Partnership and Development Manager

About the Organization

ClimateWorks 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, ClimateWorks’ 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 www.climateworks.org.

CWF China is the first regional office that CWF established to further support and advance China’s climate action to achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement and end the global climate crisis. The office will work closely with our international and domestic partners to channel resources to support actions in the key areas including:

• Clean energy transition and accelerating phasing out coal
• Green climate finance
• Capacity building and incubation of innovative approach to advance mitigation

Job Summary

The Partnership and Development Manager provides substantive support to enhance cooperation and interaction of the ClimateWorks China team and key international partners to further advance climate action and philanthropy in China through co-creating thematic strategies, helping fundraising, facilitating funders cooperation, supporting grants managements, and communicating with our network outside of China, and building our capacity to deliver emissions reductions in China.

Essential Tasks

Under the direct supervision of the Director of CWF China, the incumbent will be responsible for the following:

• Work closely with key funders in supporting co-creation and implementation of strategies to align these efforts to our mission in advance climate actions in China.
• Liaise with Development department to help fundraise for, and implement ClimateWorks' China strategy.
• Support the development and implementation CWF China strategy by periodically reviewing the status of trends of funding from international philanthropies in supporting climate actions in China and identifying key challenges and opportunities of international philanthropies in accelerating implementation of China’s 30-60 commitments.
• Liaise with sectoral programs of CWF in co-creating and implementing strategies to align these efforts to o