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International Senior Programme Officer
International Senior Programme Officer
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Are you passionate about climate justice in the Global South? We’re recruiting a senior programme officer to support the trailblazers delivering climate solutions in communities around the world.
Helping refugees access clean, affordable energy will be a major part of this role. You will work with colleagues and external stakeholders on a project supporting the development of energy solutions led by displaced people. These solutions could range from solar-powered cold storage for food and medicines to cookstoves tackling toxic air pollution. As well as coordinating the initiative, you will build and strengthen relationships with partner organisations and help devise strategies for increasing investment and influencing policies on this issue.
You will also work on delivering the Ashden Awards, which bring grants, publicity and networking opportunities to climate innovators. As well as assessing and working with potential award winners, you will also make sure that people with lived experience of climate challenges are well represented in the awards process.
Other tasks will include helping secure funding for Ashden’s work, particularly our humanitarian programme, in the Global South, and sharing insights through events and various communication channels.
Applicants will need knowledge in the field of climate solutions, environment or sustainable development. Specific knowledge of themes such as energy access, humanitarian energy and climate justice, as well as microfinance and inclusive investment, will be an advantage.
Interviews will take place online Thursday 7 September and in person Monday 11 September.
Job title: Senior International Programme Officer
Job purpose: To deliver awards and projects within the international climate solutions team. To generate knowledge and insight through the awards process and programme work.
Terms and conditions:
Permanent employee
5 days per week (flexible)
Based in Ashden office in London Victoria and working from home as appropriate/agreed.
Reports to: Head of International Programmes
Responsible for: Interns
Duties and key responsibilities
Deliver up to two exciting and impactful awards that are in line with Ashden’s mission, working with the wider awards team. Responsibilities include:
- Contribute to the awards process, bringing your enthusiasm and expertise to discovering solutions to humanitarian energy access.
- Work to discover exciting climate solutions and support them through our awards process.
- Build networks of relevant stakeholders, including those with lived experience of the issues, to contribute to the awards process as assessors, judges, and knowledge partners.
With the support of the Head of International Programmes, develop, design and deliver Ashden’s humanitarian energy programme. Responsibilities include:
- Engage in stakeholder conversations to understand barriers to humanitarian energy, and develop/strengthen partnerships, particularly with Global Platform for Action (GPA) and Global Refugee-led Network (GRN), to grow the humanitarian energy programme.
- Work with the Head of International Programmes to project manage Ashden’s deliverables in the Transforming Humanitarian Energy Access (THEA) programme and coordinate/implement a suite of interventions to support the development of refugee entrepreneur-led energy solutions.
- In partnership with others, devise strategies to influence humanitarian policy both in the UK and internationally.
As a member of the International Team, contribute to the generation, design and implementation of new projects that deliver impact and build on the aims of the international strategy.
Support the Head of International Programmes to develop funding for the International Team.
- Work with the Fundraising Team to turn concepts into fundable propositions, contribute to fundraising proposals, and develop a pipeline of opportunities with potential funders.
- Develop relationships with funders and contribute to pitching of opportunities that result in funded awards and/or projects.
Develop and share insights from awards process and programmes.
- Work with the Editor to author insights from the awards process and programme work contributing to reports, articles and other comms materials.
- Work with relevant colleagues to ensure that awards and programmes are aligned with strategic goals.
- Develop and deliver events and webinars to share insights to relevant audiences.
- Share insights at relevant third-party events.
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