Senior Climate Risk and Resilience Consultant

Do you want to make a positive impact on the world? Sustainable development is at the heart of everything we do.
Seventy-five years ago, we created a home for creative thinkers seeking to solve the world’s biggest challenges. Today, a collective of over 16,000+ Arupians gather across the globe from 140 different countries to build a sustainable future.
At Arup, you’ll do more than work — you’ll shape a better world.

**About this role**
Step into a pivotal role at Arup’s fast-growing Climate and Sustainability team with cross region remit. In this role you'll be continuing the success of a recently promoted team member, with focus on climate risk, adaptation and resilience and will work closely with colleagues across Southeast Asia and Arup globally. We are a multi-disciplinary team with deep technical expertise.
As a Climate Risk and Resilience Consultant, you will support our mission to help shape a better world and to provide advice to support our clients’ resilience futures. Through your work, you will help to advance and implement cutting edge methods that keeps Arup at the forefront of our industry.

**What will I do?**
- Lead the preparation of and/or conduct climate and disaster hazard, vulnerability, exposure, and risk assessments for policies, plans, strategies, and designs.
- Translate climate science (i.e. climate and hazard models) into risk and impacts that are useful for projects.
- Provide input on total project delivery for a broad range of city, infrastructure and building projects, addressing how design respond to climate and disaster risk.
- Integrate climate and disaster risk assessments into city plans (i.e. land use plans, spatial plans, development plans, investment plans), and corporate practices.
- Be confident in international development settings and the provision of climate resilience supporting services from hazard modelling to policy advice.
- Provide contextual background on climate science, disaster risk reduction, and sustainability policies, frameworks, and methodologies for projects in the Southeast Asia region.

**What will I bring?**
- Master’s degree in Geography, Climate Change, Environmental Management/Science/Engineering, Economics, Finance, or another relevant field.
- Excellent knowledge of climate science, climate system, climate models and interpretation of model outputs for climate change adaptation studies.
- In-depth technical knowledge and 10+ years’ experience providing assistance in relevant areas, such as climate change adaptation (CCA), disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate finance, urban resilience, particularly in Asia.
In-depth knowledge of CCA and DRR commitments, policies, governance, and frameworks globally and in Southeast Asian countries.
- Experience in developing methodologies, frameworks, indices, or tools related to climate risk and resilience.
- Extensive experience in preparation of policy assessments for CCA and DRR, reviewing national/local adaptation plans, disaster risk reduction plans, formulation of climate investment plans, and other climate and development plans.
Hands-on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) experience, including integrating GIS approaches into climate and disaster risk assessments.
- Flood (hydrologic) modelling skills.
- Excellent qualitative and quantitative research and analysis skills, including climate data analysis skills (knowledge of scripting e.g., Python and GIS experience for climate data and services is highly desirable).
- Able to accommodate travel across Southeast Asia

**Our firm**
Dedicated to sustainable development, the firm is a collective of 16,000 designers, advisors and experts working across 140 countries. Founded to be both humane and excellent, we collaborate with our clients and partners using imagination, technology and rigour to shape a better world.

We create spaces where everyone feels safe, seen and included and able to perform at their best. We take an approach to flexible working that supports the diversity and well-being of our members.

Are you ready to shape a better world?

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