Consutant - Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience

6 months ago

London, United Kingdom Mott MacDonald Full time

Mott MacDonald’s Climate & Environment team in the International Development Unit delivers projects and programmes for clients such as the FCDO, the World Bank, USAID, and other international institutions. Our team is looking for someone to support the delivery of our existing portfolio and the growth of our international climate change adaptation and resilience work.
- The focus of the role will include but not be restricted to the following:

- Helping develop or strengthen climate-related policies and strategies and alignment to the Paris Agreement and related UNFCCC commitments in existing programmes and to win work that does so.
- Supporting implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) in low
- and middle-income countries, small island developing states (SIDS) and fragile and conflict affected states (FCAS).
- Mainstreaming climate change into education, and/or health and/or infrastructure programmes.
- Building relationships with key clients in the UK and globally to grow our business e.g., FCDO, DEFRA, USAID and MCC.

Key elements of the role will include:

- Identifying prospects, developing bid teams, and preparing proposals
- Providing technical inputs on existing projects/ programmes being implemented. These may range from cities and infrastructure to climate finance.
- Managing projects/ project subcomponents as well as managing clients and sub-consultants
- Supporting the practice to continue to improve our climate adaptation and resilience service offering though articles/blogs etc.
- Thought leadership and support to external campaigns.
- Guiding and mentoring junior team members and technically assuring their work.

You’d be part of a truly multidisciplinary team; working across the breadth of Mott MacDonald’s sectors, regions, and practices. International travel will be required.
- Key requirements for the role are:
- Fluency in English with excellent writing ability
- additional language capabilities will be appreciated.
- A Master’s degree in Environmental Science, Climate Change, Development Studies, Economics or a related field, and relevant work experience.
- Experience working in an international, multicultural, multisectoral and diverse environment, with a collaborative approach.
- Experience of working in and with clients and project sponsors in low
- and middle-income countries and/or fragile states is essential.
- Thorough understanding and experience of international climate change frameworks - experience of supporting alignment to the Paris Agreement and ICF KPIs is highly desirable.
- Experience of supporting the development of long-term low-carbon and climate resilient policies and strategies in low
- and middle-income countries.
- Experience of translating NDCs and/or NAPs into programmes, developing industry best practice and guidance on mitigation and adaptation.
- Experience working with low and/or middle-income country governments, bilateral and multilateral aid partners, international finance institutions, development banks, NGOs, and the private sector.
- Familiarity with HMG’s secondary benefits agenda.
- Experience engaging and capacity building with multiple stakeholders in developing countries across Asia and/or Africa
- Strong international network across clients, partner organisations and business groups.
- Able to review complex documents, summaries and present the key issues in a clear and concise way
- Aptitude in identification, progression, delivery, and success in tendering for new project opportunities
- Able to work within a team and motivate others to deliver to high standards
- Able to meet challenging budgets and timescales

**Job Profile**
- One of the largest employee-owned companies in the world, Mott MacDonald is a multisector consultancy providing engineering, management, and development services on projects in 150 countries. With over 16,000 of the best people working on a diverse range of challenges, we’re helping our clients deliver sustainable infrastructure and development solutions. We have a collegiate and collaborative culture which values equality and diversity, and we take proactive steps to create an inclusive workplace.
- Mott MacDonald demonstrates global leadership on climate change through both the projects that we deliver and the way we manage our business. We are proud to be the first engineering company in the world to be certified as carbon neutral for its global operations and we are the only company in the world to have global accreditation to PAS 2080 (the international standard for managing infrastructure carbon). As part of our journey to achieve net-zero, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) have also certified that our carbon emission targets are aligned with 1.5°C. Our ambitions in climate change adaptation and resilience are also equally as high.
- We have also begun an ambitious programme to assess climate risks on all our projects and are working

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