Apply for the Vacancy for Research Analyst at WRI in the USA . The incumbent will support WRI’s Sustainable Finance Center’s work on public finance institutions and in-country climate finance. Also, he/she will undertake research and writing on enhancing the Paris alignment of public finance institutions – especially the MDBs – including assisting in the development of methodologies for financial intermediary lending and alignment criteria for difficult-to-abate sectors.

Salary: $53,000 – $68,000. Salary is commensurate with experience and other compensable factors.

Duties

The incumbent will have the following duties

Research and Analysis

• Undertake primary qualitative and quantitative research
• Also, co-author knowledge products (e.g. reports, briefs, data products) and communications pieces (e.g. blog posts)
• Implement methods that lead to robust and unbiased knowledge products
• Represent WRI and the Finance Center at internal and external meetings, and presenting research
• Conduct interviews, conducting outreach, and engaging external stakeholders
• Furthermore, review knowledge products written by other WRI researchers

Program Development and Administration

• Contribute to concept notes and funding proposals
• Likewise, liaise with external partners and WRI colleagues across programs and countries
• Additionally, organize internal and external meetings, workshops, conferences and other dissemination activities

 Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in one of the following areas or similar is required: business/finance (international, environmental, development or sustainable focus preferred), economics, public policy, international relations, international development, environmental science/studies
• Also, a minimum 2-3 years of relevant full-time work experience
• Knowledge of climate finance, international climate policy, and development/international finance institutions
• Furthermore, excellent qualitative and/or quantitative research and writing skills
• Prior experience writing research products
• Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office (particularly Excel) and internet research
• Similarly, strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with teams of individuals and colleagues
• Also, the ability to deliver high quality work while under pressure

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in related field
• Also, professional experience in climate finance and/or international climate policy and familiarity with the Paris Agreement
• Furthermore, prior work experience in development finance and/or international finance institutions
• Similarly, Spanish or French language skills

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