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Director, UK Lead Climate Negotiator, International Climate Finance and Strategy
2 months ago
Job summary
Tackling international climate change is a critical role for DESNZ.� The International Net Zero Directorate leads this work across Government, in close partnership with FCDO, Cabinet Office, , HM Treasury and Defra.
We are looking for someone to join our leadership team with proven international negotiations experience.� This is a very high-profile reputational role working at the heart of a critical multilateral process so will need to demonstrate their ability to drive outcomes, leverage relationships, be quickly able to gain the confidence of a wide and varied set of stakeholders and make critical decisions at pace.� You�ll have analytical and policy skills and the ability to operate effectively across government to deliver.� You will oversee a fantastic team of policy officials working in this priority area, leading through change and ambiguity and ensuring we continue to deliver as a high performing team.
Job description
As the UK�s Lead Negotiator for the UNFCCC, you will need to have excellent interpersonal, influencing and communication skills to build and maintain strategic relationships.� You will be working in a very dynamic and fast paced environment and so must be comfortable dealing with change and new and novel issues, be able to show excellent judgement and the ability to provide robust advice and identify key issues quickly and confidently from complex, technical negotiations.� The successful candidate will provide leadership and direction to the International Climate Negotiations and Engagement team to develop and deliver overall UK negotiations policy and strategy.
Key Responsibilities
Represent the UK externally as lead climate negotiator in the G7, G20 and UNFCCC process; building relationships with international counterparts and institutions to maximise influence and enhance UK reputation.Lead the UK�s climate negotiations and engagement team to develop and deliver overall UK negotiations policy and strategy, working across UK departments to ensure wider UK interests are met.Oversee the development and cross-Government agreement of positions and strategy for delivering key COP negotiating objectives throughout the annual UNFCCC timetable.Advise and support DESNZ Ministers on approach to climate negotiations across all international fora.Role model cross-DESNZ working to contribute to overall International Net Zero strategy and ensure a positive working environment in which wellbeing and the DESNZ values are prioritised; even during stressful periods.Person specification
Required skills and experience�
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following essential criteria:
Confident, empowering, inspiring and visible leader, with experience of building inclusive and high-performing teams with a strong focus on delivery.Senior level experience of international negotiations in a multilateral forum such as the UN; and securing challenging outcomes in this.A strong understanding of the key drivers, political dynamics, ways to influence key countries to achieve net zero globally and previous experience in international climate policy.A powerful communicator, who has experience operating across a complex international landscape with multiple stakeholders, influencing senior international counterparts in a highly political context and securing the confidence of Ministers and Senior Civil Servants (or their equivalent) to achieve challenging outcomes through strong relationships and delivering through others.Benefits
Alongside your salary of �97,000, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero contributes �22,950 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.Automatic enrolment into the , with an average employer contribution of 27%.A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a norm of 40-60% of their time in the office (minimum of 40%) over a month with flex dependent on balancing business and individual need.