Bezos Earth Fund Hiring Project Lead – Assessment and Impact Analytics (Washington, D.C.) | Salary $220,000–$250,000
Join the Bezos Earth Fund as Project Lead – Assessment and Impact Analytics
The Bezos Earth Fund is seeking an experienced Lead – Assessment and Impact Analytics to join its team in Washington, D.C. This senior-level position offers an outstanding annual salary ranging from $220,000 to $250,000, along with a comprehensive benefits package.
This is an exceptional opportunity for highly experienced professionals with expertise in climate science, quantitative analysis, environmental economics, technology assessment, and decision support to contribute to one of the world’s most ambitious climate and nature initiatives.
If you have a passion for using data, analytics, and scientific research to influence global climate action, this role provides the opportunity to shape high-impact grantmaking strategies that support nature conservation and decarbonization worldwide.
About the Bezos Earth Fund
The Bezos Earth Fund is one of the largest philanthropic initiatives dedicated to addressing climate change and protecting nature. The organization invests billions of dollars in innovative projects, research, policy development, and partnerships that accelerate climate solutions and biodiversity conservation.
Through strategic grantmaking, the Earth Fund supports organizations working across multiple sectors to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, restore ecosystems, advance clean energy technologies, improve environmental policy, and strengthen scientific research.
To ensure its investments generate measurable impact, the organization relies on rigorous scientific analysis, evidence-based decision-making, and robust monitoring systems.
About the Position
The Lead – Assessment and Impact Analytics will serve as the technical lead responsible for providing analytical guidance across the Earth Fund’s grantmaking portfolio.
Working closely with the Chief of Science, Data, and Systems Change, as well as the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Lead, the successful candidate will help evaluate the impact of funding strategies while providing scientific and quantitative decision support.
This role combines climate science, environmental modeling, economics, engineering, and strategic analysis to ensure that investments achieve the greatest possible environmental outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will provide high-level analytical leadership across a diverse range of climate and nature programmes.
Core responsibilities include:
- Estimating the greenhouse gas reduction and environmental impacts of grant portfolios.
- Conducting technoeconomic assessments of climate and nature interventions.
- Evaluating technology readiness, scalability, cost-effectiveness, and performance potential.
- Supporting strategic decision-making through integrated engineering, environmental, and economic analysis.
- Identifying market barriers and opportunities for emerging climate technologies.
- Assessing risks, uncertainties, and future scenarios affecting climate investments.
- Developing analytical tools and standardized methodologies that can be applied across the Earth Fund’s grant portfolio.
- Applying advanced quantitative techniques including scenario analysis, economic modelling, energy modelling, and land-use modelling.
- Synthesizing large datasets into clear, practical insights for senior leadership.
- Producing custom analytical reports to inform strategic funding decisions.
- Monitoring developments in climate science, greenhouse gas accounting, and environmental policy.
- Building relationships with external experts and research institutions.
- Supporting impact reporting and communicating grant outcomes internally and externally.
- Collaborating with communications teams to translate technical findings into compelling stories.
- Providing analytical support across multiple programmes and initiatives.
This role requires both deep technical expertise and the ability to communicate complex analyses to decision-makers from diverse backgrounds.
Required Qualifications
Applicants should possess advanced academic qualifications in a quantitative discipline.
Preferred qualifications include:
- Master’s Degree or PhD with strong quantitative training.
- Minimum of ten years of professional experience working on climate change and/or nature-related issues.
- Demonstrated expertise in using rigorous analysis to guide strategic decisions.
- Extensive experience conducting greenhouse gas impact assessments.
- Proven experience with technology evaluation and technoeconomic analysis.
- Experience supporting investment or funding decisions using evidence-based approaches.
Candidates with interdisciplinary experience across environmental science, engineering, economics, and public policy will be particularly competitive.
Essential Skills
The Earth Fund is seeking candidates who possess both technical excellence and strong collaborative skills.
Desired competencies include:
- Advanced quantitative analysis.
- Climate modelling.
- Greenhouse gas accounting.
- Environmental impact assessment.
- Technology evaluation.
- Market analysis.
- Economic assessment.
- Decision science.
- Scenario modelling.
- Data visualization.
- Strategic planning.
- AI-supported analytical methods.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Stakeholder engagement.
- Cross-functional collaboration.
Successful applicants should also be comfortable working with incomplete datasets, managing uncertainty, and translating highly technical information into practical recommendations.
Why This Role Matters
Climate change and biodiversity loss represent two of the defining global challenges of our time.
The Bezos Earth Fund invests in projects that seek measurable environmental outcomes, making accurate impact assessment essential to ensuring resources are directed where they can achieve the greatest benefit.
The Lead – Assessment and Impact Analytics will play a critical role in helping the organization answer important questions such as:
- Which interventions deliver the greatest greenhouse gas reductions?
- Which technologies offer the highest potential for long-term impact?
- Where should future investments be directed?
- How can environmental outcomes be measured consistently across programmes?
- Which strategies are most scalable and cost-effective?
By providing evidence-based insights, the successful candidate will help maximize the impact of one of the world’s leading climate philanthropies.
Salary and Benefits
The position offers an impressive compensation package.
Annual Salary:
- $220,000–$250,000 (USD)
In addition to a highly competitive salary, employees receive a comprehensive benefits package that supports their professional growth and personal wellbeing.
Location
This role is based in:
Washington, D.C., USA
Limited domestic and international travel (less than 10%) may be required depending on project needs.
Applicants should note that the Bezos Earth Fund cannot sponsor work visas for this position.
Who Should Apply?
This opportunity is ideal for experienced professionals working in fields such as:
- Climate science
- Environmental economics
- Energy systems
- Environmental engineering
- Sustainability
- Public policy
- Nature conservation
- Carbon accounting
- Climate modelling
- Research and analytics
- International development
- Environmental consulting
Professionals with experience in philanthropic organizations, research institutes, government agencies, international organizations, or sustainability consulting firms are strongly encouraged to apply.
How to Apply
Qualified candidates should submit their applications through the Bezos Earth Fund’s recruitment partner, SCHC Advisors.
Applicants are required to provide:
- An up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (CV).
- A cover letter of no more than two pages explaining why they are interested in joining the Bezos Earth Fund and how their experience aligns with the requirements of the position.
As recruitment may close once a suitable candidate has been identified, interested applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible.
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Advance Global Climate Solutions
The Lead – Assessment and Impact Analytics role offers a unique opportunity to influence some of the world’s most significant climate and conservation investments. With a generous salary, global impact, and the chance to work alongside leading experts in science, policy, and philanthropy, this position is ideal for professionals who are passionate about using data and evidence to accelerate climate action.
If you have extensive experience in climate analytics, greenhouse gas assessment, environmental modelling, or strategic decision-making, this could be your opportunity to contribute to meaningful, lasting environmental change while advancing your career at one of the world’s leading philanthropic organizations.
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