Policy researcher

Pay in the destination countries

Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.

What does the day look like?

You work in an office with documents. You track Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and carbon market rules under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, summarise negotiation text, clean policy datasets, and draft policy briefs, briefing notes and slide decks for senior staff. Tools are Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft SharePoint, Stata, R, Python, Tableau, SQL, JSTOR and ProQuest, plus registries and Article 6 guidance trackers on carbon market desks.

The visible part, like speaking at climate summits, is 10% to 15% of junior time, mostly note taking and side event support. 85% to 90% is reading, data checks, drafting and revision. There is no regular shift, on-call or night work, except around Conferences of the Parties and major report launches with evening sessions and deadline drafting. In O*NET 19-3094.00, 100% use email every day, 80% work indoors in controlled conditions every day, and 77% work more than 40 hours in a typical week.

Where does this lead?