Associate Director, Strategy and Learning

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 ClimateWorks.org.

Department Summary

The Strategy, Impact, and Learning (SIL) team is responsible for developing innovative approaches that translate CWF’s theories of change into actionable strategies that increase the organization’s impact and that of the broader philanthropy community. Additionally, the team is responsible for institutionalizing learning pathways and culture in an organization that believes learning is a key function when operating in rapidly evolving and dynamic systems. The SIL team is small, innovative, and highly collaborative.

Job Summary

ClimateWorks Foundation seeks an Associate Director of Strategy and Learning who is a nimble, cutting-edge, and yet practical strategist to help build the organization’s systems-based approach for its program strategy development cycles and to help align program strategies with organization-wide strategy. Working closely with the Director of SIL, this position will support a thoughtful, balanced, and long-term view of strategy, monitoring, impact, learning, and evaluation for CWF. A veritable thought partner and relationship builder, the new Associate Director will work collaboratively across the organization to help frame and guide decision-making around strategic choices coupled with deploying a system of impact measurement and ongoing organizational learning.

While this role will work across the strategic learning cycle, the primary remit will be focused on program strategy development. Program strategies articulate how the program is addressing decarbonization, and / or emissions reduction, and / or adaptation and resilience. The strategy must convey the program’s theory of change, the tactics and levers, the impact, and most importantly, why this is an important and effective use of philanthropic resources. This position provides strategy expertise to the programs, facilitates a strategy development process that includes all of the program’s stakeholders, helps to identify and gather relevant data, ensures that programmatic strategy is linked to overall organizational strategy, and supports materials that communicate the program strategy to different audiences, including the ClimateWorks Board of Directors, funders, and grantee partners.

Essential Tasks

Provide assistance to up to 10 program and service teams in developing strategies along with tools and methods to track their progress.

Engage with the climate philanthropic ecosystem on strategy, monitoring, evaluation, and learning-related activities

Incorporate data and evidence into programmatic strategies and organizational priorities

Facilitate and communicate learning

Support work on equity and justice

Required Qualifications

Approach

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) : $135,000 - $140,000 annually

Salary Range (Other US) : $125,000 - $135,000 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. If 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 of absence, and other terms and conditions of employment.

ClimateWorks Foundation is committed to complying with all laws protecting qualified individuals with disabilities, as well as employees’ religious beliefs and practices. 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 of absence, and other terms and conditions of employment. ClimateWorks Foundation will provide a reasonable accommodation for any known physical or mental disability of a qualified individual and / or employees’ religious beliefs and practices, as required by law.

If you require an accommodation, please notify Human Resources. Once ClimateWorks Foundation is aware of the need for an accommodation, it will engage in an interactive process to identify possible accommodations.

Application Process

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. To be considered for this position, interested candidates must submit a resume and cover letter. This position will remain open until filled.

Employment at the ClimateWorks Foundation is at-will.

ClimateWorks offers an excellent benefits package :

Healthcare Plans :

Multiple options available through Kaiser & UHC

Fertility Benefit

Disability Benefit (long and short-term)

PTO

Holidays

401k Plan

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