Learning and Innovation Manager

Reports to: Senior Head of Network Learning and Innovation

Preferred timezone: GMT -/+ 5 (all applications welcome)

Closing Date: 24th August

This is a 1 year contract position with the possibility of extension, contingent on funding. 

About Climate Catalyst

Climate Catalyst is a U.S. based non-profit dedicated to galvanizing the collective power of business, investors, and civil society to influence and accelerate policy change in Asia and Europe. We work to strengthen collaboration and mobilise new actors on pivotal climate challenges to build power and compel political leaders to act at the speed and scale needed to tackle the climate crisis. We do this by: 

• Working behind the scenes with stakeholders in Europe and Asia to identify critical climate issues where action to date has been limited and collaboration potential is high. 
• Bringing together renowned experts and new entrants to share ideas, and design and deliver creative campaigns that secure decisive changes in national and regional policy to deliver sectoral tipping points and secure significant emissions reductions. 
• Advising on strategy, bringing creative communications, advocacy and movement building expertise to build power across the climate community to catalyse action. 

We’ve used this model successfully to mobilise the business community in support of the EU Nature Restoration Law, the first legislation for peatlands protection across Europe, and spark action in India that led to commitment from the Ministry of Steel to develop green steel policy. 

Climate Catalyst is taking on a new project with the Clean Air Fund to apply our movement building and knowledge sharing expertise from Asia and Europe to an initiative designed to support cities and civil society organisations around the world to campaign for clean air. 

About The Role

This role is about designing and implementing strategies, tools and platforms that support shared learning and collaboration among organisations working towards cleaner air. Working closely with the Head of Learning and Innovation, you will lead a global needs assessment across multiple cities, which will inform the development of a training programme for movement building leads at the city level, with pilots of that approach in two cities. You will develop a knowledge sharing approach, movement building infrastructure, and tools to support sustained engagement. You will also contribute to producing learning products and co-delivering capacity building activities. This role combines strategic thinking and analysis with hands-on project management and learning product development. It is ideal for someone with an interest in global movement building efforts. 

What you will do

Conduct a needs assessment across 14 cities to understand the knowledge sharing and movement building needs of civil society organisations, including campaigners, think tanks, data science organisations, city officials, etc. working on air pollution around the world. (35%)

• Survey, interview and focus group discussion design, delivery and analysis
• Produce a report with an approach for knowledge sharing and movement building.  

 Pilot a movement building project in two cities (35%)

• Co-design a movement building model in 2 pilot cities to foster a clean air movement. This will be a practical, replicable guide that defines the essential elements of a high-functioning, impactful CSO movement within a city. 
• Assess the cities’ civil society ecosystems’ gaps and leverage points and map the current landscape of civil society actors working on air quality in each of the 2 cities. This will include analysing their focus areas, strengths, gaps, levels of coordination, and alignment with local policy priorities. 
• Deliver facilitation support for 2 in-person and additional virtual civil society convenings. 
• Co-design a movement building training package, including a guide for future use with guidance on shared strategy, collaboration structures, mapping additional civil society organisations, and communication mechanisms. 

Deliver a community of practice amongst a cluster of peer organisations to promote thematic and cross-regional knowledge sharing (20%)

• Produce 3 learning products related to themes that emerge from the needs assessment, providing organisations with suggested tactics and effective projects by their peers.
• Support the management of one community of practice and co-host one cross-city knowledge sharing meeting. 
• Support delivery of a knowledge sharing platform and means of communications. 

    Support impact measurement and innovation (10%)

• Ensure insights and evidence are systematically captured, shared, and applied to drive continuous improvement. 
• Support the Head of Learning and Innovation to enable learning loops across Climate Catalyst’s programmes and geographies, beyond those focused on Clean Air. 

What You Would Bring

1. Experience in civil society movement building and campaigning, working with coalitions and collaborating with partners. Highly skilled network builder.
2. Demonstrated success in leading and designing Training-of-Trainers or other capacity building programmes in cross-cultural settings. 
3. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling presentations and reports for diverse audiences and translate complex materials into understandable content. Experience producing visual materials is a plus. Experience with narrative and/or messaging projects is also a plus.
4. Experience of leading and/or delivering creative campaign strategy and planning a plus, with a particular interest in digital campaign tactics and techniques. 
5. Exceptional project management, organisational, and administrative skills with a proven ability to independently manage multiple priorities and complex workflows. 
6. Strong understanding of learning, innovation, knowledge management, and facilitation.
7. Experience and comfort with working across regions, cultures, and time zones.  

Additional Information  

• Our working language is English. Fluency in an additional language is highly valued.  
• This position requires travel. We anticipate at least two international work trips during the contract period. 

Compensation + Benefits

• Pay is competitive in all hiring regions. The salary band for this role in USD is $70,000 - $82,000.
• Benefits include: health insurance, stipends for wellness and phone/wifi, professional development, co-working space coverage, generous pension contribution and more. For more information about working with us at Climate Catalyst, visit our website at https://climatecatalyst.org/get-involved/work-with-us/. 

Diversity at Climate Catalyst

Climate Catalyst aims to design inclusive strategies to meet our objectives. We recognise that the only way to deliver on this is to build a diverse team composed of individuals with varying backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We encourage applicants from historically marginalised and currently underrepresented groups in the climate movement to apply.

Equal Employment Opportunities

Climate Catalyst is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable employment opportunity laws prohibiting discrimination. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

How to Apply

To apply, please upload a cover letter of no more than one page outlining interest in the role and your CV to this application page.