Analyst-climateshot Investor Coalition

CPI is an analysis and advisory organization with deep expertise in finance and policy. Our mission is to help governments, businesses, and financial institutions drive economic growth while addressing climate change. We are unique in our focus on finance, our ability to get the right people to the table, and our analytical rigor.

CPI has offices in Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States and acts as the Secretariat for The ClimateShot Investor Coalition, alongside similar roles for The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (The Lab) and The Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA).

Accelerating climate finance for food systems is a priority workstream for CPI. Our growing Agriculture, Land Use, and Food Systems work combines a global approach with practical insights from across our country offices.

As part of this workstream, ClimateShot Investor Coalition (CLIC) is an action-oriented group of investors working in agriculture and food systems. CLIC aims to rapidly scale up the finance necessary to shift toward low-carbon, climate-resilient, and nature-positive agriculture and food systems globally. As the Secretariat for CLIC, it is our role at CPI to drive the group’s strategic vision and workplan. The CLIC team leads on developing knowledge products for agrifood investors, policymakers, funders and the sector more broadly, running two member Action Groups, as well as the Agrifood Investment Connector, which works directly to support climate and nature-smart SMEs in the agrifood system in Africa and Latin America.

**Position Summary**

CPI is recruiting for an Analyst position, offering an exciting opportunity to contribute to CPI’s work on climate finance for agri-food systems, conducting research and analytical work for CLIC’s knowledge products and supporting the development and growth of CPI’s Agriculture, Land Use and Food Systems workstream within our growing Africa regional program.

Based in our office in Cape Town, South Africa, the analyst will have two main missions:
1. Supporting the development of knowledge products that provide evidence and thought leadership on climate finance for agri-food systems aiming to better inform decision makers and promote greater consensus on priorities for the sector (70%).
2. Supporting the development and delivery of CPI’s climate finance for agri-food workstream in Africa, working closely with the Manager: Agri-Food Systems, Africa in responding to new business development opportunities and taking a technical role on their delivery where successful (around 30%).

CPI offers an inspiring work environment that rewards independent thinking, collaboration, and pragmatic problem solving. The Analyst will work in close cooperation with a range of partners from the agrifood policy, finance, and corporate spheres, as well as with CPI teams across the globe. You will gain exposure to a wide array of stakeholders in the agriculture and food systems climate investment space whilst drawing on CPI’s world class technical teams focused on scaling-up and accelerating finance for agriculture and food systems globally.

Key responsibilities include the following and others as assigned (all within the context of agrifood systems):

- Perform rigorous quantitative analysis of national and international climate finance mechanisms and climate and energy policies.
- Efficiently collect and analyze varied and cross-disciplinary data to incorporate into useable and reportable formats. This includes but is not limited to investment data and transaction and impact attributes.
- Under the direction of managers and senior analysts, contribute to the design, management, and implementation of complex research assignments and analytical projects.
- Engage clients throughout the research process and advise policymakers on the implications of research findings.
- Assist in the writing and editing of high-quality CPI products, including full reports, executive summaries, blogs, and presentations
- Communicate and collaborate with CPI staff working around the globe
- Produce high-quality materials on demanding deadlines
- Support the Manager, Agri-Food Systems, Africa to respond to new business development opportunities in agrifood and climate finance, assisting with technical proposal compilation and potentially, delivery of successful initiatives.
- Support the Manager, Agri-Food Systems, Africa in conducting regular monitoring of new donor, investor, and agribusiness initiatives in the African climate finance and agri-food sector.

**Contract**: Full Time (40 hours/week) Fixed Term 18 months with potential to be extended in line with CPI’s growth.

CPI is a hybrid working environment, where employees are expected to work at least 40% (2 days a week) in the office.

**Experience, skills, and personal attributes required**:

- BA or BS degree required in a relevant field e.g., finance, economics, agronomics, or policy.
- Demonstrable