Climate Mitigation Finance Specialist
Climate-KIC
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Netherlands
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About the role
- Structure investment-ready projects: work with the Climate City Capital Hub, CFS, Mission Cities to develop financeable climate mitigation projects. This includes defining business models, identifying funding sources and de-risking instruments, and strengthening overall investment-readiness.
- Provide hands-on support on financial modelling, risk assessment and project preparation to increase project maturity and attract investors.
- Develop and deploy blended finance instruments: support the design and structuring of mechanisms and programmes that combine private, philanthropic and public capital to de-risk urban mitigation investments and mobilise financing at scale.
- Engage with capital and technical assistance providers: engage directly with investors, banks, funds, philanthropies, development finance institutions and technical assistance providers to match city project pipelines with appropriate sources of capital or support.
- Support the mainstreaming of adaptation: working closely with adaptation specialists, ensure that adaptation is considered and integrated, where relevant, within broader investment plans and mitigation projects, including through the integration of resilience considerations into project design and financing structures.
- Generate and share knowledge: capture lessons from project transactions and financing processes. Translate them into practical guidance, tools, case studies and capacity-building materials for cities.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of practical experience in project finance, climate mitigation finance, infrastructure finance or blended finance, ideally located in the EU.
- Demonstrated experience structuring, financing, or advising on real climate mitigation projects in an urban context.
- Experience working with or for cities, regions or public project owners.
- Track record engaging with financial institutions, investors, capital providers.
- Knowledge of, or experience with, climate adaptation and resilience finance is considered a strong asset.
- Good understanding of local and regional governance, public finance processes, and investment constraints faced by municipalities and regions in the EU is an asset.
- Familiarity with EU funding and policy frameworks is an asset.
- Fluent in English, preference for at least one additional language commonly in use in Europe.
- Strong capabilities with collaborative IT applications (we use Office365 and Microsoft Teams, as well as Notion, Miro, Zoom, etc.).
- Intermediate Excel skills, advanced skills are a plus.
- Strong time management skills will be essential, with a track record of delivering on objectives according to established timelines.
- Strategic thinker with a problem-solving mindset and collaborative approach.
Benefits
- high degree of flexibility to accommodate working patterns
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
project financeclimate mitigation financeinfrastructure financeblended financefinancial modellingrisk assessmenturban mitigation investmentsclimate adaptation financeresilience financepublic finance processes
Soft Skills
time managementstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingcollaborative approach