Carry several projects at once from scoping through to delivery: workplans, resourcing, sequencing, milestones, budget and quality control.

Act as ICGD’s day-to-day counterpart for ministries and agencies, industry associations, research institutions, financiers and funding partners.

Design and run multi-stakeholder processes, including inter-ministerial coordination, technical working groups and expert or scientific advisory arrangements, and keep a clear record of what was agreed and what happens next.

Oversee and lead analytical work on ICGD’s priorities including green industrialisation, carbon pricing, just transition and sustainable finance.

Translate technical and policy analysis into briefs, positions and recommendations that survive scrutiny from ministry analysts and market counterparts.

Minimum 8 years’ professional experience across policy and regulatory work, applied research, consulting, programme delivery, industry, or sustainable finance.

Postgraduate qualification, or equivalent professional experience, in public policy, economics, engineering, law, environmental science or a related discipline.

Strong command of at least two of: green industrialisation and industrial decarbonisation; carbon pricing, carbon markets and carbon accounting; trade and competitiveness measures affecting exporters, including carbon border adjustment; climate-economic modelling and green growth planning; climate and sustainable finance.

Proven ability to run several parallel workstreams with different counterparts, deadlines and quality requirements without losing control of any of them.

Demonstrated experience engaging and convening senior stakeholders across government, the private sector, academia and civil society, with the credibility to hold a technical discussion with each.

Excellent written and spoken English and Bahasa Indonesia, able to draft and edit to a publishable standard.

A track record of supervising analysts or consultants and visibly improving their output.

Lead analytical products end to end: frame the question, assemble and interrogate the data, choose and justify the method, run the analysis and write it up.

Build and maintain the quantitative work: sector pathways, cost and abatement curves, carbon accounting, and comparison of the scenarios and models in use across agencies.

Turn analysis into policy and investment recommendations: briefs, technical notes, submissions and presentations for government and market audiences.

Prepare the technical material for inter-ministerial coordination, technical working groups and expert or scientific advisory forums, and synthesise what those forums conclude.

Engage counterparts in ministries, industry associations, companies and research institutions on data, assumptions and method.

4 to 7 years’ experience in economic, policy or technical analysis, in consulting, a research institute, government, finance or industry.

Postgraduate qualification, or equivalent professional experience, in economics, engineering, environmental science or public policy.

Working knowledge of at least two of ICGD’s priority areas: green industrialisation, carbon pricing and carbon markets, just transition, climate-economic modelling, or sustainable finance.

Ability to produce analysis that is transparent, documented and reproducible, and to defend it in front of technical counterparts.

Excellent written and spoken English and Bahasa Indonesia.

Comfortable working to short deadlines across several parallel products.

Own ICGD’s brand and voice, and maintain the visual identity, templates and creative standards used across publications, decks and digital output.

Run ICGD’s social and digital presence end to end: content calendar, copy, design, publication and performance reporting, with the aim of growing reach among policy, industry and investor audiences.

Lead external communications and media work: releases, op-eds, media relationships, monitoring and spokesperson support.

Deliver communications for ICGD’s convenings, from ministerial-level events to technical and expert working sessions: materials, run-of-show, documentation and post-event packages.

Develop ICGD’s future strategic communication products: podcasts, books, magazine and other publications.

Translate technical analysis into accessible content for non-specialist audiences, including partner-facing and funder-facing communications.

Hold message discipline with government and partners: clearance and sign-off, attribution, embargoes and confidentiality.

Minimum 5 years’ experience in communications, campaigns, content production, media or agency work.

A portfolio of work the candidate personally produced or directed, including social media channels they have run.

Excellent writing and editing in both English and Bahasa Indonesia, with the ability to move between technical, media and social registers.

Practical production skills: design and layout in Adobe Creative Suite, Canva or equivalent, and basic video and photo editing.

Demonstrated ability to build and grow a social presence for an institutional account, with evidence of what worked.

Sound judgement on political and commercial sensitivity, and discretion when working with government and partner material.

Self-starting and organised, comfortable being the only communications person in the room.

Conduct qualitative and quantitative research on climate, economic, industrial, investment and public policy topics.

Track and analyse regulations, policy documents, reports, datasets and international case studies.

Collect, clean and sense-check datasets, and build and maintain trackers and models under supervision.

Synthesise complex information into concise briefing notes, memos and presentations for senior stakeholders.

Support the development of ICGD policy briefs, concept notes, proposals and analytical products, and manage versions through to final output.

Support the preparation and delivery of meetings, workshops, roundtables and stakeholder consultations.

Prepare concise records of the discussion and the actions agreed, and follow through on those actions.

Support stakeholder mapping and engagement across government, the private sector, development partners, academia and civil society.

Take ownership of specific analytical or organisational tasks as agreed with the supervising project lead.

Comfortable alongside senior counterparts in government, industry and partner organisations, and useful in a small team where priorities move

2 – 3 years’ relevant experience, including internships and research assistantships, and a bachelor’s degree in economics, engineering, environmental science, public policy or a related discipline

Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with the ability to work confidently with data and evidence of varying quality

Clear structuring and problem solving, and the ability to present complex analysis simply in notes, slides and charts

Ability to take a defined task and deliver it end to end with limited supervision

Accuracy and citation discipline, and the habit of checking work before it leaves the Secretariat

Excellent research and writing in both English and Bahasa Indonesia

Curiosity and the appetite to get up to speed quickly on unfamiliar sectors, regulations and datasets

Conduct high-quality qualitative and quantitative research on climate, economic, industrial, investment and public policy topics.

Analyse policy documents, regulations, reports, datasets and international case studies.

Synthesise complex information into concise presentations, briefing notes and memos for senior stakeholders.

Support the development of ICGD policy briefs, concept notes, proposals and analytical products.

Support the preparation and delivery of meetings, workshops, roundtables and stakeholder consultations.

Participate in selected meetings and prepare concise records of the discussion and the actions agreed.

Support stakeholder mapping and engagement across government, the private sector, development partners, academia and civil society.

Contribute to project management, workplan tracking and coordination across selected ICGD initiatives.

Take ownership of specific analytical or organisational tasks as agreed with the supervising project lead.

Education

Current undergraduate students in their final years of study.

Current postgraduate students, including those available during a long summer or semester break.

Recent graduates, preferably with up to two years of professional experience.

Relevant fields include economics, public policy, international relations, engineering, environmental studies, finance, business, law, political science, data science and related disciplines.

Experience and skills

Excellent research and analytical skills, with the ability to structure a complex problem and communicate the findings clearly.

Strong written and verbal communication, and the ability to build a clear, professional presentation.

Genuine attention to detail, and strong organisational and time management skills.

The ability to work independently while collaborating within a small team.

Professional proficiency in English and Bahasa Indonesia.

Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel. Experience with quantitative analysis, financial modelling, data analysis or visualisation is an advantage for analytically focused assignments.