Policy Advisor

IISD is hiring a Policy Advisor for its Energy Program to support the EnerKey Project in the Philippines, focusing on clean energy transition and transport electrification. The role involves conducting research, reviewing policies, managing projects, and engaging stakeholders. The position allows for remote work, supporting IISD's mission to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote sustainable development through effective planning and policy-making.
About Us The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is a globally recognized think tank with more than 30 years of experience working to solve today's greatest sustainable development challenges. We combine deep expertise across critical policy areas with a collaborative approach to research, advice, and hands-on support that delivers real-world results. Headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, we are a diverse team of over 300 experts working from offices in Canada and Switzerland as well as other locations around the world.


About IISD's Energy Program
IISD’s Energy Program (https://www.iisd.org/impact-areas/climate) supports governments globally in accelerating the shift from fossil fuels to clean energy, promoting social welfare, and sustainable economic development.
Our team of over 40 experts is spread across offices in Winnipeg, Geneva, Ottawa, and Toronto, as well as remote locations in India, Indonesia, South Africa, and beyond. Our work ranges from global policy research to hands-on national-level projects in countries including Indonesia, Canada, India, and South Africa. In the Philippines, IISD has been actively supporting the energy transition, including work on carbon markets, carbon pricing, and transport electrification.


IISD is seeking a dynamic and skilled Policy Advisor to support its Energy Program in the Philippines, in particular, the Energy is the Key to a Climate Stable Future (EnerKey) Project. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to the Philippines’ clean energy transition by engaging in cutting-edge research and policy development, in collaboration with local and international experts.


The EnerKey Project, funded by Global Affairs Canada and implemented by IISD, aims to support transport electrification and power system readiness in the Philippines and Indonesia from 2025 to 2030. The project seeks to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the transport and power sectors by supporting the development of plans, policies, and programs that accelerate the adoption of electric mobility while ensuring power system readiness and the financial sustainability of utilities.


EnerKey’s approach combines

outside-track public-facing work that provides a strong and independent evidence base on the plans, policies, and programs needed to achieve national, subnational, or industry targets, thereby informing broad policy discourse and public narratives; inside-track technical assistance that offers hands-on, tailored support to key national and subnational government agencies, energy enterprises, and other stakeholders. This includes assisting governments and key energy enterprises in crafting and advancing effective plans, policies, and programs to accelerate electric vehicle adoption while ensuring power system readiness.


The project also integrates gender equality and social inclusion and just transition principles across all activities to ensure that transport electrification plans, policies, and programs promote inclusive and equitable outcomes. About the Role The Policy Advisor will play a key role in advancing IISD’s mission in the Philippines by conducting research, reviewing government and industry plans, policies, and programs, managing project activities, and engaging with stakeholders on transport electrification and associated power sector readiness issues. The role will cover the following areas:

Research: Conduct cost-benefit and financial analyses, macroeconomic modelling, and power system readiness assessments of various transport electrification pathways.
Policy review: Provide technical review of government and industry plans, policies, and programs related to transport electrification and the power sector.
Communications: Prepare reports, policy briefs, and relevant communication materials.
Stakeholder engagement: Coordinate with government and non-government stakeholders.
Operations and project management: Manage and execute project activities.

You will collaborate with Filipino and international colleagues to deliver high-quality project outputs.
Key Responsibilities Include

Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis and research on the Philippines’ transport electrification and energy sector plans, policies, and programs
Prepare reports, briefs, publications, and communication materials to inform key government and non-government stakeholders and help shape public discourse.
Engage and coordinate with government agencies, industry stakeholders, development partners, and civil society organi