Overview
The CCAC Strategic Planning Officer for the Super Pollutants Accelerator in Mexico will track progress across air quality, climate, and super-pollutant mitigation projects, consolidating key data into a national planning framework. The role ensures project data and policy scenarios inform strategic decision-making and long-term planning.
Key Responsibilities
- Track and coordinate progress across projects derived from integrated mitigation strategies on air quality, climate change, and super pollutants.
- Consolidate relevant information, including air pollution and SLCP data, into a unified, evidence-based national planning framework.
- Ensure project-level data, policy scenarios, and co-benefit assessments are systematically incorporated into strategic decision-making and long-term planning instruments.
- Develop two sector-specific SLCP policy integration briefs.
- Prepare a consolidated SLCP Policy Gap Assessment Report.
- Draft text proposals for integrating SLCP mitigation into at least two planning instruments.
- Generate an analytical note on SLCP mitigation potential using LEAP-IBC or equivalent tool.
- Develop a fully functional LEAP-IBC-based national SLCP planning module.
- Create a Data Integration Template and Protocol.
- Develop a Scenario Analysis Package.
- Produce a User guide/manual for SEMARNAT/INECC teams.
- Prepare quarterly synthesis briefs highlighting project progress and implications.
- Develop a consolidated Project-to-Policy Insight Report.
- Create an SLCP Co-benefit Assessment Dashboard.
- Define a standardized MRV indicator set.
- Develop a national SLCP–Climate–Air Quality Planning Dashboard.
- Prepare 2–3 Decision-Support Briefs for high-level officials.
- Create a cross-institutional planning toolkit.
- Deliver technical workshop materials and training packages.
Required Experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience in energy-climate-air quality modelling, preferably with hands-on expertise in LEAP, LEAP-IBC, GAINS, or similar integrated assessment tools.
- Strong data management, visualization, and scenario analysis skills.
- Understanding of Mexico’s energy, transport, waste, and industrial sectors, as well as its climate governance architecture is highly desired.
- Proven experience preparing technical reports, stakeholder engagement materials, or capacity-building content related to climate change, SLCPs, or air pollution is desired.
- Experience working with government and/or international development partners in the environmental/climate sector is desired.
- Knowledge and previous experience working on climate change, short-lived climate pollutants, climate change international agreements or air pollution is desired.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in environmental sciences, energy planning, public policy, engineering, or a related field such as climate policy, energy, international affairs.
- A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
