Purpose of the job

The Intern, Sustainable Infrastructure supports the implementation of the strategy of the EBRD in the area of sustainable infrastructure within Climate Strategy and Delivery team.

The Intern will support the development and delivery of Green City Action Plans (GCAPs) and policy assignments under the Green Cities Framework. The Intern will also support the Bank’s wider Green Cities Team to ensure compliance of investment projects with the Framework’s impact requirements.

The Intern will contribute to the Bank’s wider Green Cities Team more specifically in the areas of:

• Monitoring and reporting of Green Cities activities
• Stakeholder engagement in the scope of GCAP development
• Maintenance and improvement of the relevant GCAP and investments databases
• Support the Green Cities knowledge management and knowledge sharing
• Review external activities and initiatives in the specific Green Cities-related policy areas, including with other IFIs, and provide comprehensive in-depth analysis, research and advice on these areas to the CSD

Background

The EBRD, created 30 years ago to help formerly communist economies adapt to market conditions, works in many countries that face the toughest challenges in reducing carbon emissions, or are vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

Designing a way out of economies built around fossil fuels within three decades will require intensive planning, including in securing the social conditions for a sustainable and just transition. The EBRD will also significantly scale up policy advice and institutional capacity building for low carbon and climate resilient strategies, promoting and supporting ambitious action in, and with, its countries of operations. This builds on the EBRD’s long track record of financing green investments. To date, the EBRD has signed close to €43 billion in green investments (including around €3 billion of adaptation finance) and financed more than 200 climate resilience investments.

A clear commitment to the mitigation and adaptation goals of the Paris Agreement, whether by country or company, creates the enabling environment to unleash innovation and investment, creating high quality jobs, opening new markets, diversifying economies, creating cleaner, more liveable communities, and boosting sustainable growth. The goal of the EBRD is to support its countries of operation in generating that environment, and innovators and investors in realising those goals.

The EBRD has established EBRD Green Cities programme, which strives to build a better and more sustainable future for cities and their residents. The programme achieves this by identifying, prioritising and connecting cities’ environmental challenges with sustainable infrastructure investments and policy measures. A key tool of the programme is the Green City Action Plan (GCAP), which is the means by which a city sets its long term vision for green and sustainable investments together with necessary policy reforms. EBRD Green Cities has grown to a EUR 5 billion facility across many cities and countries.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Work as a Green Cities team member on the further development and implementation of EBRD Green Cities programme;
• Support the development of GCAPs in accordance with the GCAP methodology;
• Lead GCAP implementation monitoring and reporting;
• Maintain and improve the relevant infrastructure project and GCAP databases;
• Conduct analysis on trends in urban sustainability investment and planning;
• Provide technical and analytical inputs to support the project cycle in the Bank and support project teams in Sustainable Infrastructure Group with the review and assessment of EBRD projects:
• Undertake research and support EBRD activities on the topics of urban sustainability and climate change;
• Ensure that all asks assigned to the intern are completed within the specific period to a high quality and in line with the policies, procedures and objectives of the Bank.
• The responsibilities of the intern are designed to allow to progressively undertake more complex tasks and build the scope of responsibilities based on acquired experience and expertise and gain a deeper understanding of EBRD processes. In order to perform the tasks outlined above, a high degree of accuracy and monitoring and managing of various parallel processes are indispensable.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Relevant degree in climate science, engineering, economics, energy, environmental science or related discipline. Master’s degree would be advantageous.
• Good understanding of climate change science and the approaches, methodologies, and the implications of climate change in terms of economic and social impacts.
• Excellent computer literacy, with understanding of modelling, data management and processing.
• Understanding of policy analysis and policy formulation in the areas of climate change, climate resilience, energy and infrastructure development.
• Understanding of business and finance principles.
• Experience in emerging markets and developing countries would be advantageous.

Competences

• Excellent written/oral communication skills in English and preferably in another language of the Bank’s countries of operations (e.g. Arabic, French, Serbian, Russian or Turkish).
• Ability to operate consistently within business guidelines and ethics and work sensitively in multicultural environments, building effective working relations with clients and colleagues, managing multiple tasks to meet varying deadlines.
• Influencing, negotiation and relationship building skills, with both internal and external partners.
• Result-oriented, self-motivated, ability to work to and meet tight deadlines and to plan and organise work unsupervised in a logical and efficient manner.
• Familiarity with role and requirements of EBRD and/or other international financing institutions and/or development agencies.
• Relationship management skills: experience in engaging with diverse stakeholders for project preparation or implementation tasks, consulting and advisory and/or policy development.
• Experience and familiarity in working within multicultural projects and teams.
• Computer literacy (advanced Excel/Powerpoint, MS Word).

What is it like to work at the EBRD?

Our agile and innovative approach is what makes life at the EBRD a unique experience! You will be part of a pioneering and diverse international organisation, and use your talents to make a real difference to people’s lives and help shape the future of the regions we invest in.

The EBRD environment provides you with:

• Varied, stimulating and engaging work that gives you an opportunity to interact with a wide range of experts in the financial, political, public and private sectors across the regions we invest in;
• A working culture that embraces inclusion and celebrates diversity;
• An environment that places sustainability, equality and digital transformation at the heart of what we do.

Diversity is one of the Bank’s core values which are at the heart of everything it does. A diverse workforce with the right knowledge and skills enables connection with our clients, brings pioneering ideas, energy and innovation. The EBRD staff is characterised by its rich diversity of nationalities, cultures and opinions and we aim to sustain and build on this strength. As such, the EBRD seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities and works in an inclusive environment. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member countries to apply regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, sexual orientation or disabilities. As an inclusive employer, we promote flexible working and expecting our employee to attend the office 50% of their working time.