RFP 301438- INTERN CLIMATE POLICY AND FINANCE-NAIROBI , KENYA

INTERN - CLIMATE POLICY AND FINANCE

The Organization

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives. The Alliance is part of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future. The Alliance solutions address the global crisis of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation. Through its Climate Action work, the Alliance supports governments and partners to strengthen climate policy, mobilize and effectively deploy climate finance, develop climate-resilient investment strategies, and improve the evidence available for climate-related planning and decision-making.

The Climate Action Lever contributes to the implementation of the CGIAR Portfolio 2025–2030, particularly through the Climate Action Science Program, as well as bilateral and multi-country projects implemented in collaboration with national governments, regional organizations, development partners, research institutions, and other stakeholders.

A key area of work focuses on strengthening the environment enabling climate action and finance in agriculture. This includes supporting climate and agricultural policy processes; costing and prioritizing climate actions; assessing climate risks and financing needs; strengthening climate finance readiness; developing investment strategies and pipelines; tracking climate finance and investment effectiveness; and building institutional capacities for accessing and effectively utilizing climate finance.

About the position

The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT is seeking a motivated Climate Policy and Finance Intern to provide technical and analytical support to this portfolio of work. The internship will provide practical exposure to climate policy, climate finance and investments, data analysis, capacity development, and stakeholder engagement.

Roles and Responsibilities

The intern will:

• Assist in the review, preparation, and analysis of climate, agriculture, and climate finance policies, strategies, plans, and related technical documents.
  
• Support the costing and economic assessment of strategic climate and agricultural priorities, including estimation of investment requirements and financing gaps.
  
• Provide analytical and technical inputs to policy development processes in collaboration with national governments, regional organizations, research institutions, and development partners.
  
• Assist in the design and delivery of training sessions, workshops, and technical consultations with stakeholders
  
• Collect, clean, organize, analyze, and synthesize global, regional, national, and subnational climate related data
  
• Support the development of frameworks, tools, guidelines, and monitoring, learning and evaluation frameworks to execute climate finance project pipelines
  
• Contribute to the preparation of technical reports other knowledge products e.g. policy briefs, technical notes, presentations, and journal papers
  

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor's degree with specialization or equivalent, in Agricultural Economics, Economics, Climate Change, Environmental Economics, Environmental Science, Agriculture, Development Studies, Natural Resource Management, or another closely related discipline, master’s degree desirable.

Desirable Skills

• Demonstrated interest in climate change, climate policy, climate finance, agricultural development, or sustainable investment.
  
• Basic knowledge of quantitative and/or qualitative research and data-analysis methods
  
• Strong analytical, research, writing, and communication skills.
  
• Ability to synthesize technical information and communicate findings clearly.
  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  
• Ability to work independently and effectively within multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.
  

Languages

• English required
  

Supervision and Working Arrangements

The intern will work under the supervision of the designated Climate Action team lead/supervisor and will collaborate closely with scientists, policy specialists, economists, project teams, and other technical staff across the Alliance.

Assignments may involve collaboration with government ministries and agencies, CGIAR teams, regional organizations, development partners, financial institutions, research organizations, and other project stakeholders.

The internship may include participation in technical meetings, stakeholder consultations, workshops, training activities, and, where applicable, field or country missions.

Terms of employment

These are 3 (Three National recruited positions based in Nairobi, Kenya. The initial contract will be 6 months renewable depending on performance and availability of resources.

The Alliance Bioversity-CIAT is committed to fair, safe, and inclusive workplaces. We believe that diversity powers our innovation, contributes to our excellence, and is critical for our mission. Recruiting and mentoring staff to create an inclusive organization that reflects our global character is a priority. We encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability statuses, sexual orientations, marital status, and gender identities. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applicants are invited to visit http://ciat.cgiar.org/ciat-jobs to get full details of the position and to submit their applications. Applications MUST include reference Number RFP 301438- INTERN CLIMATE POLICY AND FINANCE as the position applied for.  Application and CV should be saved as one document using the candidate’s lastname, firstname for ease of sorting. The following is required:

1.       A cover letter illustrating your motivation to apply and suitability for the above position against the listed qualifications and work responsibilities.

2.       A curriculum vitae, including the names and email addresses of at least two professional referees who have worked either as your professional or academic supervisors and are knowledgeable about your skills and professional abilities.

Note: The Alliance does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing or training). The Alliance also does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.

Applications closing date: 6th October 2026

Please note that email applications will not be considered.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

We invite you to learn more about us at:  

                                http://alliancebioversityciat.org

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