Engagement Officer – Cities, States and Regions

Location: Berlin, Germany
Application deadline: Rolling
Earliest starting date: As soon as possible

• Are you passionate about city climate action?
• Do you believe that action at the local level is an essential to creating a resilient, healthy, and prosperous society and to meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement?

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to support CDP’s Cities, States and Regions work in Europe, and especially in Italy in the context of a donor-funded project.

CDP Europe’s Cities, States and Regions team engages every year with more than 250 cities and 50 states and regions to start measuring and managing their climate mitigation, climate adaptation, water security and forests data. We are seeking a highly motivated individual to support CDP’s Cities, States and Regions work in Europe, and especially in Italy in the context of a donor-funded project

The role includes:

• Supporting the annual climate change reporting process for cities, states and regions from Italy and other European countries;
• Engaging directly with cities, states and regions’ representatives to entice them to disclose, by making phone calls, sending personalised emails, organising webinars, in-person meetings, and other outreach modes;
• Managing contacts and ensuring they remain up to date for the smooth running of the disclosure cycle;
  
• Creating relevant engagement materials and content;
  
• Presenting CDP’s vision for low-carbon and resilient cities to a wide range of high-level audiences through round tables, webinars and other events;
  
• Coordinating relationships with various organisations;
  
• Analysing data and preparing reports to donors;
• Providing general research and administrative support as required;
• Assisting with ad-hoc tasks as required.

The successful candidate will have:

• Minimum BA/BSc degree or similar work experience;
• 1-3 years’ relevant experience and interest in working with European local and regional governments; additional experience in working with national governments, NGOs, foundations or companies is an advantage;
• An understanding of the issues of climate change mitigation and adaptation in cities, states and regions;
  
• Knowledge of connected topics is an advantage, such as resilient cities, renewable energy, sustainable consumption, waste and water management, transport, forest, fair transition, etc.;
  
• Strong personal drive, demonstrable ability to take initiative, multi-task, prioritise and work under pressure;
  
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal; ability to explain complex or challenging topics clearly and succinctly;
  
• At ease in stakeholder-facing situations, excellent sense for interpersonal contact, and confidence in interacting with high-level representatives from public and private sectors, using determination and diplomacy;
  
• Project management experience, especially in the context of government-funded projects, is an advantage;
  
• Attention to detail with good research, writing and drafting skills;
  
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (esp. Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word); affinity for data and/or for graphical visualisation is an advantage;
  
• Experience with CRM systems is desirable;
  
• Ability to work with teams in a multi-national setting;
  
• Willingness to travel across Continental Europe occasionally;
  
• Proficiency in Italian (desirable at native level), excellent communication skills in English; a third European language is an advantage, notably German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch or Polish;

What we offer:

• A 12-month contract based at CDP’s Berlin office with a possibility to extend subject to resources;
• Exciting and challenging tasks in a dynamic, innovative and highly motivated team;
• Working with many dedicated and passionate people for a good cause;
• Competitive NGO salary and annual bonus (depending on company results);
• 30 days annual holidays;
• Flexible working hours;
• Company Pension with Allianz;
• Monthly contribution to public transport ticket (BVG Monatskarte);
• Modern office at WeWork (Sony Center) with free networking events, and hot and cold beverages.

The successful candidate will work five days per week in our Berlin office and must be able to work legally in Germany. This full-time role is based at our office in Berlin, Germany, will report to the Europe Engagement Manager for Cities, States, and Regions, will work closely with the Europe Policy team, and on occasion the Corporate and Capital Markets teams and related roles in other teams.

Interested? Interested candidates should submit their complete application documents (motivation letter, CV and references/certificates if available) in English, as a single PDF file and via email to [email protected] with “Cities, States and Regions Engagement Officer – First name Last name” in the subject line.

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Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates due to the sheer volume of applications. If you do not hear from us within 21 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Thank you for your understanding.