Adaptation and Resilience, Program Manager

About the Organization

ClimateWorks Foundation is a global organization committed to our mission: to end the climate crisis by amplifying the power of philanthropy. Since our founding in 2008, we have awarded over $1.3 billion in grants to more than 600 organizations advancing climate solutions around the world. We helped grow the field of climate philanthropy to where it stands today, establishing infrastructure, global networks, and momentum for continued growth. Through our Global Programs and Services, we equip philanthropy with global knowledge, networks, and solutions to drive climate progress.

• Scaling solutions: Our collaborative Global Programs — focused on solution areas including carbon dioxide removal, cooling, industry, transportation, and more — produce results that are bending the greenhouse gas emissions curve. From the U.S. to Europe, China, Brazil, and beyond, we collaborate with a diverse community of funders, NGOs, and climate leaders to accelerate just and equitable climate solutions.

• Guiding and supporting funders: Our Global Services provide funders with comprehensive resources to assess, build, evolve, and execute high-impact climate-giving strategies. Our Global Intelligence service equips funders and the climate community with climate insights to pinpoint opportunities for impact and philanthropic insights to help identify investment priorities. We facilitate Global Collaborations that enable funders to increase individual and collective impact. Our Global Grantmaking services enable funders to invest in climate solutions around the world.

• Fostering collaboration, exploration, and growth: Our collaborative approach and commitment to learning ensures that we continuously explore innovative ideas and emerging opportunities — all with the aim of scaling philanthropy-supported initiatives to help end the climate crisis.

As experts in climate science, public policy, economic and social analysis, and strategic philanthropy, ClimateWorks’ staff understands the multi-faceted challenges and opportunities of climate change. We are researchers, strategists, collaborators, and grantmakers who care passionately about our mission. For more information, please visit www.climateworks.org.

Job Summary

The role will support the Adaptation and Resilience team in their efforts to continue to build out global adaptation as a new focus area for the foundation and philanthropy writ large, This role focuses on providing programmatic coherence and oversight of ClimateWorks Foundation’s Adaptation & Resilience Fund, a multi-donor pooled philanthropic fund that provides grantmaking to low- and middle-income countries. Right now the focus of the fund is on extreme heat in urban areas in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The PM is responsible for ensuring delivery of all aspects of the A&R Fund, including grants management and processing, oversight and management of grants budget, oversight and management of other internal processes related to smooth grantmaking operations, providing management support to the Fund’s Advisory Council (including help with agenda setting, planning convenings, reporting to funders, etc.) development of new thematic focal areas for the fund, and more.

The PM will be part of a small, nimble, and committed team of individuals working to advance action on climate adaptation. The team seeks to maintain a strong culture of collaboration, clear communication, transparency, trust, humility, independence, encouragement and learning. The role will also be involved in certain aspects of our Adaptation & Resilience Collaborative for Funders, and working cross-functionally within ClimateWorks. This position reports to the Senior Director of Adaptation and Resilience.

Essential Tasks

Working closely with the Senior Director, Associate Director, and other team members, the PM will be responsible for overseeing, managing, and coordinating major activities of the A&R Fund. This includes:

• Overseeing all aspects of the A&R Fund, which includes direct grantmaking, any future requests for proposals, Advisory Committee, fund governance, and development of new strategic windows of the fund.
• Managing timelines, processes, and tasks for the A&R Fund, including annual reporting to funders, ensuring grants are efficiently processed, dates and timelines for the Advisory Committee convenings, and coordinating with other team members on these activities.
• Managing contracts and grants, including grants processing, maintaining regular communications with grantees, developing and tracking contracts and agreements, and ensuring reporting requirements are met.
• Working closely and liaising with Marketing and Communications, Grants and Finance, and other teams at ClimateWorks to ensure successful task management and delivery of publications, events and convenings.
• Conduct research on topics related to adaptation and resilience, including research on potential grantees and new focal areas for the fund.

• Keeping close track of milestones and deliverables under the various workstreams
• Supporting the Senior Director for meeting preparations, briefing materials and other activities as needed
• Preparing internal and external communications relevant to the work
• Preparing reporting outputs, including supporting key processes and maintaining and updating appropriate information, systems and databases
• Liaising closely with our internal colleagues and external partners when needed
• Leading cross-functional projects with medium to high resource requirements
• Developing standards, tools, knowledge requirements for the A&R program

Requirements

The most qualified candidates for this position will possess:

• Excellent project and program management skills with strong attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize working on multiple projects simultaneously while meeting internal and external deadlines.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills. Must be able to interact effectively with donors, external partners and grantees, management, and colleagues at all levels.
• Ability to work successfully and contribute to the team while operating in a virtual or hybrid environment.
• Ability to evaluate issues and make decisions under little supervision
• Ability to solve complex problems and identify viable pathways / solutions
• Ability to anticipate issues, especially related to grantmaking, and make recs for improvement
• Strong critical thinking, research, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with project management tools, excel and Microsoft tools, and salesforce/Fluxx is preferable.
• At least 7 years of work experience in a fast-paced environment.
• A commitment to a diverse, inclusive and equitable work environment
• Ability to juggle numerous competing demands and priorities, respond quickly to management requests

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in climate change policy, preferably with a focus on and interest in adaptation preferred.
• Lived experience or work experience in the Global South strongly preferred
• Experience in climate change policy, preferably with a focus on and interest in adaptation.
• Experience in non-profits or foundation, particularly international organizations is a plus

Compensation

ClimateWorks offers an excellent benefits package and a competitive salary that is commensurate with experience (geographic differential applied based on location).

Salary Range (Bay Area / NYC): $105,000 - $110,000 annually

Salary Range (Other US): $95,000 - $105,000 annually

*** ClimateWorks strives to create an equitable culture of transparency and fairness.

Location

ClimateWorks Foundation is based in the San Francisco Financial District. This position is classified as US Flexible. Exceptional candidates can work from the SF office or from other locations, geographic differential applied to compensation based on local cost of labor.

Commitment to Racial and Social Justice

At ClimateWorks Foundation, we are driven by our vision of creating a thriving planet for all living beings for generations to come. We aim to foster an inclusive workplace that values diverse lived experiences and emphasizes the voices of marginalized people — especially Black, Indigenous, and People of Color — who are most vulnerable to climate impacts, and whose voices, ideas, and leadership are crucial to winning the climate fight.

To ensure that we are making meaningful progress, we have made a set of diversity, equity, and inclusion commitments across all dimensions of our work to further our mission and realize our vision. For more information, please visit: Fostering Racial and Social Justice in Pursuit of our Mission

Equal Employment Opportunity

Equal employment opportunity and having a diverse staff are fundamental principles at ClimateWorks Foundation and as such we are committed to creating a diverse and multi-cultural work environment. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of color, and bilingual and bicultural individuals, as well as members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race (including traits historically associated with race), ethnicity, religion, color, sex (including childbirth, breast feeding, and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, uniform service member and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.

This policy extends to all aspects of our employment practices including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, discipline, termination, promotions, transfers, compensation, benefits, training, leaves