The Climate Resilience Advisor will serve as the embedded technical and facilitation lead on adaptation, working within the municipal office of Nairobi to accelerate delivery of climate action, unlock barriers and strengthen institutional capacity. The role will support activities like delivering technical assistance, coordinating capacity-building efforts, amplifying city leadership and supporting equitable and inclusive adaptation projects aligned with the city’s Climate Action Plan (CAP). While the role will facilitate collaboration between the city and C40, this role is specifically dedicated to the technical delivery of adaptation-related workstreams and is not intended to be the main point of contact for all C40 activities within the city.

This city-based role will be key to delivering C40’s Climate Resilience programme, which aims to strengthen climate resilience in cities, focusing on challenges like coastal and urban flooding, droughts, and extreme heat whilst promoting nature-based solutions, effective land-use planning and equitable climate adaptation. C40 aims to support cities to deliver climate action projects, enable cities to mainstream resilience across the city and support cities to play a leading role regionally and globally. The city-based and regional activities supported will deliver the impacts planned under the Resilient Urban Futures programme, funded by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and potentially other related climate resilience programmes.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Responsibilities:

• Support the City of Nairobi and the Region in their implementation of key priority adaptation actions from their CAPS, e.g. by helping them to identify and establish critical partnerships for delivery.
• Support the design and delivery of tailored technical assistance projects that advance equitable, inclusive, and high-impact adaptation interventions prioritised in city CAPs.
• Collaborate with C40 teams and consultants to mainstream adaptation across financial strategies, private sector engagement, and climate governance frameworks in cities.
• Provide technical support to the City of Nairobi and the Region on climate risk assessments, vulnerability analyses, and adaptation planning, ensuring these outputs are used to inform evidence-based adaptation actions.
• Contribute to capacity building through workshops, training, and knowledge exchange to strengthen city officials’ skills in climate adaptation, equity integration, and finance mobilisation.
• Elicit learnings and best practice examples from activities and processes and provide input to ensure that this knowledge is exchanged and shared across all cities in the Resilient Urban Futures programme as well as shared across other relevant platforms for cross learning.
• Provide specific technical expertise, peer learning and knowledge sharing to C40 teams and other cities in the region as needed. 

Coordination & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Work closely with city officials, C40 staff, and consultants to coordinate C40-supported adaptation activities and ensure these are delivered on time and meet quality standards.
• Broker strategic partnerships between cities, local governments, civil society, and the private sector to promote collaboration and amplify adaptation efforts.
• Influence integration of adaptation priorities into city governance structures, including budgets, planning regulations and pilot initiatives with a strong equity lens.
• Identify and participate in relevant C40 knowledge networks and forums to share lessons, scale good practices, and strengthen regional collaboration on climate adaptation. 
• Develop annual workplans, track progress against KPIs, and contribute evidence to demonstrate impact to donors and partners.
• Where relevant, provide updates to the embassy to Denmark on project progress and/or alignment required, e.g. with local Strategic Sector Cooperations.  
• Undertake other related tasks as required to advance C40’s mission on equitable urban climate action.

Person Specification

• Proven experience and engagement of working with or for municipal administrations on programmes or projects, especially relating to climate action plans or climate adaptation policies. City experience and previous engagement specifically with the Nairobi City Council will be beneficial.
• Ability to convene and influence diverse stakeholders, including city leaders, community organisations, and private sector actors.
• Relevant qualifications or equivalent professional experience in climate change adaptation, resilience planning, disaster risk reduction, urban resilience, or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience in translating technical climate data into policy or investment decisions, e.g. through risk assessments, vulnerability assessments, infrastructure resilience, nature-based solutions, adaptation finance, and resource mobilisation will be a key consideration in this role.
• Strong project management skills with excellent organisational abilities and proven capacity to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively with major global partners, including NGOs, corporate sectors, funders, and multilateral development banks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience facilitating workshops, webinars, and virtual or in-person meetings.
• Strong problem-solving, strategic thinking, and analytical skills, exceptional attention to detail.
• Proactive self-starter, able to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Experience or interest in working across diverse cultures, languages, and time zones.
• Fluency in English and the local language required.