Senior Climate Change Specialist

OVERVIEW Business Unit:             Operations Complex – Global Practices and Partnerships Directorate Department: Resilience & Climate Action Division/Section: Climate Change and Environment Country: Saudi Arabia Location: IsDB, HQ Jeddah Job Grade: E3 Contract Type: Fixed Term Closing Date: 30-Oct-2026 JOB PURPOSE To provide senior-level technical and professional expertise in delivering IsDB’s climate action and green growth, sustainability agenda across mitigation, adaptation and resilience, nature-based solutions and to support the Bank in raising the development impact of its operations. Participate as a core team member in the identification, preparation, appraisal and implementation support of projects and programmes – including climate risk screening, GHG accounting, climate finance qualification and Paris alignment assessment – and support the mainstreaming of climate and environmental considerations through the Bank’s systems, policies and standards, including the Environmental and Social Framework and the sustainable finance architecture. Support Member Countries in implementing their Nationally Determined Contributions, National Adaptation Plans, long-term low-emission development strategies and net-zero pathways. Contribute to business development in collaboration with Regional hubs, the mobilization of concessional and vertical-fund climate finance through bilateral and multilateral partners, and to knowledge generation, capacity development, partnership building and results reporting on the Bank’s climate portfolio. Coordinate the work of consultants and less experienced team members and review their deliverables. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Strategic and Operational Planning and Implementation: • Contribute to the development of strategic plans, analytics, guidance notes and other products related to climate mitigation, adaptation and environmental sustainability within the Climate Change and Environment Division and jointly with other Global Practices and Regional Hubs in the Operations Complex. • Take part in project identification, appraisal, design, processing and approval as a team member along with the relevant Regional Hub. Lead the provision of input on climate change aspects, including physical and transition climate risk screening, GHG accounting, identification of adaptation and mitigation measures, alignment with Just transition Framework, and climate co-benefit and climate finance qualification. • Support the Bank’s alignment with the Paris Agreement in line with the joint MDB Paris Alignment framework, in particular Building Blocks 1 (mitigation alignment) and 2 (adaptation and climate-resilient operations), and support the consistent application of the agreed assessment methods by project teams. • Support the interface between the climate agenda and the Bank’s Environmental and Social Standards (ESS1–ESS10), including on climate-related aspects of environmental and…