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Senior Manager, City Engagements and Implementation

C40 Cities

5-9 years

Chennai, New Delhi, Ahmedabad

1 vacancy

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

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Key skills for the job

Develop a strategy to support C40 s South and West Asia cities in the implementation of key priority actions from their Climate Actions Plans and C40 s current programmes and activities, aligned to the Leadership Standards.
Work with the team to lead delivery of C40 climate action programmes in the region, with a particular focus on climate action planning, mainstreaming activities and regional implementation programmes in the region.
Contribute to some city s climate action planning and updation of plans to deliver mitigation and adaptation outcomes, inclusive low-carbon resilient development consistent with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement;
Contribute to track and lead contracts and procurements related to the Climate Implementation and Mainstreaming work in South and West Asia including consultant management

Work with C40 s Regional Director in developing and executing strategies to ensure alignment with national and sub-national policies and with support programmes from other development partners to further accelerate the implementation of city climate actions.

Coordinate the identification and establishment of critical partnerships, including fundraising opportunities towards delivery of key priority actions.
Ensure the collection of data for reporting on all programme related KPIs.
Ensure coordination and linkages with all other C40 teams, including City Solutions and Networks, City Diplomacy, Finance, etc. towards a unified and coordinated city support strategy for the region.
Organise and deliver stakeholder engagement activities, such as webinars, conferences, workshops, knowledge products etc in coordination with C40 teams

Support tracking the cities performance on Leadership Standards and ensure associated activities for cities to meet the requirements

Person Specification:

Post graduate degree in environmental/ climate science, public policy, environmental engineering, urban/ environmental planning, urban design, development, or related subjects.
Significant experience in government, business or NGO sectors with a focus on sustainability and/or climate change, and experience working with or within municipal governments in roles related to climate implementation/ sustainability, leading projects/ teams towards delivery
Knowledge of the urban governance, institutional mechanisms at sub-national/national level
Proficiency in speaking and reading at least 1 regional language is preferred (in addition to English)
Excellent problem-solving, and strategic thinking capabilities, with good MS Excel, data management and analysis skills
Cross sectoral understanding of urban and climate change aspects in Indian city context.
Strong interpersonal, relationship building, and negotiation skills as well as written and verbal communication skills, combined with English fluency.
Demonstrable problem-solving, budget and people management experience, including working with third party delivery teams, and ability to manage multiple parallel tasks;
Experience of coordinating and facilitating interactive and enquiry-based workshops.
International experience, working online, working across different cultures, languages and time zones.