Community Coordinator, Food and Water

** Please note: This role is not eligible for work authorization/visa support & must be located in New York, available to work onsite 3 days per week **

*This is a temporary contract through June 30th, 2025, with the possibility of a 6-month extension*

The annual salary range for this role is $70,000-$75,000 in New York.

The World Economic Forum is an international organization that brings together leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society to discuss and address global challenges to improve the state of the world.

The Centre for Nature and Climate is a multistakeholder platform that focuses on protecting our environment and fostering sustainable practices. Our goals include achieving Net Zero emissions, promoting responsible land and ocean use, and improving the management of key resources like food, water, and raw materials.

Why we are recruiting

The Food and Water team has worked on initiatives for a decade and a half, galvanizing multi-sectoral leadership to support collective regional and country-led action, while advancing global insight and policy to accelerate food systems transformation and water security and equity to meet the needs of people and the planet - Food and Water Team Impact.

The food and water agenda has three strategic tracks:  

Finance and Incentives for Regenerative and Climate Adaptive Value Chains   Innovation and Technology Ecosystems Public Private Partnerships to support country pathways  

Under the second pillar of innovation and technology ecosystems, the Food Innovation Hubs (FIH) global initiative, launched in 2021, has been catalyzed by the World Economic Forum and several public, private, and civil society stakeholders to strengthen innovation ecosystems for the food systems transformation. The initiative aims to drive relevant high-end and low-cost inclusive innovation to achieve a scalable impact and meet the needs of food systems stakeholders. Initially, we have focused on developing pace-setter Innovation Hubs that drive multistakeholder action in Colombia, Europe, India, Kenya, Vietnam and UAE, connected by a global Food Innovators Network.  

The CNC seeks a Community Coordinator for the Food and Water team to support team operations and provide dedicated programmatic support to the innovation and technology programmes.

Reporting Lines & Interactions

The Coordinator role reports to the Food Initiatives and Partnerships Manager based in Geneva, while also receiving guidance from the Head of the team based in New York. This role will collaborate across the organization with a broad set of teams , such as teams with the Centre for Nature and Climate, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, UpLink, Food Action Alliance, Global Programming Group, Hospitality, Events, Business and Government Relations, and others.

Breakdown of main responsibilities

Team Operations and Events:

• Support the Food and Water team’s participation in events and workshops, including registration and agenda coordination, as well as coordinating and communicating event logistics and delivery.
• Contribute to the planning and coordination of key leadership meetings. Support the creation of background materials and content and support strategy and workplan development, as applicable. 
• Align and collaborate internally with the Food and Water team, and with other teams across the organization as applicable for successful delivery of key milestones and workshops.

• Coordinate the preparation of the Food and Water team’s communication documents and core knowledge products. Contribute to the development of briefing materials for internal and external use.
• Handle routine external inquiries, demonstrating an understanding of the team’s breadth of