Job Purpose

The Climate Change Specialist will support climate change and disaster risk management (DRM) in ADB’s operations. The aim of these positions is to help ADB to achieve bankwide and departmental climate change strategies, targets, and plans. The positions will provide the climate change expertise to support four ODs’ activities relating to low-carbon development, climate adaptation and DRM in their respective regions of Asia and the Pacific (the four regions are Central and West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and the Pacific). The specialist will: (i) engage with national and regional agencies to lead and/or facilitate dialogues on climate change policies and plans including, but not limited to, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Long-term Strategies (LTSs), National Adaptation Plans, relevant sector strategies and policies, among others;

(ii) support the country partnership strategy (CPS) process in relevant countries including preparation of upstream analysis and relevant sector assessments to strengthen inclusion of climate change and DRM priorities early in CPS processes;

(iii) support country programming, pipeline development and the preparation of projects and programs related to low-carbon, climate resilient development across priority ADB sectors, while aligning with goals of the Paris Agreement and ADB Strategy 2030 commitments;

(iv) support ODs through consultation/review with the preparation of Terms of Reference for specialists related to climate change and resilience projects/work along with guidance for climate risk assessments and Type II adaptation investments (projects with a significant adaptation outcome or pure adaptation projects).

(v) contribute to efforts to mobilize climate finance from internal and external climate finance sources;

(vi) contribute to monitoring and reporting on climate change interventions, climate finance, and other performance indicators; and

(vii) contribute to knowledge management, communications and partnerships relating to ADB and DMC climate change agendas.

The incumbent might be strategically placed in ODs for an initial period of 3 years and will receive technical guidance and support from designated the responsible Director in the relevant OD and Chief of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Thematic Group concurrently Director, SDCD. The incumbent will work closely with other climate change and DRM specialists in the ODs and will work directly with DMC clients, with supervision for critical tasks.