team, proactively seeking collaboration opportunities with its jurisdictional teams in particular (EU, UK, US). 

• Contribute to the work of the E3G organisation overall, proactively seeking and building internal collaborations with other teams to support E3G-wide strategic goals. 

• Any other reasonable management request. 

Experience and skills

• Approximately five to seven years of experience working in the fields of one or more of: sustainable finance, economic and financial policy, international financial regulation, financial supervision. Experience in closely related fields (e.g., macroeconomic research, development finance) could be considered.  

• Very strong analytical and writing skills, with a capacity and appetite to think out of the box, to approach problems with both agility and rigor, and to communicate key learnings and messages simply and effectively to targeted audience.  

• Demonstrable experience of defining strategies and delivering time-bound results and impact, preferably in an organisation involved with economic and financial policy (e.g. finance or economic ministry, official EU institutions, national central bank, mission-based organisation/NGO/think-tank with focus either on climate change or financial/economic policy, etc.). 

• Strong experience of stakeholder engagement, building relationships and mediating dialogues, including with government officials at all levels and with staff from public institutions. 

• Fluent or native English language skills, with prior demonstrable experience of writing high quality policy briefings or reports. Candidates will be asked to share examples of previous written outputs during the interview process. 

• A high level of competence to speak, read and write in one or more additional languages will be a further advantage. Languages of interest include German, French and Portuguese. Proficiency in non-European languages also of interest. 

• A strong understanding of the multilateral financial system, its institutions, and the political significance of financial regulation in climate finance issues. A strong interest in politics and a broad understanding of key issues in climate change policy.  

• Experience of communicating using a range of different media, e.g. reports, blogs, press, social media.   

• The candidate should be able to demonstrate a high level of initiative and be positive, organised, resilient and able to deliver high quality work on time.   

• An undergraduate degree, and ideally a post graduate degree, preferably in Finance, Economics, or in a related speciality (e.g. econometrics, economic policy, international political economy, sustainable finance).  

What we offer

• Permanent, full-time position (35 hours). 

• Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working approach. 

• 25 vacation days + additional leave between Christmas and New Year. 

• Employers Pension contribution plan. 

• E3G offers a reward and benefits package which compares well with other organisations within our sector. The indicative salary range in Berlin for this position is €54,300 to €60,000 per annum FTE, dependent on experience, qualification and location of the chosen candidate. 

• Yearly process for remuneration review. 

E3G is unable to provide relocation assistance to candidates who would need to change locations in order to take up this position. E3G will require candidates to demonstrate that they have the right to live and work in Germany. 

How to apply

Please submit your application in English.    

Please include: 

• A CV of maximum two pages   

• A cover letter of maximum one page outlining why you are applying for this role and when you would be able to start work 

The deadline for applications is Monday 15th July.

E3G is looking to appoint quickly and so may appoint before the deadline for applications, therefore you are advised to submit your application at the earliest convenience.  

Whilst we very much appreciate the time you will have taken with your application, unfortunately due to the level of response we receive we will not be able to reply to every candidate. Therefore, if you have not heard from us with 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful. 

E3G values diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or ethnic background. We aim to build an inclusive workforce that is reflective of the populations we support, and actively seek applications from those who are marginalized and underrepresented. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.