Position : Climate Finance Manager

Position: Climate Finance Manager

Reports to: Climate and Environment Lead

Location: Phnom Penh

Period of Assignment: March 2026 to February 2027

Duration: 12 months (with possible extension)

Employment type: Full-Time Consultant

Contractual arrangement: “eligible for Cambodian residents/citizens only” 

Are you a motivated team player who enjoys working with others to make progress on climate and green investment opportunities? Do you want to use your skills to help move real projects forward and support partners to invest in greener, more sustainable solutions? Join us as a Climate Finance Manager, where you’ll help identify promising opportunities, solve practical challenges, and support partners to make climate‑friendly investments.

Program Background

The CAPRED Facility is Australia’s flagship bilateral economic development program in Cambodia, focusing on economic recovery and resilience over the next four years, with a possible three-year extension.

The Facility supports Cambodia in implementing a range of necessary economic interventions and reforms to maintain the country’s economic transition. These interventions and reforms are primarily aimed at encouraging more productive and inclusive public and private investment, which promotes a resilient, inclusive, and sustainable economy (RISE).

CAPRED interventions fall under three technical components including: Agriculture and Agro-processing; Trade, Investment and Enterprise Development; and Infrastructure Development; and three cross-cutting components comprising Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI), Climate Resilience initiatives, and policy support. GEDSI is at the heart of all that CAPRED does.

Position Summary

The Climate Finance Manager is responsible for turning climate finance intent into practical, deliverable investments. The role focuses on bringing together government counterparts, financial institutions, technical partners, and private sector actors to move climate-aligned projects from concept to implementation.

The position requires a strong combination of technical credibility, proactive coordination, and delivery discipline. The CIFS is expected to understand what makes a climate or green investment viable, to speak the language of finance and climate policy, and to actively manage stakeholders and processes so that opportunities do not stall.

Alongside this investment-facing role, the position also plays a key function in managing a major technical assistance partnership, ensuring workplans, deliverables, and budgets are implemented effectively and aligned with CAPRED priorities.

Roles and Responsibilities 

A strong Climate Investment and Finance Specialist’s will demonstrate the ability to: 

Technical

• Exercise sound judgement and initiative in identifying and advancing green and climate-aligned investment opportunities, working proactively with government counterparts, financial institutions, technical partners, and other stakeholders to help viable opportunities progress from concept toward implementation.
• Apply a structured problem-solving approach to the design and coordination of technical assistance, addressing institutional, technical, and financial constraints while supporting partners to strengthen their capacity to engage with climate-related investments.
• Demonstrate strong delivery discipline, managing climate finance–related activities from planning through implementation, including coordinating partners, overseeing external support arrangements, and resolving delivery or coordination challenges as they arise.
• Undertake and apply practical analysis, drawing on research and analytical skills to assess green business models, financing approaches, and investment viability in ways that inform decisions, activity design, and stakeholder engagement.
• Design and implement realistic, context-appropriate interventions, showing creativity balanced with pragmatism in supporting climate finance uptake, strengthening green investment ecosystems, and aligning activities with partner incentives and capabilities.

Compliance 

• Upholding strong ethical and professional standards, ensuring stakeholders will operate within Cowater and DFAT-related codes of conduct and policies including all inclusion-related policies such as Child Protection and PSEAH; antifraud and corruption; value for money and other policies.
• Demonstrate commitment to environmental sustainability and climate action, integrating these principles across the Facility.

Stakeholder relationship

• Build and maintain constructive working relationships across the CAPRED team and with government counterparts, financial institutions, technical partners, and development partners.
• Facilitate coordination and alignment across diverse stakeholders, navigating differing mandates and incentives while proactively managing risks of delay or disengagement.

Selection Criteria

Essential criteria:

• Degree in finance, economics, business, environmental economics, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex projects or programs involving multiple stakeholders.
• Strong ability to drive progress and deliver outcomes, including coordinating partners and resolving implementation challenges.
• Credible technical understanding of climate finance or related areas, with the ability to assess what constitutes a viable and meaningful investment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with both technical and non-technical counterparts.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Desirables: 

• Experience in the financial sector, such as with a bank or investment advisory services.
• Experience or training in sustainable, green, or climate finance, including exposure to relevant financial instruments or approaches.
• Understanding of climate-related investment opportunities in sectors such as climate-smart agriculture, renewable energy, or water.
• Familiarity with the Cambodian institutional, regulatory, or financial context.
• Experience working with Cambodian Government counterparts.
• Experience working with development partners or donor-funded programs.

Remuneration: This is equivalent to a full-time position with a day rate payable monthly in arrears being commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Closing Date: Applications will be reviewed on rolling basis until the position is filled. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

How to apply

Please send your cover letter and CV to recruitment@capred.org mentioning the position you apply for in the subject line “Climate Finance Manager”. 

Cowater International is an equal opportunity employer, basing employment on merit and qualifications as they relate to the professional experience and position expectations. Cowater does not discriminate against any employee or applicants on the basis of race, religion, sex, gender identity, disability, age, or any other basis protected by law.  CAPRED aims to have a diverse workforce at all levels, and a workplace that is supportive of gender equality, disability and social inclusion. Women, people with disabilities and other minorities are highly encouraged to apply.

Only applicants shortlisted will be contacted for interview.