Senior Policy Advisor

Senior Policy Advisor, Coal Transition Partnerships, London or Canada based.

This role manages a portfolio of PPCA’s Coal Transition Partnerships, coordinating tailored support to governments and utilities, connecting them with the finance, technical assistance, capacity support, and peer experience needed to help them develop and implement coal transition plans and projects. It builds and maintains strategic relationships with governments, utilities, financial institutions, philanthropies, civil society organisations, and international partners; and provides expertise on climate, energy policy and finance solutions relating to coal transition.

About Us

The Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) is a coalition of over 180 governments, businesses, and financial institutions – built to help countries transition from coal to clean power with confidence, supporting strategies that work for their specific economic and political realities. The PPCA collaborates with an extensive network of partners and service providers to help advance coal transition policy and finance solutions to support energy security, affordability and just transition. The PPCA is co-chaired by the governments of Canada and the UK, and the PPCA Secretariat is hosted by E3G, which provides management, administrative, and advisory support to the Secretariat.

E3G is a world leading strategist think tank on the political economy of climate change with a global outlook. We work on the frontier of the climate landscape tackling the barriers and advancing the solutions to a safe climate for all. We translate climate politics, economics and policies into action. We pride ourselves on bringing independence to an extremely polarised discussion and holding policy makers to account on their promises. E3G is consistently ranked as one of the top-ten most influential environmental think tanks in the world by the University of Pennsylvania’s Global Go To Think Tank Index.

Key Responsibilities

• Project manage coal transition partnerships: Lead the day-to-day project management of a portfolio of coal transition partnerships with countries and businesses. Ensure alignment on partnership goals and workplan and coordinate across the PPCA Secretariat, government stakeholders, businesses and utilities, finance institutions, and technical delivery partners, while overseeing relevant contracts.
• Deliver analytical and strategic outputs: Work with experts and service providers to develop country-level or asset-level analyses and recommendations that address priority energy security, finance and socio-economic issues. Produce broader thought leadership outputs on significant emerging solutions that can support other coal dependent countries and utilities.
• Manage events and engagement: Plan and deliver workshops and events with partners, coordinating the PPCA’s participation in-country, and at regional and major international forums as required.
• Support strategy development: Work closely with the Diplomacy and Policy and Finance Leads to develop and deliver the PPCA’s Coal Transition Partnerships strategy, and provide expert advice to team members.
• Organisational culture: Contribute to building an inclusive, creative and learning-oriented culture in the PPCA Secretariat.

About You

• Significant, demonstrable years of experience working in international engagement, ideally with policy experience in climate, energy, public/private finance, and/or just transition.
• High level of initiative; solution-oriented, organised, resilient, and able to deliver high-quality work on time.
• Ability to work autonomously and with initiative across diverse cultures and time zones, and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. The PPCA staff are located in Belgium, Canada, Germany, Singapore, and the UK, with the majority headquartered in London.
• Robust administrative and output delivery capabilities, including stakeholder management and event planning.
• Strong teamwork, accountability and communication abilities.

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience in building and managing a network of international stakeholders at senior levels.
• Experience in international environments with governments or businesses, particularly working across diverse cultures and time zones.
• Knowledge or working experience of the global coal power sector and international coal finance.
• Comprehensive understanding of (international) energy transition processes, policies, and financing solutions, including in PPCA member countries and other major coal users.
• Strong project management, problem-solving and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and spoken English language skills.
• Additional language skills are welcome.

What we offer

• Permanent contract.
• Full-time position (35hrs per week).
• Flexible working arrangements: core hours of 10am - 4pm.
• Compressed hours available.
• Hybrid working approach (2 days per week in our office).
• 25 vacation days + additional leave between Christmas and New Year

London

• The indicative salary range in the UK for this position is from £52,862 - £57,000 per annum, dependant on experience.
• Cycle scheme.

Canada

• The indicative salary range in Canada for this position is from $82,156 CAD to $87,156 CAD per annum, dependant on experience.

E3G is unable to provide any relocation assistance to candidates who would need to move in order to take up this position. Occasional international travel may be required from time to time. E3G will require candidates to demonstrate that they have the right to live and work in the jurisdiction in which E3G employs them.

How to apply

Please submit your application in English. Please include:

• Your CV.
• A cover letter of no more than one page outlining why you are interested in applying for this role.

The deadline for applications is at 23:59 on Sunday the 22nd of November.

E3G values diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or ethnic background. We aim to build an inclusive workforce that is reflective of the populations we support, and actively seek applications from those who are marginalized and underrepresented. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.