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Job Title/Role: Team Lead

Programme: Corporate Climate Governance (CCG) Facility

Background

Chemonics UK is inviting applications from climate finance professionals interested in working with Chemonics to deliver the flagship European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)’s Corporate Climate Governance (CCG) Facility programme. The position will be based in London, UK and around the EBRD countries of operations across Europe, Asia, and Africa. We are looking for individuals with significant experience in climate transition planning and have a passion for the adoption of sustainability related practices and disclosures.

The Corporate Climate Governance (CCG) Facility programme is a flagship EBRD programme, to support EBRD clients in improving their capacity to recognise climate and broader sustainability-related impacts, risks and opportunities that are relevant for their business operations, substantially in line with internationally recognised frameworks and standards, as well as applicable regulation. Component 1B of the programme will design and provide capacity building, knowledge management, communication and cross-cutting support for partner financial institutions (PFIs) and other financial sector stakeholders.

EBRD established the CCG Facility in 2021 to encourage, through technical advisory interventions, a more systematic orientation of market behaviour and to achieve the transformational change in the markets in which the Bank invests, in support of low-carbon and climate-resilient economic development, in line with the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement.

The Bank now wishes to expand the scope of the CCG Facility to cover other sustainability themes, starting with nature/biodiversity risk assessment and management. The Facility will provide technical support activities on climate and broader sustainability themes for the benefit of EBRD clients and stakeholders in the EBRD regions and enable the Bank to scale up the quantity and quality of advisory services to clients in this area.

***Please be advised that this position is for an anticipated proposal and the role is contingent upon award of a contract to Chemonics UK

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

The Team Lead (TL) is responsible for the successful performance of the programme. The TL provides strategic leadership to staff and partners, ensuring the programme efficiently and effectively achieves its objectives while adhering to EBRD regulations, contract requirements, and Chemonics policies and standards of business conduct. The TL serves as the primary representative for Chemonics for the programme and is responsible for establishing productive relationships with EBRD and forging alliances with partners.

The Team Lead will oversee the development of CCG Facility’s outputs, especially in regard to scopes and direction of capacity building plans, stakeholder engagement and cross-sectoral support activities.

Under the guidance of CCG’s Programme Management Unit Director, the Team Lead will be responsible for the following duties:

• Provides leadership, technical direction, and oversight for all programme activities and ensures that targets and results are achieved
• Ensures delivery of capacity building assistance that is timely, high quality, and technically sound, in a manner which leverages and strengthens local capacity
• Motivates programme staff and consultants to deliver results by establishing a strong team dynamic, open communication, and promoting accessibility in internal operations, management, and project implementation
• Maintains Chemonics’ duty of care to employees and partners, promoting a safe and secure work environment
• Oversees budget, monitoring and forecasting expenditures in accordance with the requirements of Chemonics UK and requests of the client

• Serves as the programme’s primary point of contact with the client and the wider market
• Collaborates and coordinates with other donors, implementing partners, and international and local organizations and programmes
• Oversees implementation of the programme’s strategic communication strategy, including communications objectives, audiences, messages, tools, and outcomes
• Maintains regular communication and proactively shares key project, new business, and industry information with Chemonics UK staff
• Elevates CCG Facility’s visibility as a thought leader by presenting findings in formal and informal fora as requested by the client or at industry events.

• Gains consensus among clients, staff, and partners on project vision and strategy, including theory of change, to guide implementation
• Leads strategic planning workshops and embraces locally-led and inclusive development, and capacity design and delivery that is appropriate to the context
• Directs and monitors execution of activities in the capacity building work plan, actively collaborating with and learning from client, programme staff, and partners
• Meets regularly with project staff, and partners to discuss progress, jointly analyze, and use data for decision-making, and adapt in real time in response to stakeholder feedback, changes in the local context, and project evidence and learning

• Sets priorities and vision for project learning agenda consistent with client’s learning agenda
• Oversees robust implementation of activity monitoring, evaluation, and learning plan (AMELP) to achieve sustainable results most economically, efficiently, effectively, and equitably
• Ensures that baseline data is captured with sufficient rigor to enable life of project performance monitoring
• Ensures that evidence is routinely collected and analyzed to enable on-going performance monitoring, evaluation, and learning and that data quality assurance procedures are implemented
• Works to ensure best-practice methods for monitoring, evaluation, and learning through engagement with global Chemonics and other experts

The qualification for the Team Lead will include the following:

• Master’s degree in social sciences, finance, international development, or related field required;
• Minimum fifteen years’ experience in private sector development and management of development/climate finance programmes including experience writing and producing reports, and/or other technical knowledge management products/strategies across donor-funded projects;
• Experienced in working with financial institutions, government clients, regulators/central banks, and other financial sector stakeholders on a wide range of climate change and sustainability topics including transition planning
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities required. Prior experience writing published articles and material is necessary;
• Experienced in the design and delivery of capacity building programmes focused on climate transition and sustainability related initiatives required;
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills and experience in managing teams;
• Strong organizational skills, with proven ability to lead multi-functional teams.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, versatility, and integrity;
• Fluency in English required.

Duration of Assignment: part time, from 2026 to 2027 (subject to confirmation)

Location of Assignment: London/Remote

Reporting: The Team Lead will report to CCG Facility’s PMU Director or their designee for the duration of this assignment.

Interested candidates are invited to email their CV and Cover sheet to the Chemonics UK Recruitment Team Recruitment-UK@chemonics.com. Please ensure you add in the subject line EOI : Corporate Climate Governance (CCG) Facility.

Your CV will be reviewed by our team. Due to the level of applications we cannot provide detailed feedback to all candidates; if your CV meets the required requirements then you should expect to hear from Chemonics within the next 30 days.

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