Policy Lead

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 not 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:  

• Developing Arc’s strategy for policy and regulatory engagement and forging strong relationships with key partners 
• Ensuring Arc understands and responds to financiers’ needs, in particular on policy and regulatory measures that impact Arc’s outputs 
• Leading Arc’s efforts to ensure relevant sector-region pathways are available and incorporated into our wider work 
• Develop, manage and implement complex research assignments and analytical projects, showcasing financing solutions and innovations 
• Maintain collaborative relationships with our partners and grantees – engaging and advising on research and analysis findings – to collectively build capacity on the nexus of private and public financing and policy interventions 
• Build and maintain a range of relevant sectoral knowledge and information resources to enable the community to access high quality intelligence, analysis, and data to inform current and future programme activity. 

The ideal candidate has: 

Required: 

• Commitment to Arc’s vision and mission 
• Extensive and progressive experience working in a private or public financial institution or in public policy roles focused on climate finance 
• Deep knowledge and understanding of trends in regulations and policy shifts and their implications on financing opportunities for climate safe solutions at the regional and global level 
• Strong understanding of the how the climate community is working towards enhanced policies and regulation for climate change 
• Demonstrated ability to manage relationships with key stakeholders, including government bodies, NGOs, and industry partners 
• Experience managing complex research assignments and analytical projects 
• Experience writing research-based reports with a focus on analytical research 

Desirable: 

• Understanding of the challenges facing financial sector organisations in aligning with net zero and how the barriers can be unlocked 
• Experience or understanding of the interplay and effect of central bank actions and regulation on banks and financial institutions 
• Experience in analysing sector/region scenarios and transition pathways and climate/energy related data 
• Familiarity with how transition plans are being developed by the private sector, supported by voluntary and mandatory disclosure frameworks 
• Experience of public speaking on relevant topics 
• Data skills such as data analysis, quantitative modelling, statistical analysis and programming, including in Python and SQL  

Benefits

Climate Arc currently offers the following for UK staff:

• 36 days' holiday including public holidays (fully flexible)
• Private medical & dental cover for you and your dependents
• Life assurance 4x basic salary (where available)
• 9% company pension contribution
• Enhanced family pay and leave policies
• Professional development program
• Professional membership paid (if applicable)
• Nomad working policy including allowance up to €250/year

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:

• Application review (applications that do not include a full cover letter will not be considered)
• 1st round interview: Recruiting Manager (30 to 45 minute MS Teams video call)
• Offline task (2-3 hours)
• Formal interview (in person or MS Teams) with the Hiring Manager and panel (1 hour)