Senior Program Associate, Global Energy Transition Initiative (Southeast Asia)/

About ClimateWorks Foundation

ClimateWorks is a global platform for philanthropy to innovate, collaborate, and accelerate climate solutions that scale. We partner with leading funders in the climate mitigation space, working with broad networks of international NGOs, in-country civil society organizations, and research institutions to dramatically escalate climate solutions. Through our Global Programs and Services, we have helped grow climate philanthropy to where it stands today, by equipping philanthropists with the knowledge, networks, and strategies to drive climate solutions and by building the infrastructure and networks to execute progress.

Our overall work falls into three core functions:

• Scaling solutions: Our collaborative Global Programs — focused on solution areas including carbon dioxide removal, cooling, industry, transportation, and more — produce results that are bending the greenhouse gas emissions curve. From the U.S. to Europe, China, Brazil, and beyond, we collaborate with a diverse community of funders, NGOs, and climate leaders to accelerate just and equitable climate solutions.
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About Global Energy Transition Initiative

The CWF Global Energy Transition Initiative (formerly named: Clean Energy, Clean Air Initiative) is a customized partnership between Bloomberg Philanthropies and ClimateWorks with a single mission: to deliver high-impact and immediate actions to drive a country-level transition from coal to clean energy that is in line with the global 1.5° C pathway. This Initiative collaborates with philanthropies and partners/grantees to advocate for and implement high ambition solutions to accelerate the coal to renewable energy transition in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, South Asia, and Eastern Europe. Starting in mid-2022, this initiative is expanding its energy transition partnerships to include grantees in Africa and Latin America.

The Global Energy Transition Initiative is collaborating across a broad spectrum of stakeholders: from civil society, governments, companies, financial institutions, citizens, youth groups and local community. With key partners from these countries/regions, The Global Energy Transition Initiative aims to achieve the following objectives:

• Shape and implement robust country-specific coal phase-out and renewable-based electricity transition pathways in line with the global 1.5° C scenario.
• Leverage international and regional initiatives to scale-up renewable energy investments and coal early retirement in developing economies in the regions noted above.
• Advance open-source data, policy research, and analytics to inform and empower the energy and climate community and strengthen countries’ and non-state actors’ net-zero accountability.

To achieve these objectives, The Global Energy Transition Initiative collaborates with Bloomberg Philanthropies, grantees, aligned regional/in-country philanthropic foundations, and other partners to deliver five implementation strategies, including (1) policy advocacy; (2) civil society coalition building; (3) data and analytics; (4) supporting enabling environment for clean energy pilot projects deployment; and (5) identifying finance mechanisms to support a just energy transition for coal early retirement.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Program Associate to join the Global Energy Transition Initiative.

Essential Tasks

• Support the Global Energy Transition Initiative to strengthen the partnership with funders and grantees.
• Conduct research on global/regional and in-country energy transitions, informing the development and refinement of Initiative implementation strategy.
• Help develop a pipeline of grants and contracts to support Initiative objectives; Develop grant assessment, communication materials, and other content as necessary.
• Support Initiative Director on collaboration and consultation with aligned funders who are active in the clean energy transitions in select countries.
• Develop internal and external communication materials, and other content as necessary.
• Producing regular and/or ad-hoc briefing memos for funders on political, economic, industrial and technology developments and trends that are pertinent to energy transition in the region.
• Support the convening workshops, conferences, publications and stakeholder meetings; Assist in the planning and execution of events with funders and partners, either virtual or in person.
• Assist in scheduling meetings as needed.