Climate Change Specialist

About Us
A+S Consult GmbH is a leading international consulting and engineering company specializing in sustainable urban mobility, transport planning, and digital solutions. With offices in Germany and abroad, we support international donors, municipalities, and governments in developing innovative transport strategies and investment-ready infrastructure projects.

Position: Climate Change Specialist
We are looking for an experienced Climate Change Specialist to contribute to international assignments focused on low-carbon and climate-resilient urban mobility. The expert will lead climate risk and adaptation analyses, greenhouse-gas (GHG) assessments, and climate-finance tracking in alignment with international best practice and IFI guidelines.

Key Responsibilities
The Climate Change Specialist will be expected to:

• Conduct Climate Risk and Adaptation Assessments (CRA) in line with international best practice, analyzing historic trends and model-based projections, assessing system vulnerabilities, and recommending costed adaptation measures for design and operations.
• Prepare Climate Change Assessments using the latest IFI/ADB templates: summarize CRA findings, scope/assess additional mitigation measures, and calculate GHG reduction potential.
• Estimate mitigation/adaptation climate finance in line with joint MDB methodologies and common principles; ensure documentation suitable for financing partner review.
• Quantify project GHG emissions and relative emissions following approved transport-sector guidance, coordinating data inputs across the technical team.
• Support Paris-alignment assessments for operations, documenting assumptions, risks, and compliance with applicable guidance.
• Prepare clear, concise deliverables (e.g., CRA and Climate Change Assessment reports) and contribute to stakeholder presentations and internal quality reviews.

Candidate Requirements

• Education: University degree in environmental science, urban/transport planning, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum 10 years in climate change analysis for infrastructure/urban transport, including preparation of CRA and related assessments for IFI-financed projects (e.g., ADB, EBRD, WB, EU).
• Technical skills: Demonstrated ability to (i) design and deliver CRA; (ii) apply recognized GHG accounting methods for transport; (iii) assess mitigation and adaptation options with costings; and (iv) apply MDB climate-finance tracking principles.
• Soft skills: Excellent analytical, communication, and reporting skills in English; strong collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Assignment Details
Location: Flexible – assignments may combine remote work with short international missions.
Duration: Project-based, depending on specific assignments.