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ClimateWorks Foundation

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2008

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

Charity • Environment • Non-profit

ClimateWorks Foundation is a global platform dedicated to accelerating climate solutions through philanthropy. With a mission to end the climate crisis, it amplifies the impact of philanthropy by collaborating with grantmakers and implementing partners worldwide. ClimateWorks supports climate solutions across a variety of sectors including transportation, food and agriculture, forests, and sustainable finance. Since 2008, it has granted over $1. 8 billion to more than 850 organizations in over 50 countries. The foundation seeks to bend the emissions curve and advance a thriving planet for all living beings.

📋 Description

• Ensure the smooth and effective passage of grants through the multi-stage process of assessment, disbursement, and evaluation. This can require adhering to tight timelines. • Manage relationships with grantees, including understanding their needs and circumstances, ensuring the effective two-way flow of information, and receiving regular reports. • Collaborate with peers and other teams at CWF to support effective grantmaking and action on cross-cutting strategies • Lead the organization of stakeholder engagement groups, including organizing virtual and in-person meetings, including our annual Global Cement Decarbonization Convening. This includes preparation of the agenda, meeting organization, coordinating speakers, and recording notes and outcomes. • Ensure knowledge is broadly shared through written communications and online and in-person events. • Support research and analysis informing the development of program strategy. • Prepare documents, briefings, budgets, communications materials, and other work products for sharing outside the organization. • Increasingly act as a subject matter expert, point of contact, and representative of GIH in cement and building materials ecosystem. • Other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Passion for solving climate change, demonstrated over years. • Strong project and program management skills based on 5+ years’ experience in a relevant role. • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, including environmental science, public policy, or engineering. • Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to work successfully with a wide range of different types of people and cultures. • Ability to initiate and manage projects, and to work effectively and efficiently with minimal supervision • Excellent research skills, applied with doggedness and creativity. Ability to synthesize information on a wide variety of topics. • Ability to use common business software like Salesforce, Google Suite, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. • Availability for international travel: two trips per year minimum, possibly more if desired. • Ability to work across global time zones, including frequent calls with the core team in California, and regular calls with India, Africa, and Asia. • Commitment, caring, and a generous attitude toward colleagues, grantees, and partners, and a commitment to supporting people to build careers and institutions. • Commitment to a diverse, inclusive, and equitable work environment and to the mission and values of the Global Industry Hub. • Understanding or experience with the cement and building materials sectors, and the broader design and construction industry. • Masters degree in engineering, policy, or another relevant field is preferred. • Experience managing grants or working with non-profits.