Senior Advisor, GCF Pipeline and Capture Lead

🔥 12 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $96.1k - $117.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🎯 Capture Manager

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Catholic Relief Services

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1943

🏥 Healthcare

🍽️ Food & Beverage

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Food & Beverage • Logistics

Catholic Relief Services is a global humanitarian organization that eases the suffering of and provides development assistance to people in need in over 100 countries. As the official international relief organization of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, CRS focuses on emergency response, health, agriculture, education, and justice and peacebuilding. Their work is guided by Catholic values and the organization aims to serve the poor and vulnerable, regardless of race, religion, or nationality.

📋 Description

• Co-lead agency position for GCF, FRLD, and GEF with the CFSU director • Lead intelligence gathering and analysis of strategic priorities, programming directions, investment trends, country opportunities, and funding windows • Lead and maintain CRS' global GCF pipeline, including capture plans, opportunity identification, prioritization, sequencing, and readiness for anticipated GCF Board submission windows • Identify pipeline risks, bottlenecks, dependencies, and staffing gaps and elevate decisions to appropriate leadership • Work with country programs, regional teams, GREM, PIQA, and CFSU colleagues to clarify progression from early project ideas through concept notes and funding proposals • Clarify roles and responsibilities across regional focal points, proposal coordinators, technical leads, country programs, reviewers, CFSU, and contributing teams • Fill roles internally and externally and onboard CRS staff and consultants working on the pipeline • Establish structured learning capture from GCF engagement and document lessons from pitches, concept notes, funding proposals, reviews, and external engagement • Maintain resources including Climate Funds 101, GCF Donor 101, review guidance, value proposition tools, capture templates, pipeline dashboards, role dashboards, and proposal tools and templates • Establish feedback loops with country programs, coordinators, technical leads, reviewers, and leadership • Develop and manage consultant rosters for writers, proposal coordinators, technical specialists, economists, financial experts, safeguards specialists, and other priority functions • Maintain communication with leadership and colleagues regarding pipeline status, decisions, resource requirements, and emerging issues • Represent the pipeline perspective in internal planning and coordination forums • Support engagement with GCF regional teams, NDAs, partners, and peer organizations • Maintain external networks and represent CRS in engagements with peer organizations, technical experts, consultants, and Climate Fund technical staff • Provide supervisory leadership

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in climate change, environmental sustainability, international development, business development, international relations, or a related field • 10 years relevant experience in international development, climate finance, institutional fundraising, capture management, proposal management, or related business development functions • Demonstrated experience with institutional climate funding streams, including the GCF • Familiarity with other multilateral climate funds, development finance institutions, bilateral donors, foundations, or corporate climate funding is desirable • Strong track record in donor intelligence, capture planning, pipeline management, proposal governance, and coordination across diverse technical and operational stakeholders • Demonstrated experience developing practical tools, guidance, templates, and standardized processes and improving them through user feedback and organizational learning • Experience managing consultant rosters, developing scopes of work or job descriptions, vetting candidates, and deploying external expertise against proposal needs • Strong understanding of GCF investment criteria, country ownership, proposal stages, review requirements, and the roles required to develop Concept Notes and Funding Proposals • Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Web Conferencing Applications • Demonstrated experience transferring knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring, and other formal and informal methods • Excellent writing, synthesis, facilitation, judgment, interpersonal communication, negotiation, and representation skills • Strategic and analytical thinking; strong process leadership; ability to create clarity across complex, multi-team workflows • Ability to build the capacity of colleagues and partners through practical guidance, coaching, and learning processes • Ability to manage competing priorities, identify risks early, and bring decisions to resolution • Strong commitment to collaboration, continuous improvement, and usable institutional knowledge • Oral and written fluency in English is essential • Must be willing and able to travel 25% • Must be legally able to work where the position is performed • Master's degree is preferred, not required

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Life insurance • Vision insurance • Generous retirement savings plan • Collaborative, mission-driven work culture • Professional development through training, mentoring, coaching, and learning processes • Remote work arrangement