Director, GCS

About the role

Climate Lead empowers philanthropic leaders everywhere to take immediate and far-reaching climate action. By serving as an impartial guide, Climate Lead equips new climate philanthropists with the information and insights they need to drive transformative solutions. We cut through the complexity by curating roadmaps, in partnership with a diverse network of experts, to help philanthropists make a bold impact on climate. The Director, Global Climate Strategies, is responsible for curating major climate content and leading the development of high-impact climate strategies and solutions. In partnership with the Senior Director, Global Climate Strategies, this role leads efforts to source, vet, and curate climate strategy and mitigation solutions while at the same time building a robust, dynamic knowledge repository for products, vetted solutions, and the network of specialized experts and advisors that Climate Lead taps for its work. This role serves as a broker for the field to connect new donors with high-impact solutions and experts. Managerial Responsibilities This role does not have any managerial responsibilities. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Climate Solutions (70%) Source and diligence climate solutions In collaboration with the Managing Director and Senior Director and in coordination with the Philanthropy and Communications teams, lead climate content and strategy contributions - including sourcing projects, curating expert reviewers, diligencing projects, and documenting findings. Lead GCS contributions to develop scaled strategies frameworks and curate big ideas that have the potential to draw eight - and nine-figure philanthropic investments into ripe strategies that pursue an ambitious impact goal Responsible for keeping a "beat" on various sectors, geographies, and levers through regular communication with expert funders, attending funder strategy meetings, and other learning opportunities. Beats for this role include climate finance and climate solutions in the European region. Responsible for managing relationships with specific NGOs ("Strategy relationship manager") by staying up to date on the evolution of their strategy/ies, coordinating with the Philanthropy team on donor stewardship, serving as the GCS communication point to the NGO, and documenting communications in our knowledge management system. Help move new climate philanthropists to impact Responsible for producing high-quality, timely on-demand products (bespoke and proactive) and delivering presentations that move philanthropists to impact based on specific areas of expertise (or beats) Responsible for identifying, vetting, and helping prepare solutions and experts for tailored donor events; providing speaker recommendations; responding to requests from Communications and Philanthropy teams for donor event content; and responding to other requests as-needed. Contribute to knowledge management Regularly update the Knowledge Management System (a Salesforce database) to ensure key sourcing and vetting information is captured Contribute to ensuring strategies and solutions sourced and vetted are captured in a way accessible to the entire team across Climate Lead, including the level at which a solution has been validated per Climate Lead's frameworks and materials. Contribute to developing a robust, dynamic knowledge repository for knowledge products produced for new climate philanthropists, vetted climate mitigation solutions, and the network for specialized experts and advisors that Climate Lead taps for all its work. Partnerships (15%) Build strong external relationships with climate experts, funders and NGOs. Build or leverage existing deep and authentic relationships with experienced funders and experts who provide expertise on strategy, vetting, and sourcing. Proactively and independently engage leading climate funders to assess the readiness of scaled strategies and giving opportunities for new donors in critical thematic areas and lift gaps for the field when there is a need to build out giving pathways. Build authentic relationships with NGOs, cultivating mutual trust and transparency while respecting the confidentiality of donors. Convene experts ("Opportunity Circles") to guide the development of solutions for specific sectors or geographies as needed GCS Team Operations (10%) Serve as a senior member of the GCS team Together with the Managing Director, Deputy Managing Director, and the Associate Directors, foster a collaborative GCS team environment. Provide proactive mentorship and leadership for new and existing teammates. Support the MD and DMD in implementing organizational priorities and conducting special projects, as needed. Support onboarding of new staff and annual planning Support recruitment and onboarding of Climate Lead staff Contribute to annual operations planning and budgeting processes. Cross-Team Operations (5%) Promote a culture of learning acros

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