Responsibilities:

• Support the Inclusive Climate Action team with programme coordination, research and administrative support across all workstreams and projects.
• Undertake key duties and responsibilities that support the ICA team, including conducting desk reviews on key developments on ICA and possible emerging issues and city action, logistical support on the set-up and coordination of events, workshops, webinars, study visits and any other meeting activity.
• Support and lead as requested the monitoring, evaluation and learning process for team work including Internal and external tracking of city actions and outcomes, to monitor progress against programme specific deliverables, tracking lessons learned for internal and external use and support to funder reporting (as necessary).
• Act as main operational support on ICA reporting and tracking including on C40 Leadership standards, accelerator reporting, programme reporting and inputs to funder reporting.
• Support for procurement and contracting for key ICA team activities.
• Work with the ICA Director and ICA Business Manager in overall operations and functioning of ICA Team including regular team meetings, reviewing processes and internal team coordination, and maintaining and inputting into resources for team processes and team wide guidance and calendar management and scheduling.
• Support the production and dissemination of the ICA Monthly Newsletter, working closely with the ICA Senior Manager on Knowledge.
• Support in the preparation and production of ICA case studies and showcasing materials , working closely with the ICA team.
• Lead on key strategic tasks related to the ICA programme as identified by ICA team members.
• Lead the operations of and maintain ICA stat bank, image library, consultant database.
• Provide support and inputs where requested to briefings for Mayors and other senior leaders on key Inclusive Climate Action issues and events.
• Support on the engagement with other C40 teams on key identified activities to deliver on the Inclusive Climate Programme’s and C40’s overall objectives, including ICA mainstreaming across C40 and acting as focal point for internal requests to ICA Team.
• Direct support to ICA  Director for key team priority projects and ad hoc requests as needed when they arise.

Person Specification:

• International experience or proven awareness of working across different cultures, languages and time zones.
• Passionate about driving ambitious climate action and working with cities. Background and understanding of inclusive climate action, equity, climate justice  and Just Transition concepts is an asset
• Experience or knowledge of coordinating projects and delivering administrative and logistical support
• Proven ability to reprioritise tasks quickly
• Excellent written communication skills, including writing in a range of formats
• A strong desire to learn and develop skills and knowledge
• A strong commitment to C40’s mission and values
• Excellent organisational skills
• Experience supporting business administration, procurement, contracts reporting and financial systems is an asset.
• Strong technical knowledge of online communications systems, and willingness to trial and learn new technologies/software.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office / Google Suite
• Ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving and interpersonal capabilities coupled with an outcome/delivery-oriented approach required
• Fluency in English is required; additional languages are desirable.