Researcher (Global Climate Change Decisions)

Job Description

The Role

As a Researcher, you will undertake research for our CCG programme on international climate change processes, focusing on the UNFCCC.

Specifically, your research will support the implementation of global climate change decisions at the national legislative and policy level, with reference to the Paris Agreement.

You will nurture national and international partnerships for the implementation of capacity strengthening activities that are responsive to LDC’s priorities and needs.

Utilising your exceptional communication skills, you will publish and disseminate key research findings in international forums, particularly to influence policymaking.

Additionally, you will:

• Work collaboratively to organise and implement project planning, delivery and reporting
• Provide inputs to create and maintain project budgets and finances
• Develop the preparation of funding proposals and grant applications
• Sustain long-term relationships with funders of projects under own responsibility

About You

To be considered a Researcher you will need:

• Experience of working in the UNFCCC space, with LDC negotiators highly desirable
• Experience of generating research ideas and translating them into fundraising proposals and applications
• Experience implementing capacity strengthening projects
• Experience of team co-ordination and managing online and in-person events
• Knowledge of the UNFCCC intergovernmental process, particularly of the Paris Agreement
• The ability to provide policy analysis and technical advice in this field
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including fluency in English, with French highly desirable
• Excellent technical, analytical and conceptual skills
• A master’s degree (or equivalent) in an environmental or social science discipline

Other organisations might call this position Climate Governance Researcher, Developing Economies Researcher, Quantitative Researcher, Qualitative Researcher, Mixed Methodologies Researcher, Social Scientist, Policy Analyst, or Research Associate

About the Organization

Welcome to IIED , an international policy research institute and non governmental body working for more sustainable and equitable global development. Although based in London we work globally through a wide range of long-standing relationships with partners across the developing world. Some of these relationships go back since our beginning in 1971. Our partnerships generate close working relations with many key development actors from smallholder farmers and big city slum-dwellers to national governments and regional NGOs, global institutions and international processes. This well established practice of working in partnership is what we believe makes us fundamentally different from other research institutes. IIED acts as a catalyst, broker and facilitator and helps vulnerable groups find their voice and ensure their interests are heard in decision-making. Environmental sustainability is a core concern but not at the expense of people?s livelihoods. How we work and what we do IIED provides expertise in achieving sustainable development at local, national, and global levels. In alliance with others, we want to change a future that ends global poverty and ensures fair and sound management of the world?s resources. We are working, with our partners, to have a real impact on policy and practice at local, national and global levels, combining a range of tools, skills and actions throughout a wide variety of activities. Underpinning the way we work are certain key principles: * Establishing and strengthening partnerships ? formal and informal ? based on mutual respect and common interests * Independent thinking to guarantee our reputation for impartial analysis, questioning conventional wisdom and brokering dialogue between diverse groups. * Doing and thinking to strengthen what works, with a focus on pragmatism and problem solving that brings environment and development together * Supporting a greater voice for less powerful interests by building their capacity to act and speak, by linking local and global levels * Being flexible and multi-disciplinary in approach and working methods