Project Officer, Good Green Jobs

Background

C40 is a network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities, who are working to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis, and create a future where everyone, everywhere can thrive. Mayors of C40 cities are committed to using a science-based and people-focused approach to help the world limit global heating to 1.5°C and build healthy, equitable and resilient communities. Through a Global Green New Deal, mayors are working alongside a broad coalition of representatives from labour, business, the youth climate movement and civil society to go further and faster than ever before.

C40’s team of 350+ staff is headquartered in London, with offices in New York, Joburg, Singapore, Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, Copenhagen, Beijing and Paris, and individual staff based across 25+ different locations, with the Office of the Chair based in London.

The strategic direction of the organisation is determined by an elected Steering Committee of C40 mayors which is chaired by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. Three-term Mayor of New York City Michael R. Bloomberg serves as President of the C40 Board of Directors, which is responsible for operational oversight. A nine-person management team, led by Executive Director, Mark Watts, leads the day-to-day management of C40. C40’s three core strategic funders are Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) and Realdania.

Diversity Statement

C40 is committed to supporting and promoting equity and diversity and creating an inclusive working environment for everyone. We believe that when people with different life experiences are involved in decision-making, we deliver better.

We believe having a diverse workforce ensures we connect better with all the different communities and people affected by the climate crisis. This enables us to make better decisions which lead to better outcomes in the work we do through increased creativity, productivity, greater global impact alongside a broader perspective and approach to our work.

We welcome applicants that are diverse in terms of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and perspective. Our goal is for C40 to be an environment where everyone, from any background, can flourish and can be themselves whilst contributing to our mission. If you identify as a person with a disability, we work to provide reasonable appropriate measures and any additional support needed to provide an equitable working experience. If you are living with a disability, chronic illness or neurodiversity please inform us, to provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.

C40 promotes a work culture where staff can input to improve equity, diversity and inclusion through staff-led groups and formal forums. We know that creating our ideal working environment is a learning process and we are committed to the ongoing effort.

Department Description

The Inclusive Climate Action (ICA) Programme focuses on supporting mayors and cities to ensure local climate policies and initiatives are designed in an inclusive way and have equitable impacts, as a way to make the case for bold climate action and maximize its benefits across urban populations. The programme aims at delivering leadership and advocacy support, technical and strategic assistance, training and peer-to-peer exchange on assessing and understanding the wider benefits of climate action; increasing capacity to engage inhabitants and stakeholders; designing inclusive and just climate strategies.

Position Description

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the new Good, Green Jobs and Just Transition program at C40 Cities. This includes supporting the newly established cross-organisational working group and individual projects and events to mainstream good, green jobs across the organisation and beyond.

The role works with a wide range of C40 teams and external organisations to coordinate activities and ensure teams deliver in a timely and effective way. The role also conducts high-quality policy research, prepares guidance and presentations and helps to plan and deliver events. The role will involve supporting the administration of the Good Green Jobs Working Group including management of meetings, action points, procurement, milestone delivery and reporting.

The ideal candidate will be an energetic and delivery-focused individual, working with the team to deliver transformative change in key areas for inclusive climate action in C40 cities. The post holder will be an effective collaborator to build strong connections within C40, and with key C40 stakeholders, and will thrive in a fast-moving environment.

There is a focus on the US for this year's good green jobs campaign; and this role will be supporting this as part of their tasks, which will also include supporting a research piece on green skills in the US, and therefore having local knowledge will be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Develop briefings and other effective knowledge content for city staff and for C40’s teams
• Other duties as assigned
• Collate information about existing city projects and leading transformative actions to feature in story-telling and campaign activities
• Engage and support the overall work of the Inclusive Climate Action and External Engagement teams to help cities address wider climate-related equity challenges.
• Manage procurement of consultancy services and freelancers
• Collate, summarize and communicate the programme outcomes and work with the senior manager to keep track of programme risks, lessons learnt and engagement.
• Support the delivery of a major organisational project tracking good, green jobs across C40 cities, including coordination with external consultants, collation and review of material and preparation of public-facing communications content
• Support the Good Green Jobs Working Group including management of meetings, action points, milestone delivery and reporting
• Work closely with C40’s good, green jobs campaigns and communications teams to support the delivery of a cross-sectoral global campaign on good green jobs in 2023/4, including supporting these teams in the organisation of high-level events (i.e. COP28, UN Climate Ambition Summit)
• Contribute to key components of training/guidance to teams across C40 Cities to gain knowledge on good, green jobs and just transitions and integrate good, green jobs and just transition programming into their projects and support to cities
• Support cities to leverage unprecedented levels of federal investment in climate, clean energy, and good jobs in the United States through research, procurement, and other support tasks as required

Person Specification

Essential

• Proficient with Microsoft Office / Google Suite
• Fluency in English is required; preference given to those that speak additional languages (particularly Portuguese or Spanish).
• Policy research and analysis experience, ideally in the areas of equitable climate action, economic inclusion policy, workforce development, just transitions, workforce protection, sustainability and/or socio-economic justice
• Strong problem-solving and interpersonal capabilities coupled with an outcome/delivery-oriented approach required
• Good attention to detail and deep listening
• Ability to manage multiple parallel tasks with competing deadlines, and build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong project organisational skills including experience coordinating delivery of complex projects across teams and familiarity with project management tools
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including knowledge and understanding of concise, effective communication and leading on the development of presentations, briefing documents and other communication or campaign materials, with the ability to relay the ‘big picture’

Desirable

• Experience using Asana or similar project management software
• Numerical literacy and experience working with data (qualitative and quantitative) would be beneficial
• International experience, particularly working across different cultures, languages and time zones, ideally on the sustainability/climate sector preferable.

Other Requirements:

Applicants must already have the right to work in the United States. Moderate travel may be required as part of the role.

Reporting To: ICA Senior Manager, Policy, Data and Analysis

Term: Fixed Term Contract For 12 months

Location: United States

Salary: (Grade 5) - USD 71,099

Application Process:

Closing date for applications is Monday 19th June 2023 at 5.00pm BST . C40 reserves the right to close this job opening before the closing date for applications so please do submit applications early.

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