Program Assistant, Maritime Shipping Team

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, governance and diplomacy, 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. 

About our Maritime Shipping Program

ClimateWorks Foundation has been funding and coordinating a coalition of analysts and advocates working to decarbonize global maritime shipping, via policy & politics, industry cooperation, and technology development for over a decade. Our work spans efforts make advances in the International Maritime Organization, to cooperation with leading corporate customers of shipping services, to supporting local environmental movements in port communities affected by pollution.

Job Summary

We are seeking a junior colleague who will be the organizational backbone of the team, supporting our strategy, grantmaking and analytical functions. The candidate will have plenty of opportunity to engage in the substantive work of the maritime shipping team, and will have room to take on issue areas as appropriate, but will focus on the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

Working in close consultation with the full shipping, the Program Assistant’s duties will include:

-        Keeping track of grantmaking timelines

-        Staying on top of reporting requirements to our funders

-        Helping write and manage internal and external communications products

-        Identifying practical needs in our coalition together with our consultants

-        Helping prepare annual plans and tracking our monitoring, evaluation and learning.

-        Supporting convening through e.g. developing and tracking contracts

-        Liaising with our development team to support funder outreach

-        Helping schedule meetings with grantees and track our contacts

The Program Assistant will report to the Associate Director of the Maritime Shipping Program.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have the fol