The climate needs bright minds. The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) addresses crucial scientific questions in the fields of global change, climate impacts and sustainable development. It is one of the world's leading research institutions in its field and offers natural and social scientists from around the world an inspiring environment for excellent interdisciplinary research. This role will be based in the Berlin office at the EUREF campus in Berlin Schöneberg.

For the Climate Policy and Development group (RD5) PIK is offering a

Policy Analyst position Transform (m/f/d)

(Position number: 88-2024 Policy Analyst Transform)

in the field of climate policy and development, ideally starting on 01.04.2025.

The position is funded until December 2027 (end of the project). Remuneration is in accordance with the German public tariff scheme (TV-L Brandenburg), salary group E 13. This is a part-time position with a weekly working time of 32 hours per week. 

The successful candidate will support the team with stakeholder interaction on distributional implications of climate policies in low- and middle-income countries and potential instruments to circumvent unintended impacts. The position includes facilitating policy-oriented dialogue with project partners and other political stakeholders (both in Germany and abroad) to help promoting efficient and equitable climate mitigation solutions. Besides, the candidate will contribute to the maintenance and public communication of the Carbon Pricing Incidence Calculator (CPIC) web tool, which allows stakeholders to assess the distributional impacts of carbon pricing reforms for currently 88 countries.

Key responsibilities

• Translating research results into policy advice;
• Organizing and conducting stakeholder meetings, particularly focusing on social impacts of climate policy in low- and middle income countries;
• Project management, including coordination with funders and stakeholders, as well as project reporting;
• Coordination with project partners and participation in project meetings;
• Participation in policy-oriented formats with project partners and stakeholders, including presentation of research results;
• Contributing to the documentation, maintenance and communication of the Carbon Pricing Incidence Calculator (CPIC) web tool and its underlying comprehensive database about households’ consumption patterns and related carbon footprints;
• Write policy briefs for political decision makers based on scientific evidence and political background briefings for the research group.

Requirements

• Masters in political science, economics, development studies or related;
• Active interest and experience in policy-oriented stakeholder dialogues and climate policy;
• Good understanding of empirical methods (causal inference analysis, survey analyses, microsimulation, computational models etc.) and knowledge of R are an asset;
• Willingness and ability to travel for work 2–6 times per year (project meetings, workshops, conferences), including outside of Europe.

We expect

• strong motivation, excellent organizational and project management skills;
• excellent communication and presentation skills, oral and written fluency in English and German; other languages (French, Spanish or Bahasa Indonesia) can be an asset
• the ability to work independently and on your own initiative
• a methodical and systematic approach 
• structured and goal-oriented thinking
• capacity to familiarise yourself quickly with new topics
• creativity and openness to new approaches
• capacity for teamwork 

We offer

• the chance to be part of an engaged, interdisciplinary team, a stimulating working environment in an internationally recognised a stimulating working environment in an internationally recognised research institute at the modern EUREF sustainability campus in Berlin Schöneberg 
• flexi-time and mobile working (up to 50 % of your hours),
• a collective pay scheme and associated benefits, as well as a subsidized travel card or Deutschland-Ticket Job.

PIK values equality and diversity. We encourage applications without photo. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of ethnic and social origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, care responsibilities, or age. PIK seeks to increase the share of women in scientific positions and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. In cases of equal qualification and within the given legal scope, women will be given preference. PIK also encourages applications by parents returning from parental leave.

Please apply by 01.02.2025 directly via our application form below this job advertisement on our website.

If you hold an international higher education qualification, please also submit a certificate evaluation from the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) with your application. If you do not yet have a transcript evaluation, please note that you may have to request one if your application is successful. For further information, please visit the website: https://www.kmk.org/zab/central-office-for-foreign-education.html

For further information or to discuss the position, please contact Prof. Dr. Jan Steckel.