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Policy Advisor, Climate and Biodiversity Finance

USA The Nature Conservancy

Arlington, Virginia

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Analytical Development, Biodiversity, Budgeting, Climate Change, Conservation, Cost Effectiveness Analysis, Cross-Functional, Economics, Embedded Systems, Environmental Economics, Finance, Financial Management, Financial Planning, Financial Policies, Financial Strategy, Funding, Government, Government Policies, Matrix Management, Policy Implementation, Product Development, Project/Program Management, Public Finance, Public Policy, Strategic Planning, Sustainability, Technical Support
LOCATION
Arlington, Virginia
POSTED
24 days ago
What We Can Achieve Together:

The Policy Advisor, Climate & Biodiversity Finance will support efforts undertaken by TNC's Global Tackle Climate Change and Public Policy and Funding teams, working closely with country offices to help governments develop financing strategies and governance mechanisms to advance climate and nature goals, as well as to produce knowledge products and promote learning on sustainable finance mechanisms across regions where TNC operates.

The Policy Advisor will work within an interdisciplinary team, including TNC's Global Climate Change and Public Policy and Funding teams, serving as a subject matter expert on complex and strategic issues related to climate and biodiversity finance policy and implementation. The Advisor will provide embedded technical support across multiple countries, contribute to advancing nature- and climate-inclusive country platforms, contribute to the development of analytical products and knowledge outputs on sustainable finance mechanisms, and engage regularly with Ministries of Finance, Economy, Environment and/or Planning, as well as multilateral partners. This is a term-limited position with an anticipated end date of April 30, 2028. This position is negotiable within select regions (Africa or Latin America), in countries where TNC is authorized to conduct business.

RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE
  • Contribute to the development of country-level analytical products, including assisting countries in assessing how climate and nature considerations can be integrated into fiscal planning frameworks, and the role and cost-effectiveness of public versus private capital in sustainable finance structures.
  • Provide embedded technical advisory during the design and structuring of sustainable finance measures.
  • Support targeted capacity-building and knowledge exchange workshops for government officials and financial stakeholders on sustainable sovereign finance instruments.
  • Serve as technical advisor supporting organization strategies.
  • Develop relationships and work effectively with corporate, government, community, and non-governmental organization partners.
  • Apply a diversified knowledge of practices to support Climate and Biodiversity Finance strategies, working collaboratively within a complex matrix organization and a cross-functional interdisciplinary team.
  • Support TNC's domestic resource mobilization work and in particular its efforts to provide support to country platforms (government-led multi-stakeholder coordination mechanisms through which national authorities, development partners, and relevant financial actors align on sustainable finance priorities, mobilize resources, and track implementation).
  • Oversee external contractors engaged for specific deliverables.
  • Contribute to identifying complementary funding opportunities to extend project impact.
  • Act independently within broad program goals.

We're Looking for You:
The challenges facing our planet today require comprehensive solutions that address the well-being of people and nature and lay the foundation for future conservation efforts. Promoting policies that provide benefits to both people and nature is critical to securing lasting conservation outcomes. The work and expertise of The Nature Conservancy's Policy and Public Funding ("PPF") programs are integral to this effort. The Policy and Public Funding business unit is helping to shape the government policies that help make possible achievement of transformative conservation outcomes to address climate change, enhance protection of lands, waters, and the ocean, and provide food and water sustainably. We have an awesome task at hand, and the work that you do here will have a direct impact on our success.

We are tackling climate change, conserving lands, waters and oceans at unprecedented scale, providing food and water sustainably and helping make cities more sustainable. To implement these priorities, we collaborate actively in a non-confrontational manner with public sector agencies, NGOs, academia, business and the finance sector.

What You'll Bring:
  • Bachelor's degree in economics, finance, public policy, or a related field, and at least 5 years of government or corporate sector experience, with at least 3 years working directly on climate or nature finance, public financial management, or fiscal policy.
  • Experience designing or advising governments on one or more of the following: tax instruments, government budgets, public financial management, and/or the design of fiscal incentives that advance environmental, climat

About the Company

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USA The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.

We address the most pressing conservation threats at the largest scale. Thanks to the support of our more than 1 million members, we’ve built a tremendous record of success since our founding in 1951:
  • We've protected more than 119 million acres of land and thousands of miles of rivers worldwide — and we operate more than 100 marine conservation projects globally.
  • We work in all 50 states and more than 72 countries — protecting habitats from grasslands to coral reefs, from Australia to Alaska to Zambia.
  • We address threats to conservation involving climate change, fresh water, oceans, and conservation lands.
COMPANY SIZE
2,500 to 4,999 employees
INDUSTRY
Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
FOUNDED
1951
WEBSITE
http://www.nature.org

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