Adaptation and Resilience, Program Manager

About the Organization

Climate Works 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, Climate Works’ 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 (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

The role will support the Adaptation and Resilience team in their efforts to continue to build out global adaptation as a new focus area for the foundation and philanthropy writ large, This role focuses on providing programmatic coherence and oversight of Climate Works Foundation’s Adaptation & Resilience Fund, a multi-donor pooled philanthropic fund that provides grantmaking to low- and middle-income countries.

Right now the focus of the fund is on extreme heat in urban areas in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The PM is responsible for ensuring delivery of all aspects of the A&R Fund, including grants management and processing, oversight and management of grants budget, oversight and management of other internal processes related to smooth grantmaking operations, providing management support to the Fund’s Advisory Council (including help with agenda setting, planning convenings, reporting to funders, etc.)

development of new thematic focal areas for the fund, and more.

The PM will be part of a small, nimble, and committed team of individuals working to advance action on climate adaptation. The team seeks to maintain a strong culture of collaboration, clear communication, transparency, trust, humility, independence, encouragement and learning. The role will also be involved in certain aspects of our Adaptation & Resilience Collaborative for Funders, and working cross-functionally within Climate Works.

This position reports to the Senior Director of Adaptation and Resilience.

Working closely with the Senior Director, Associate Director, and other team members, the PM will be responsible for overseeing, managing, and coordinating major activities of the A&R Fund. This includes:

• Overseeing all aspects of the A&R Fund, which includes direct grantmaking, any future requests for proposals, Advisory Committee, fund governance, and development of new strategic…