Director, Climate Action - Silver Spring, United States - Global Communities

Global Communities

Verified Company

Silver Spring, United States

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Overview:

Global Communities works at the intersection of humanitarian assistance, sustainable development and financial inclusion to save lives, advance equity and secure strong futures.

We support communities at the forefront of their own development in more than 35 countries, partnering with local leaders, governments, civil society and the private sector to achieve a shared vision of a more just, prosperous and equitable global community.

The Technical Director for Climate Action & Resilience at Global Communities is a member of the Food Economic & Climate Security (FECS) technical team.

They will advance Global Communities' work in the areas of climate change and resilience building across Global Communities technical groups and develop program approaches addressing climate change and related resilience building.

S/he will support Global Communities' Humanitarian Assistance group in designing and supporting resilience-building approaches in crisis and recovery responses that are consistent with Global Communities organization-level approaches.

This position will develop and articulate Global Communities' approaches in addressing climate change and climate resilience, and provide relevant technical leadership, technical excellence, and thought leadership/visibility.

They will be responsible for positioning Global Communities' portfolio growth in climate change programming, strategically positioning the organization, and leading resource capture efforts.

The Director will establish climate action quality standards within Global Communities and ensure the performance, impact, and learning from relevant development programs.

The Director is responsible for portfolio growth in climate change, adaptation, and resilience building.

Responsibilities:

Responsibility Area:

Management and Leadership**- Lead the process of defining Global Communities organizational level Climate Action strategic vision and approaches across multiple technical areas ensuring climate change and resilience building are integrated throughout Global Communities' global project portfolio.

Lead Global Communities' portfolio growth of climate action and resilience programs and refine/develop related technical approaches in climate change adaptation and resilience building at the community, regional, and national levels employed in program design and implementation.
Lead identification and crafting of strategic alliances/partnerships, project innovations, learning, and related research and thought leadership related to climate change & resilience building.
Actively promote collaboration and cooperation across departments, technical teams, and country teams supporting/implementing climate change and/or resilience programs in design, management, knowledge capture, and organizational learning.

Responsibility Area:
Technical Excellence

Serve as Global Communities' focal point in climate change adaptation and resilience building at the organizational, country, and program levels.
Lead the development and rollout of organizationallevel climate action strategies and related quality standards, and practices.
Provide technical leadership in proposal design and technical support of relevant field programs during startup and implementation, and lead knowledge capture from relevant program learning.
Provide stateoftheart technical assistance to project teams to plan, design, monitor, and evaluate climate adaptation and resilience activities/approaches; conduct technical reviews of workplans and reports; and provide inperson technical field support.
Serve as a technical representative on Project Support Teams having climate adaptation and/or resiliencebuilding activities. Monitor technical performance and work closely with Global Operations to ensure technical quality and impact.
Support the expansion of GC's food climate adaptation and resiliencebuilding approaches through technical differentiator development, participation in working groups, and elevating Global Communities' visibility.

Responsibility Area:
Positioning and Resource Development

Develop a Global Communities growth strategy for climate change and related resilience building.
Lead the development and expansion of a Climate Adaptation and Resilience Building program portfolio in collaboration with the Strategic Growth and Partnership new business development unit, Program Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance.
Identify highpriority donors including private sector partners and mobilize resources for new climate adaptation and resilience programming.
Dedicate 50% or more time to leading new business development opportunities including prepositioning, directing proposals, and providing technical leadership and content development in relevant submissions.
Provide quality control and design integrity in relevant proposals, participate in staff selection, and review budgets in submissions.

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Responsibility Area: Thought