Overview
The Senior EU Policy Engagement Expert will contribute to UNEP FI’s strategic engagement with EU policymakers, regulators, and financial institutions to advance the financing of a sustainable European economy. The role involves operationalizing activities related to building a value proposition and toolkit for EU sectoral policy engagement for banks, and promoting innovative finance solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement a structured value proposition for banks’ engagement in EU sectoral policy processes, including the development of toolkits, guidance, and engagement frameworks.
- Contribute to aligning EU industrial policy with financial sector practices and investment capabilities.
- Provide technical expert advice on the identification, analysis, and prioritization of key EU sectoral policies and translate them into actionable financing pathways for banks.
- Facilitate the development of outputs including sectoral policy briefs, engagement toolkits, and practical guidance.
- Coordinate and facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogues.
- Develop a compendium of innovative financial solutions.
- Ensure coherence between policy engagement and financing realities from a banking/lending perspective.
- Engage with EU institutions to position UNEP FI as a key interlocutor linking policy ambition with finance.
- Work closely with UNEP FI teams to ensure integrated delivery of outputs.
- Coordinate the policy team engagement with EU policy processes related to the Green Deal, Clean Industrial Deal, and sectoral transition strategies.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders.
- Develop sectoral policy engagement frameworks for banks.
- Develop and implement the production of sectoral policy briefs, engagement toolkits and guidance, and recommendations for policy–finance alignment.
- Facilitate expert sessions, roundtables, and dialogues.
- Coordinate the identification and scaling of innovative financial instruments with UNEP FI members.
- Ensure alignment between financing solutions and EU policy frameworks.
- Promote peer learning and knowledge exchange among banks and stakeholders on bankable transition solutions.
- Provide technical expert advice on how policy design affects bankability and capital mobilization.
- Coordinate and support representation of UNEP FI in EU platforms, working groups, and policy dialogues.
- Coordinate internal and external stakeholders to ensure consistency and impact of engagement activities.
- Contribute to communications and dissemination of outputs.
- Support the implementation of UNEP FI’s 2026–2029 Social Action Plan.
Required Experience
At least ten (10) years of professional experience and expertise in investment and/or lending activities, development finance and/or investment banking, banking regulation, supervision, and sustainable finance is required. At least five (5) years of professional experience in the banking sector, including experience in a European policy and banking setting, would be an advantage.
Qualifications
A master’s degree in finance, law, economics, business administration, international relations is required. A bachelor’s degree could be taken in lieu of master’s degree provided the selected candidate has 12 years of relevant experience.
