Specialist, Climate Innovation Jobs

Please Note: This role requires the ability to work on site 3 days per week per company policy.

The annual salary range for this role is $80,000-85,000 in New York.

The duration of this role is 12 months.

The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the international organization for public-private cooperation.

The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

Why we are recruiting

Today, leaders are confronted with the greatest collective action problem of our time: to address the collapse of ecosystems and the devastating effects of climate change whilst propelling a resilient transformation of our economic, social and natural systems on an unprecedented scale at speed. This is an endeavour that is complex, ambitious and far-reaching, requiring unprecedented collaboration and cooperation, imagination and innovation, capability and commitment.

While innovation is expected to play a major role in climate mitigation and industry decarbonization, the development and diffusion of low-carbon technologies are too slow in most sectors and countries to stabilize the climate. There are also a range of barriers to incentivising emissions reduction to help speed-up and scale the transition – such as dormant patents for clean technology and lack of connectivity with funders and investors for high-potential solutions ready to scale. The World Economic Forum’s Climate Strategy Team works with public and private sector leaders undertaking bold action to decarbonise the economy across several sectors.

Reporting lines and interactions:

This role is housed in the Center for Nature and Climate, Net-Zero Pillar, within the Climate Strategy team, reporting to the Head of Climate Strategy in New York City. The role will connect with relevant projects and communities from across the World Economic Forum including:

Global Industry Team, Centre for Urban Transformation, Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, The Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship, The Global Innovators, Technology Pioneers

Breakdown of Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include:

• Own and update data in Salesforce and other digital platforms, create PowerPoint presentations, track initiative progress, drive initiatives forward and plan for next steps within the NetZero pillar
• Support World Economic Forum Agenda blog contributions of innovators to profile big ideas and solutions.
• Outline a possible roadmap of actions to turbocharge climate mitigation, identifying innovators fromm within and beyond the World Economic Forum’s communities
• Meeting with innovators to identify the biggest barriers to scale of mitigation solutions and fostering ideas to unlock those barriers, including a possible report
• Support innovators to connect with key audiences of the public, private and philanthropic sectors through World Economic Forum communities such as the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, First Movers Coalition and Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA).
• Independently create and maintain project plans and timelines that support the NetZero pillar and act as a point person to share knowledge across the team and Forum

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated organization and communication skills (verbal, written and editorial)
• Familiarity with Salesforce CRM system preferred
• Demonstrated team orientation with strong ability to drive projects autonomously as needed
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Demonstrated experience in conducting research and report writing
• Experience with multi-stakeholder collaborations is preferred
• Broad intellectual background with an undergraduate degree
• 3+ years of experience in project management, community management, or strategic partnership building in a multicultural environment
• Thrive working in fast-paced, dynamic environments, where resilience, flexibility and self-starting attitude are must-haves
• Willingness to take on necessary administrative tasks as needed

Vaccination requirement

The Forum LLC requires that employees be fully vaccinated with at least one booster against COVID-19 by their first day of employment. The Forum will evaluate all requests for accommodation/exemption from this policy in keeping with federal, state, and local law.

Why work at the Forum:

The Forum believes that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to improve the state of the world by building awareness and cooperation, shaping mindsets and agendas, and driving collective action. Join us and become a driver for positive change!