Head of Finance, Multilevel Partnerships

About the role

The Head of Finance, Multilevel Partnerships leads the climate finance agenda for CHAMP, providing strategic oversight and technical leadership to close the subnational climate finance gap. Reporting to the Senior Director, Finance and Private Sector, the role blends finance expertise with diplomatic engagement across ministries, multilateral banks and development finance institutions.

Key responsibilities

• Lead design, delivery and monitoring of the Climate Finance workstream, ensuring coherence between global finance reform, country platforms and technical assistance in Kenya and Colombia.
• Produce actionable analysis of enabling conditions for subnational climate finance and translate findings into recommendations for governments and finance actors.
• Organise annual knowledge‑exchange series for national and subnational officials, development banks and funders.
• Coordinate advocacy on subnational finance access, developing concrete asks for MDBs and climate funds.
• Support country platforms in CHAMP‑endorsing nations, ensuring subnational participation in governance and pipeline decisions.
• Maintain detailed project plans in Asana, oversee budgeting, contracting and financial monitoring for the workstream.
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with ministries of finance, MDBs, national development banks and climate funds.
• Represent WRI and CHAMP at external events, author articles on subnational climate finance and integrate programme insights into WRI’s broader policy work.

Required profile

• Degree in economics, finance, international development or public policy.
• International experience in subnational climate finance, public finance or development banking.
• Proven track record advising governments or financial institutions on climate finance policy with measurable results.
• Deep understanding of multilateral development banks, climate funds and financing instruments for local governments.
• Experience engaging senior officials and building consensus for institutional reforms.
• Strong programme management skills overseeing multi‑country projects.

Required skills

• Public and blended finance expertise.
• Policy analysis and strategic recommendation development.
• Budgeting, contracting and financial monitoring.
• Stakeholder engagement and diplomatic negotiation.
• Project management tools, specifically Asana.

What we offer

• Access to WRI’s global network across Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the US.
• Opportunity to impact climate finance at a mission‑driven organization.
• Flexible hybrid working model with generous leave that increases with tenure.
• Diversity and inclusion focus with affinity groups and learning opportunities.