Appel à manifestation d’intérêt : Recrutement d’un.e Chef de groupe, Clean Air Catalyst aux Etats-Unis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Job Highlight:

Reporting to Director, Urban Efficiency and Climate, you will serve as Chief of Party for the Clean Air Catalyst to help accelerate clean air solutions in Indore (India), Nairobi (Kenya) and Jakarta (Indonesia). In this role, you will work closely with project partners and colleagues across WRI to ensure effective leadership, strategy development, annual work planning and stakeholder and funder management.

What will you do:

  • Provide strategic direction and management of the Clean Air Catalyst, ensuring timely delivery of all outputs and effective use of funds to deliver impact
  • Oversee and coordinate activities of global project partners and pilot teams, in collaboration with technical leads and pilot project managers, and maintain project plans and trackers via Asana
  • Manage consortium of global project partners, and support pilot team leads in maintaining relationships with pilot partners
  • Line management of the global Clean Air Catalyst team (8 FTE) and ensure close collaboration with other WRI Programs and International Offices
  • Liaise with USAID to refine and adapt Clean Air Catalyst activities, workplan, monitoring, evaluation, and learning, and other project structures as appropriate to meet project goals
  • Articulate project successes and lessons learned internally and to global project partners, USAID, USG constituencies and other relevant stakeholders, and lead development of high-quality knowledge products
  • Develop strategic opportunities to build on the successes and lessons learned from the Clean Air Catalyst to accelerate integrated climate and clean air action in other cities, and engage partners and funders as appropriate
  • Represent WRI and the Clean Air Catalyst at external meetings and discussions with key regional and international partner organizations
  • Ensure the project is compliant with USAID Rules and Regulations.

What will you need:

  • Education: Advanced degree in science, engineering, policy, or related fields
  • Experience: Minimum 12 years of relevant full-time work experience, with 10+ years of experience in project management and project implementation in an international setting
  • Management experience in a USAID program of comparable size and scope is desirable
  • Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills, with demonstrated ability in managing teams, collaborating with project partners (e.g. city officials and NGOs) and engaging funders
  • Expert knowledge of technical and policy aspects of climate and clean air
  • Effective project management approach, and experience leading large, complex, multi-stakeholder programs, and ability to manage multiple parallel tasks
  • Fluency in English combined with strong ability to communicate clearly and effectively in conversation and writing
  • Experience working across different cultures, languages and time zones. Experience living and/or working in a Global South context is desirable
  • WRI is unable to sponsor any visa work sponsorship for this position.

How to Apply: 

Please submit a resume with cover letter by the date of May 12th, 2023. You must apply through the WRI Careers portal to be considered.  

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