View Vacancy – Senior Climate Policy Adviser

Main purpose of job:

The UK’s Brazil Network includes the Embassy in Brasilia and Consulates in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Recife and covers political, economic, climate, trade and commercial work. Teams across the Network work together to strengthen the UK and Brazil’s strategic relationship on by deepening bilateral cooperation, trade ties, safeguarding our security, and tackling common climate and environmental challenges, as well as promoting our values, protecting human rights and democratic freedoms, and leveraging the UK’s position as a global hub for science and innovation.

Climate and Nature are priorities for the UK Government and missions overseas, including forming a core part of the bilateral relationship between UK and Brazil. In recent years the UK COP26 Presidency has increased our engagement with Brazil at the Federal and Subnational levels, Congress, Private Sector, Civil Society and Academia. Since then, with renewed ambition in Brazil, a UK-Brazil Partnership for Green and Inclusive Growth was developed and followed by a recent Joint Statement on International Climate Cooperation on the road to COP 30 and beyond.

This role will be key in securing continuous strong delivery of the bilateral cooperation and political dialogue across climate, nature and energy by enabling colleagues across the UK Brazil Network and London an excellent understanding of the Brazilian political and policy contexts and supporting responsiveness, cohesion and impact of our collective efforts, including working with thematic leads to steer impact and leverage our £510 million International Climate Finance portfolio.

Roles and responsibilities:

This is an excellent senior adviser job in the British Embassy, Brasilia. You will work with a high-performing team and be a key adviser for the Ambassador and other senior colleagues. While some flexibility will be needed, you can expect to cover:

 Policy Strategy and Coherence – 40%

• Manage the development and monitoring of the UK-Brazil Green and Inclusive Growth Partnership in support of Climate Counsellor, including policy integration across (£510m) International Climate Finance programmes in country, targeting transformational change impact and effective policy dialogue;
• Coordinate Policy Strategy Development and Monitoring on the road to COP30 and beyond, working across the climate, nature and energy team, the UK in Brazil network and advising key London Departments on policy cohesion and impact;
• Steer cohesive monitoring and reporting on Brazil’s political and policy contexts on climate, nature and energy, working through your policy team on the expertise and leadership of thematic leads and the policy team.

Climate Policy Analysis, Engagement and Impact – 50%

• Provide excellent high level analysis of cross cutting political and policy contexts for climate, nature and energy in Brazil, Brazil’s domestic and international climate policies and its impacts on UK interests, informing reports, advice, briefings and stakeholder engagement strategies;
• Steer the Programme and Policy teams on political navigation for leveraging impact of their work;
• Oversee and coordinate the Climate Governance Pillar of the UK Brazil Partnership on Green and Inclusive Growth Partnership and lead the coordination of the COP26-COP30 Dialogues, spotting emerging opportunities or barriers that have the potential to impact delivery of UK priorities in the short or long term, engaging colleagues across the UK in Brazil network and London Departments;
• Develop and deliver excellent relationships across the Brazilian government, in Congress and sub-nationally. Leveraging networks to make sure that the Embassy and other UK diplomatic offices in Brazil, from the Ambassador down, have the right relationships with the right people.

Management and corporate – 10%

• To lead the Climate Policy Team, line managing 3 Policy Officers (B3) and further including one Policy Analyst (A2) and one Intern
• As a member of our leadership cadre, contribute to the internal leadership and management of the UK Network in Brazil, and take a role in our programme to make the UK in Brazil an excellent place to work. Uphold and role-model our values of Respect, Excellence and Together.