Director of Climate Services

Climate Central is hiring a Director of Climate Services to lead a new initiative aimed at providing public climate services. This role involves strategizing, managing a team, and collaborating with external stakeholders to develop impactful products. The ideal candidate will have experience in climate science and stakeholder engagement. The position is based in Princeton, NJ, and is integral to advancing Climate Central's mission.
Climate Central is an independent group of scientists and science translators who research and report the facts about our changing climate and how it affects people’s lives. We use science and technology to generate thousands of local storylines and compelling visuals that make climate change relevant and show what can be done about it. We address climate science, sea level rise, extreme weather, energy, and related topics.

We collaborate with journalists, TV meteorologists, and other respected messengers, reaching broad audiences through local voices in the US and 150 nations. Our research and visuals appear in thousands of TV spots and tens of thousands of other news stories each year, and our impact is growing.
About the role:

Climate Central is seeking a highly skilled, dynamic and passionate leader to join our team as the senior director of our new climate services program. Reporting to Chief Program Officer Dr. Andrew Pershing, the Director of Climate Services will lead the development of this new initiative to provide climate services that serve the public good. The Director of Climate Services will leverage their knowledge of public climate services in the U.S. and will work with external partners to identify priority needs.

They will direct a growing team of scientists, communications specialists, and developers to produce information and communications products that meet those needs.

As a member of the Programs Leadership Team, the Director of Climate Services will contribute to charting Climate Central’s strategic direction. They will work closely with the leaders of Climate Central’s core programmatic departments (Science, Engagement, Content, and Technology) to bring in the expertise needed to advance the climate services initiative and Climate Central’s mission.

The ideal Director of Climate Services will have an established track record of working with stakeholders across multiple sectors and with multidisciplinary science and product development teams. They will be actively engaged with the application of climate science in the public sphere through participation in working groups such as the U.S. National Climate Assessment. They will also be able to work quickly and creatively to catalyze new reports and products that lead to timely, compelling, and impactful communication opportunities.

If this sounds like you and you’re passionate about advancing climate services in the U.S., please take a look at our website to learn more about our work and our impressive team of scientists, communicators, tech developers and submit your application.
Job activities include but are not limited to:

Directing Climate Central’s Climate Services Program including setting strategy, driving and tracking annual goals, and managing the program’s budget

Working with external stakeholders across multiple sectors and both public and commercial to identify opportunities to develop products that build resilience

Working with the product and business development teams to generate new earned revenue streams

Organizing internal experts to build, test, evaluate, and promote climate services

Representing Climate Central with leaders in government, academia, and business

Contributing to the operation and growth of Climate Central by collaborating with other departments and programs and serving on the Programs Leadership Team.

Mission & Values. You are passionate about Climate Central’s mission to inform and catalyze action at the scale the climate crisis demands, through making accurate and effective climate communication ubiquitous. You further embrace Climate Central’s core values , including scientific and journalistic integrity; the importance of effective communication; fairness; collaboration; and policy neutrality, an important ingredient of our impact and effectiveness.

Leadership: You can work effectively as part of a team of organization leaders. You can think strategically about organizational activities, budgets, and policies. You are a supportive colleague who builds authentic and high-trust relationships with staff across difference and level.

Project and Personnel Management: You enjoy building…