Senior Consultant - Global South Cooperation

The India Climate Collaborative is seeking a Senior Consultant for Global South Cooperation in New Delhi. The role focuses on enhancing India's climate leadership, coordinating civil society and philanthropy, and facilitating collaboration with global south countries. Key responsibilities include program management, stakeholder engagement, event planning, and partnership building. The ideal candidate should be detail-oriented, a self-starter, and committed to high-quality output.
About us:

The India Climate Collaborative (ICC), founded in 2020 by philanthropists and industry leaders, is a first-of-its-kind collaborative operating at the intersection of climate and philanthropy in India. Our vision is to build a low-carbon, resilient India for the benefit of its people and natural environment. We do this by unlocking philanthropic capital, identifying catalytic climate priorities, and creating a connective infrastructure for impactful funding. We work in partnership with a diverse array of stakeholders, including government agencies, businesses, non-profits, academic institutions, think tanks, and other philanthropic organisations. We were founded by some of India's pre eminent corporate and philanthropic leaders, including Rohini Nilekani, Ratan Tata, Anand Mahindra, Nadir Godrej, and others.

Our team is a small, tight‐knit group driven by a shared passion for achieving the ICC’s mission and vision. An ideal addition to our team is a self-starter, always willing to roll up their sleeves and get stuff done. We prefer candidates with a good eye for detail, commitment to a high quality of output, and a team-centric mindset.

Role:

ICC aims to deepen and expand our role as an ecosystem connector, convenor and enabler for supporting and strengthening India’s climate leadership position in the global climate discourse – one that is aligned with India’s ambitious climate targets and development priorities, and that continues to amplify the voice of the global south with respect to the means of implementation required for India and other developing countries to meet our climate goals. To operationalise these objectives, the ICC is looking for a Senior Consultant to coordinate Indian civil society and philanthropy to take ownership of the climate mandate, strengthen participation of Indian climate actors at global platforms including UNFCCC COPs, and facilitate cross-learning and collaboration opportunities between India and other global south countries. The individual will report to the Lead – Global Coordination and is expected to support on program planning, management and delivery, as well as partnership building and stakeholder management.

Key responsibilities include:
• Driving and managing program implementation, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the program including budget management and reporting, and monitoring progress towards program goals and milestones.
• Building knowledge on important climate policy developments, processes and progress at both the national and international levels and disseminating this knowledge with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Developing strategies to engage the Indian climate community and showcase India’s leadership at global fora, including leveraging key networks and platforms to design relevant engagement opportunities such as roundtables, convenings, bilateral or multilateral exchanges.
• Managing high-functioning events including planning, organising and implementing domestic and international convenings, including events logistics, and operations.
• Managing partnerships with diverse stakeholders – including Indian and global south donors, think tanks, experts, grantee partners, consultants and vendors for effective program delivery.
• Identifying and building new partnerships and designing and implementing new initiatives to meet program objectives.
• Working cross-functionally with teams across the organisation to coordinate and collaborate on synergistic and complementary efforts.
• Proactively balancing competing priorities, anticipate upcoming needs and tasks to ensure that deadlines are met.

Requirements:
• 10 plus years of relevant work experience in the climate sector, across not for profits, consulting, or international development.
• Nuanced understanding of climate issues, climate policies and strong familiarity with national and international climate organisations and processes.
• Experience in planning, curating, designing and execution of strategic events and convenings.
• Effective communication skills (both written and verbal). Demonstrated experience in working on high-quality deliverables and outputs like project reports, strategic presentations and sectoral analysis.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, and experience in partner management, and building relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong problem solving, analytical and time-management skills, with an ability to manage competing deadlines and parallel work streams.
• Be able to work well independently with limited supervision, with high levels of motivation.
• Be able to demonstrate ability to use MS Office Suite (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint) and cloud solutions such as One Drive, and SharePoint.
• Willingness to travel both domestic and international.

Additional criteria (preferred, not mandatory):
• Existing networks with domestic and international organisations engaged in climate action.
• Experience working in domestic (and preferably international) climate policy

What we offer:
• Working with the leading minds on climate change across philanthropy, research institutions, government and implementing organisations, as part of India’s climate movement.
• Growth and exposure in a quickly growing start-up organization, with a young team committed to professional development.
• Opportunity to institute best practices, and develop ICC traditions, and be part of building the experience of working at the organisation.
• A competitive salary based on industry standards.

Terms of employment: Consultant

Location: Delhi