International Climate Change Policy Expert

Your responsibilities

• Subject matter expertise:

• Expert-level understanding of the design and implementation aspects of emissions trading, cap-and-trade, carbon tax and voluntary carbon markets

• Sound familiarity with UNFCCC regime and the associated negotiating process, as well as setting up domestic structures to implement Kyoto Protocol / Paris Agreement frameworks

• Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities:

• Strong people leader, with the ability to develop capabilities in team members

• Challenges established thinking, assumptions and approaches

• Ability to resolve project challenges that are of varying complexity

• Applies in-depth knowledge of the business, resources, leveraging relationships, communications and operational effectiveness to complex projects and initiatives

• Supervision Responsibilities:

• Drives success independently and manages through ambiguity

• Manages multiple priorities simultaneously

• Works with cross-functional teams to achieve desired objectives

Our requirements

What we offer

This is a unique opportunity to join our Sustainability Regulatory practice and work on developing climate policies on the national and international level across the globe.

This role will involve strategic shaping and execution of EY’s global approach for advisory on the emerging national and international climate change regimes, both on the voluntary and compliance front. Responsibilities will include providing strategic guidance on putting together go-to-market strategies, engaging with key leaders and stakeholders to develop new service offerings, creating distinctive thought leadership and initiating opportunities and pursuits with clients which will include developing complex client proposals and deliverables.

This position requires distinctive, innovative and motivated climate change leadership with profound technical expertise in emissions trading to help shape and execute our offering in carbon pricing design, focused on public sector clients. It will enable you to work with leading organizations at a senior level and interact with EY colleagues globally and across service lines.