Senior Director, Finance and Private Sector

  • Senior-level, Full-time staff position
  • Posted on 5 March 2025

Job Description

World Resources Institute (WRI), Senior
Director, Finance and Private Sector

WRI is a global research organization working
to improve people’s lives, protect nature and halt climate change. As an
independent research organization, we leverage our data, expertise and global
reach to influence policy and catalyze change across systems like food, land
and water; energy; and cities; as well as finance, economics and governance.
Our 2,000+ staff work on the ground in more than a dozen focus countries and
with partners in over 50 nations. Founded in 1982, WRI brings more than 40
years of experience turning evidence into action.

WRI’s Climate, Economics and Finance (CEF)
Program is responsible for driving the transformations in the economic,
financial and governance systems. It has three pillars focused on driving up
ambition; supporting countries to integrate climate, nature and people into
their transition pathways; and shifting the international financial system,
trade, and regulation and standards in support of this.

The Senior Director for Finance and Private
Sector in the CEF Program will be responsible for shaping and delivering WRI’s
work on increasing the quantity, quality and coherence of the financial system,
across public, private, domestic and international, climate, nature and
development finance. The Senior Director will also be responsible for
overseeing work supporting transitions in corporate business strategies. They
will provide thought leadership internationally and in WRI; strengthen WRI’s
analysis, convenings, partnerships and programs to support finance and private
sector transformation; and grow and build a professional cadre of finance and
private sector professionals within CEF, across WRI focus countries and within
WRI’s energy, cities, and food/land/water teams.

The Senior Director, Finance and Private
Sector should bring a background in development and/or climate finance and an
understanding of corporate transitions for people, nature and climate. They
should have a strong technical grounding in these issues with experience
applying this knowledge in the context of emerging and developing economies,
including experience working with Finance Ministries, Multilateral Development
Banks and Development Finance Institutions, private sector financial
institutions, companies, and other relevant senior actors.

To apply, please submit a CV and covering
letter, detailing how you fulfill the role description and personal
specification to Perrett Laver’s Vacancies Page (https://apptrkr.com/6055626)
quoting reference 7785. The deadline for applications is Sunday,
April 6, 2025.

The role can be based in WRI offices in
Washington DC; London, UK; The Hague, the Netherlands; Mexico City, Mexico;
Brasilia, Brazil; Bogota, Colombia; Nairobi, Kenya; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
Kigali, Rwanda; Delhi/Mumbai, India; Jakarta, Indonesia; or Beijing, China.
This role will require a minimum of 8 days per month in the office. Existing
work authorization is required at the time of application submission.

US salary range is between $164,250 –
$197,100 USD; UK: £108,600 – £135,700 GBP; NL: €107,500 – €134,400 EUR; Mexico:
$2,526,000 – $3,367,560 MXN; Colombia: $459,480,000 – $588,000,000 COP; India: ₹‎65,000
- ₹‎80,000 INR; Indonesia: Rp988,204 – Rp1,136,060 IDR; China: ¥‎799,108 - ¥‎998,885
CNY. Salary is commensurate with experience and other compensable factors.

WRI has a
diverse workforce of people who share common values and goals, have a deep
understanding of the technical aspects of the issues on which the organization
works, and a keen appreciation of the political and cultural contexts that
determine how decisions are made. In each of WRI’s programs and in all the
countries where it works, WRI’s people forge partnerships with diverse
stakeholders to advance shared goals.

The World
Resources Institute (https://www.wri.org) is an environmental and development
research and policy organization that creates solutions to protect the Earth
and improve people’s lives. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, it is WRI’s
policy to recruit, hire, and provide opportunities for advancement in all job
classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
age, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental
status, protected veteran status, or disability. WRI’s global agenda
requires a staff that is diverse – with respect to race, gender, cultural, and
international background. Diverse perspectives and experience enhance the way
WRI selects and approaches issues, as well as the creativity and applicability
of WRI’s policy research and analysis. WRI, therefore, welcomes all applicants
to apply including women, the LGBTQ+ community, persons with disabilities,
Afro-descendants, and Indigenous people.

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