Climate Adaptation Expert

The Climate Adaptation Expert will play a key role in shaping climate adaptation and resilience across the mobility sector by providing expert guidance on lending and advisory operations. The role involves supporting project-level due diligence, contributing to policy and advisory work, and collaborating with various experts to drive impactful climate adaptation solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide trusted advice on adaptation and resilience matters to Mobility Department specialists and Heads of Division
• Support due diligence of operations exposed to high physical climate risks, including review and analysis of climate risk and vulnerability assessments
• Contribute to policy and advisory work, including the 2026 review of the EIB’s Adaptation Strategy
• Provide practical expertise on planning and design of climate-adapted transport infrastructure and related advisory work
• Strengthen quality assurance throughout the project cycle ensuring alignment with environmental, climate and social standards
• Engage actively across departments and Bank-level working groups to support climate risk assessment system implementation
• Coordinate and manage consultancy support to meet business needs
• Build and maintain internal knowledge base on climate adaptation and resilience through workshops and tutorials
• Develop and nurture external partnerships to advance the EIB’s climate adaptation work

Requirements

• University degree (minimum an equivalent at bachelor level) in a relevant subject e.g. engineering or economics, preferably with additional qualifications linked to environmental or climate science
• At least 5 years of experience combining experience in project preparation or appraisal in a relevant area, and practical experience on how to reflect and implement climate resilience and adaptation into projects
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate effectively across multiple departments, fostering collaboration and ensuring alignment with organisational objectives
• Experience in managing complex projects or activities that require broad cooperation and integration of expertise from various teams
• Excellent knowledge of English and good command of French. Knowledge of other EU languages would be a distinct advantage
• Proficiency in English and French is a pre-requisite for career development, with level 5 of the Inter Institutional language courses (B1.2 CEFRL) recommended

Skills

• Project Preparation
• Project Appraisal
• Climate Resilience Implementation
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Cross-Department Coordination
• Complex Project Management
• Policy Advisory
• Lending Operations Design
• Environmental Sciences
• Climate Science
• Economic Analysis
• Engineering
• English Language Proficiency
• French Proficiency

Languages

English, French