Position summary

EBRD is hiring a Principal, Sustainable Business Infrastructure (SBI) to manage the Green City Action Plans (GCAPs) that underpin the EBRD Green Cities programme. GCAPs set out a long-term vision for green and sustainable investments together with necessary policy reforms, following a Bank-developed methodology. The role closely manages the framework consultants delivering each GCAP and coordinates with the City and relevant EBRD parties to reflect their inputs.

Why this role matters

EBRD Green Cities has grown into a EUR 7 billion+ framework, with more than 60 cities across 24 countries and around EUR 3.7 billion invested across 110+ projects, improving the lives of around 80 million people. GCAPs determine the green and sustainable investments and policy actions (with a mitigation and adaptation focus) that make this possible, so their management is central to the programme’s ambitions.

Key responsibilities

• Initiate GCAPs by preparing Terms of Reference with the City and relevant Bank units, overseeing consultant selection, securing donor funds, and initiating GCAP “refreshers” (GCAP2) for cities that completed plans more than five years ago.
• Manage GCAP delivery by overseeing appointed consultants’ work for timely delivery, incorporating comments from sector specialists, and ensuring GCAPs apply the Bank’s refined methodology (including climate adaptation, nature finance and green capital markets alongside mitigation).
• Manage stakeholder events by ensuring relevant parties (Mayors, Ambassadors, CSOs, EBRD senior management) are engaged and content aligns with Stakeholder Engagement guidelines.
• Review GCAP reports and provide timely inputs, and lead implementation meetings summarising conclusions to relevant EBRD staff.
• Support investment transition by helping convert completed GCAPs into bankable follow-on investments, in coordination with sector specialists and banking teams, and representing EBRD Green Cities externally.

Team and stakeholders

The role sits in EBRD’s Policy and Partnerships division and coordinates with partner cities, framework consultants, government ministries, donors, SIG sector specialists, country teams, lead bankers and EBRD senior management.

Key details

• Fixed-term contract (2 years), based in London; hybrid working (50% office attendance).

Requirements

• A Master’s degree in climate finance, urban planning, engineering or a closely related field.
• Extensive relevant climate finance/urban planning experience from an investment or commercial bank or a relevant private or public institution.
• An understanding of urban sustainability, energy, environment and development challenges in the EBRD region.
• Well-developed analytical skills and computer literacy (Microsoft Office and spreadsheets).
• The ability to work effectively as a team member to deadlines and under time pressure.
• Excellent written and oral communication in English.