Programme Officer, EMDE Investor Taskforce

Reports into: Investor Strategies Programme

Place of work: Central London / hybrid

Time: 5 days/week – full time

Contract Length: 12 months fixed term, with a possible extension

Starting date: November 2025 the latest

Salary: £30,000 – £33,000 depending on experience, plus benefits

Applications

Interested applicants should submit a Curriculum Vitae and a cover letter detailing their relevant skills, capabilities and experience for the role by completing the application form on our website here.

If you have any queries, please email [email protected].

Recruitment timeline

IIGCC will review applications on a rolling basis, so we would encourage early application. The final deadline for applications is 12pm Friday, 15 August 2025. We reserve the right to extend the deadline or close this vacancy early depending on the applications we receive. We recommend that you submit your application as early as possible.

Please note that we aim for the first round interviews (online, via Teams) to take place in the week of 18 August 2025; and the second round interviews (in person) on 26, 27, 28 August 2025.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we cannot consider candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

The successful candidate must be able to start in post by November 2025.

About IIGCC

IIGCC is an investor-led membership organisation with 400+ members across 20+ countries. We bring the investment community together to navigate the risks and opportunities of the transition and support progress towards a net zero and climate resilient future.

We work with our members to create guidance, tools, frameworks and resources that can help them, in their individual contexts, to manage climate-related financial risk within their individual portfolios. Our work also supports investors to make the most of opportunities presented by the transition towards a decarbonised global economy and the realities of a changing climate.

Through our leading work, we help investors to navigate implementation of climate considerations in their individual portfolios, advocate for a more supportive policy environment, and provide them with the tools to undertake effective stewardship and engagement with companies, and the wider market.

More information at www.iigcc.org.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced programme officer to join the investor strategies team to support IIGCC’s role as the secretariat for the EMDE Investor Taskforce (the Taskforce), an industry led initiative convened by the UK government (FCDO and HMT) that is focused on mobilising increased institutional investment into Emerging Markets and Developing Economies.

Through this role you will have regular contact with senior figures from investors as well as with our wider stakeholders, including policymakers, civil society and businesses. The role will report to Senior Programme Manager or Taskforce lead in the Investor Strategies Programme, and will work closely with the Policy Programme Manager and Communications Manager assigned to the Taskforce.

Main responsibilities

The work will comprise the following core activities:

-     Support the IIGCC secretariat team for the Taskforce, this includes:

o  Take day to day direction from the Senior Programme Manager or Taskforce lead leading Taskforce activities.

o  Day to day interaction with the staff of the co-chairs, workstream leads and other stakeholders across the public and private sector.

o  Ongoing coordination with the co-chairs of the Taskforce and workstream leads on secretariat duties.

o  Advance the Taskforce’s agenda through supporting the Senior Programme Manager or Taskforce lead in organising and coordinating meetings of the ministerial/CEO level Leadership Group and the supporting Delivery Group of senior representatives and ensuring good governance.

o  Facilitate the Taskforce’s work across its four workstreams by supporting workstream leads to deliver their outputs.

o  Engage with other industry initiatives and external organisations on the work of the Taskforce.

o  Support the management of relationships with and interests of the investors and the UK government departments involved in the Taskforce.

-     Develop an understanding of investors’ various climate strategies, their needs and challenges, and approach to investing in EMDEs.

-     Support coordination across IIGCC teams to ensure relevant information is shared and expertise is brought in.

-     Support the effective running of the Taskforce through management of relevant information.

Skills and capabilities

Essential

-     Experience of supporting multi-stakeholder governance processes and supporting multi-stakeholder negotiations.

-     Excellent written and oral communication skills with good note/ minute taking and action item identifying skills, ideally from board and/or technical working group/ programme environments.

-     Time management, coordination and organisational skills, with proven ability to respond to multiple priorities, and comfortable working under pressure.

-     Fluency in English language (written and verbal).

Desirable

-     Experience of communicating with C-suite and senior staff (and their support teams) at financial institutions or large corporates (i.e. answering questions from CEO offices in advance of CEO/Ministerial level meetings).

-     An understanding or interest in climate and net zero strategies in the private sector, particularly for financial institutions and the challenges of investing in EMDEs.

-     Experience of working in or with the UK government.

-     Other European languages.

The full job description can be found on our website.

Why work at IIGCC?

People join IIGCC because they care deeply about making a difference in supporting our mission that brings the investment community together to navigate the risks and opportunities of the transition and support progress towards a net zero and climate resilient future. In return, IIGCC offers its employees a competitive salary with a wide range of benefits and supportive ways of working. You can find the full list of our benefits on our website.