About the Opportunity
Building on track record of pioneering and implementing innovative climate resilience solutions, the Clinton Foundation is looking to bring on a new Senior Manager, Climate Resilience & Sustainability at CGI. This role is charged with leading the development of relationships with a network of domestic and international organizations committed to advancing environmental sustainability and tackling the climate crisis, which are implementing community-specific programs around the world.
The Senior Manager, Climate Resilience & Sustainability, will support the development and maintenance of a portfolio of Commitments to Action (CTAs) to address specific climate challenges both in the US and globally. As CGI continues to expand its work in the climate and sustainability space, the Senior Manager will be charged with identifying, recruiting and forging partnerships between and among a wide range of organizations committed to advancing climate action, including domestic and international businesses, philanthropic institutions, government agencies, and community-based organizations.
Successful candidates for this role will have a strong background in environmental sustainability, or climate change, with a specific focus on renewable energy transition and sustainable urban transformation. Candidates will have a global perspective, a large professional network, and be excited to engage in challenges facing a diverse set of constituencies in the US and around the world. Candidates will have strong relationship management as well as project management experience, and an intuition for bringing different people together to forge partnerships.
This position will report directly to the Senior Director, Climate Resilience & Sustainability while working collaboratively across various CGI and Clinton Foundation teams on systems and processes for internal and external engagement.
The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) convenes global and emerging leaders to create and implement solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. CGI works with partners to drive action through its unique model. Rather than directly implementing projects, CGI facilitates action by helping members connect, collaborate, and develop Commitments to Action — new, specific, and measurable plans that address global challenges. Learn more here.
Core Responsibilities
Lead the development and growth of a diverse community of organizations focused on tackling the climate crisis - with a specific focus on renewable energy transition and sustainable urban transformation - and support them in developing Commitments to Action (CTAs):
- Lead the development of a portfolio of CTAs focused on specific climate action solutions: renewable energy transition, building decarbonization, urban disaster risk preparedness, mitigation and adaptation.
- Proactively build and manage a pipeline of target organizations to join the CGI network, attend CGI events. Examples of target organizations include Fortune 500 companies, large philanthropic institutions, innovators, and other organizations with a stake in advancing efforts in tackling the climate crisis.
- Manage existing CGI partnerships and CTAs related to renewable energy transition, building decarbonization, urban disaster risk preparedness, mitigation and adaptation on an ongoing basis.
- Manager CRM and project management efforts related to maintaining own and broader climate team portfolio of CTAs.
Develop programming and proposals to support the creation of CTAs and to facilitate recruitment to the CGI network.
- On an as-needed basis, lead and/or support the development of public or private climate programming to advance the development of CTAs. Examples of programming include:
- Developing private roundtable discussions on specific topics to drive issue awareness and identify partnership opportunities.
- Creating public-facing panels and discussions at CGI or partner events to elevate issues and partners and create the platform for announcing new Commitments to Action.
- Support CGI and broader Clinton Foundation colleagues via relevant programming to recruit sponsors and partner internally to support paid ticket recruitment for the CGI Annual Meeting.
- When appropriate, partner with the CGI community growth and Clinton Foundation development team to support sponsorship proposals or other asks to help sustain the work of CGI.
Lead and maintain key process for the climate team and support broader systems and process within CGI and the Clinton Foundation:
- Support climate team in systems and processes for finalization of all new CTAs and previous progress reports, in partnership with the information and implementation team, and maintain documentation to maximize process efficiency.
- Lead streamlining of all relevant climate team trackers (such as spreadsheets, word documents, Airtable, any new IT or backend systems), etc.
Minimum Qualifications
What we’re looking for:
- Bachelor's degree required, Master’s Degree with a focus on climate, renewable energy, or sustainable urban development preferred
- Required:7+ years of professional experience, with at least 5+ in the environmental sustainability/climate space, with a record of developing partnerships.
- Significant experience in environmental sustainability/ climate space required; some international experience preferred
- Experience in developing cross-sectional partnerships and multi-stakeholder engagement strategies.
- Self-starter with strong project management skills and experience working in a matrixed organization structure.
- Deep knowledge of international development/social impact landscape, with insight into key players and trends.
- Experience in fundraising or sponsorship cultivation and/or creating investment plans and models a plus.
- Ability to work in a varying schedule including nights, early mornings, weekends and holidays.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally, and work on multiple time zones, as necessary.
Compensation & Benefits
Our best estimate of the compensation range for this opportunity is $77 - 87K annually, depending on the experience you bring. This role is not eligible for overtime pay. This range is based on NYC market rates and may be adjusted if you will be working remotely. We look forward to discussing our compensation pricing strategy, and your expectations, throughout the interview process. Please also note, the Clinton Foundation prides itself on offering a generous benefits package at little to no cost to employees - take a look at our benefits page, so you can get a full picture of our total rewards offerings.
About the Clinton Foundation
Building on a lifetime of public service, President Clinton established the Clinton Foundation on the simple belief that everyone deserves a chance to succeed, everyone has a responsibility to act, and we all do better when we work together. For nearly two decades, that premise has energized the work of the Foundation in overcoming complex challenges and improving the lives of people across the United States and around the world.
As an operating foundation, we work on issues directly or with strategic partners from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors to create economic opportunity, improve public health, and inspire civic engagement and service. Our programs are designed to make a real difference today while serving as proven models for tomorrow. The goal of every effort is to use available resources to get better results faster – at the lowest possible cost.
We firmly believe that when diverse groups of people bring resources together in the spirit of true cooperation, transformative ideas will emerge to drive life-changing action.
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