About the Climate Policy Team

The Climate Policy Team assesses the effectiveness of international strategies and national climate policies and whether they are aligned with limit warming to 1.5°C. It comprises two sub teams: the Policy Analysis team, focusing on national context-specific analysis, and the Mitigation Pathways team, focusing on the scientific and technical modelling aspects of mitigation scenarios. The successful applicant will join the Mitigation Pathways team within the Climate Policy Team.

Job description

We are currently seeking a new Senior Climate Data Scientist for our Climate Policy Team based in Berlin. You will provide data science support for our flagship project, the Climate Action Tracker, as well as other projects that track and benchmark climate action across different sectors and countries. You will support the team’s analytical work in assessing the implications of current mitigation targets and policies for global temperature rise and understanding what transitions would be aligned with limiting warming to 1.5°C, taking into account what would be cost effective, aligned with sustainable development, and equitable.

Your responsibilities

• You use and extend existing tools and pipelines in order to provide quantitative analyses of global, national and sectoral emissions pathways consistent with the Paris Agreement, including the Climate Action Tracker’s temperature assessment tools using a climate emulator tool.

• You support policy analysts, modelers, and economists in the collection and analysis of varied and transdisciplinary datasets.

• You assist in the developing of tools and software to enhance the quantitative analyses and modelling critical to the core work of the team. This will include updating the team’s in-house tools for assessing how mitigation action can be fairly distributed between countries.

• You contribute to the development and maintenance of a commonly used data warehouse.

• You provide support to junior data analysts in the team.

• When required, you provide analytical support for negotiators from vulnerable countries in various climate and energy related fora.

• You contribute to the writing of reports, briefings, and scientific peer-reviewed publications.

Your profile

You will ideally have the following qualifications and skills:

• A master’s degree in climate economics, energy studies, engineering or a related field and at least 4 years of relevant work experience in a quantitative discipline with applied scientific software development and data analysis experience.

• Proven programming skills specifically in Python with knowledge common programming approaches (separation of concerns, object-oriented programming, design patterns, etc.). Working knowledge of Excel R, Matlab, and is an asset.

• Experience in working in collaborative coding environments with multiple team members using version control (git) and unit testing.

• An interest in understanding and addressing climate change mitigation at national to international levels, and in working for impact.

• A background in climate science, mitigation, energy systems or economics is strongly recommended.

• Experience in project coordination is an asset.

• Excellent English writing and verbal skills.

• A well-developed sense for team work and ability to interact with a diverse array of people.

We offer

• A job with purpose. With us you will work in an international team of engaged people and with your skills you can make a positive contribution to our work in the field of climate change. We can offer a positive and inspiring working atmosphere, participation in a great network of partner institutes and stakeholders, as well as insights into the international climate change negotiations.

• Our Berlin office is located near Moritzplatz in the heart of the lively Kreuzberg, surrounded by a dynamic startup scene. Currently most of our staff is working from home due to covid-19 restrictions.

• We will refund your public transport ticket and offer a company pension plan.

Conditions

Application Deadline: 17 February 2023
Starting date: April 2022
Location: Berlin, Germany
Terms: We are looking for a long-term collaboration. Currently we can offer a fixed term contract for 1 year, with the perspective of extension based on performance and funding.

For further information send your questions via email to .

Please apply with your CV, cover letter and a list of three references in PDF format exclusively using the application form by 17 February 2023.

Please indicate in your cover letter your earliest start date and your salary expectations.

Applications by email or by post can unfortunately not be processed.