Inclusive Climate Action Programme
The Inclusive Climate Action (ICA) Programme was established at the behest of a group of C40 mayors for C40’s business plan 2017-2020. The programme focuses on supporting mayors and cities to ensure local climate policies and initiatives are designed in an inclusive way and have equitable impacts, as a way to make the case for bold climate action and maximize its benefits across urban populations. The programme aims at delivering leadership and advocacy support, technical and strategic assistance, training and peer-to-peer exchange on assessing and understanding the wider benefits of climate action; increasing capacity to engage inhabitants and stakeholders; and designing inclusive and just climate strategies.
Position Description
The Head of GGND Pilot implementation will lead on delivering the new GGND initiative of the ICA programme, reporting to the Director of the ICA programme and working closely with other members of the ICA team. S/he will be directly managing five ICA city advisors located in 5 pilot cities, a dedicated technical assistance team and will be supporting the Director of the ICA Programme in the day to day management of the partnership with the Just Transition Center and the international union movement. Working in tandem with C40’s relevant teams, s/he will support the identification of pilot and sister cities, the delivery of technical and strategic support to pilot and sister cities as well as collaborate with (among others) C40’s Communication and Campaigns team to ensure coherent narratives & strong communication outputs.
S/he will be passionate about working with cities to identify practical solutions in the environmental and socio-economic sectors with regards to tackling climate change, have strong interest and familiarity with notions of just transition, environmental justice, the needs and resilience of vulnerable communities as well as on other key equity challenges and opportunities in delivering inclusive climate action. The person will be a natural communicator, collaborator, and facilitator, with strong political awareness and knowledge of working with mayors, cities and stakeholders on key strategic priorities. Very organised, with demonstrative leadership and understanding of the challenges in delivering technical assistance programmes at the local level and strategic support to decision-makers and leaders on stakeholder engagement, coalition building and communication. S/he will collaborate very closely with the ICA Programme Director to successfully support the ICA Forum Manager, the ICA Global Leadership Manager and the ICA Knowledge and Content Managers in developing knowledge products; in bringing cities together to share lessons learnt and best practices; in developing and managing major global partnerships; and in facilitating delivery of support to C40 member cities working collaboratively with regional staff and partner organisations. S/he will also collaborate with the wider ICA team on joint projects and programme work streams and will work closely with key C40 teams such as the Communications Team, the City Diplomacy Team, the Global Initiatives Team, the Climate Action Planning Team, the Regions Team, and the Office of the C40 Chair.