About Growald Climate Fund

Growald seeks an experienced energy and/or finance expert to support our growing Field Innovation team to catalyze new approaches and areas of work, particularly addressing ecosystem gaps in energy transition. We are a high-impact venture global philanthropy fund catalyzing the rapid transition to a clean energy future. We believe that philanthropy plays a key role in nurturing new climate solutions, supporting a vibrant civil society, and promoting objective research and analysis for use by governments and key NGO and foundation partners.

About You

You achieve success by building consensus among diverse stakeholders to navigate into new frontiers. You creatively motivate individuals to leave their comfort zones to boldly address climate change. You create trust by having a deep knowledge and ability to communicate about energy or finance (or both!) and by systematically setting & meeting collective and individual expectations and program deliverables.

About the Role

The purpose of the role is to develop and help coordinate initiatives and plans that tackle the most difficult bottlenecks in energy transition, in particular in developing countries. We are looking for a motivated expert in the energy sector that can bring their experience and network to our team. This is a FLSA Full Time Exempt position, reporting to our Director of Field Innovation. Our preference is for this person to be based out of Boston, but other arrangements could be considered.

Our Field Innovation work engages the broader ecosystem of civil society and foundation partners to identify and address critical bottlenecks in countries’ transition from coal to renewable energy. We support initiatives that engage in areas such as climate finance, state owned enterprise transition, coal retirement mechanisms, and diplomacy, through strategic and diplomatic convening, research, and thought leadership and coordination.

This role will also provide the opportunity to interact with our grantees and support them in your areas of expertise, as well as learn from the incredible work that they are doing.

Key Responsibilities         

• Provide input for FI priorities, work plan and funding priorities

• Provide a first assessment and feedback of FI proposals and plans from Growald backed initiatives

• Provide Landscape mapping and ecosystem research to identify opportunities, and develop grantee pipeline for FI and Venture portfolios

• Support coordination among philanthropic partners in the field to identify key bottlenecks in energy transition and find initiatives that address them

• Support and monitor FI initiatives amongst different stakeholders and grantees by, providing technical input, strategic planning, and developing deliverables

• Develop strategic memos on philanthropic opportunities

• Represent Growald at strategic meetings and convening

Qualifications

• An academic background in energy, finance/economics or related field

• At least 8 years of experience in energy and/or climate finance, or the energy sector

• Strong strategic thinking skills with experience in the development and implementation of strategies

• Experience working and coordinating with multiple stakeholders from different organizations, countries and backgrounds

• Experience in policy making with government, think tanks, or multilateral organizations

• Demonstrable writing, research, and presentation skills

• Proven program and portfolio management skills

• Experience with international organizations preferred

• English fluency required, multi lingual preferred

Equal Opportunity Employer   

As an equal opportunity employer, we recognize the power of a diverse community and strongly encourage applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status. Must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States. All Growald employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Compensation

Growald Climate Fund offers competitive salaries annually benchmarked against a thousand other philanthropic non profit grant making foundations. We're currently finalizing our 2023 salary bands including an internal equity audit, please apply or contact jobs@nrgconsultinggroup.org to speak with our recruiter about compensation! Benefits include 100% employer paid medical and dental care, generous allowances including professional development, commuter, and work from home, an employer matched retirement plan, 13 holidays, 20-25 days of vacation, and additional paid time off including sick and parental leave. Growald offers flexible working hours, and our location in Brookline (parked in Boston’s backyard) was recently ranked 16th in the top 25 best places for families to live!

To Apply

Please submit your cover letter and resume to hiring@growaldclimatefund.org.  In your cover letter please share what motivates you to work at the Growald Climate Fund and how your experience will support our goal of catalyzing the rapid transition to a clean energy future.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.