Director, Renew2030

The European Climate Foundation (ECF) was established in 2008 as a major philanthropic initiative.

ECF supports global efforts to bring about decarbonisation in the context of development, equity, justice and sustainability and supports strategies, convenes partners and stakeholders and makes grants in order to support an energy transition away from fossil fuels and towards clean energy.

We are looking for a seasoned leader to advance an innovative international philanthropic initiative in collaboration with ECF’s regional foundation peers and regranting partners.

ReNew2030 is a new global initiative housed at ECF to advance wind and solar, plus grids and storage to meet near term 2030 and 2035 climate goals. It is a very action-oriented, collaborative and partner facing role that would suit an exceptional individual with a drive to make an impact on climate in the near term.

The project's implementation will be driven by a partnership of regional climate foundations and expert regranting platforms, and thus

collaboration will be a key benchmark of success for this role.

**Position**:
The European Climate Foundation (ECF) was established in 2008 as a major philanthropic initiative.

ECF supports global efforts to bring about decarbonisation in the context of development, equity, justice and sustainability and

supports strategies, convenes partners and stakeholders and makes grants in order to support an energy transition away from

fossil fuels and towards clean energy.

We are looking for a seasoned leader to advance an innovative international philanthropic initiative in collaboration with ECF’s regional foundation peers and regranting partners.

ReNew2030 is a new global initiative housed at ECF to advance wind and solar, plus grids and storage to meet near term 2030 and 2035

climate goals. It is a very action-oriented, collaborative and partner facing role that would suit an exceptional individual with a drive to make an impact on climate in the near term.

The project's implementation will be driven by a partnership of regional climate foundations and expert regranting platforms, and thus collaboration will be a key benchmark of success for this role.

**Context of the role**:
ECF works with regional regranting peers and implementation partners around the world to foster the acceleration of clean forms of electricity.

This requires a fundamental recognition of the social, developmental and environmental context of the electricity sector and of climate justice.

The general nature of the role is to identify and work with funders and partners to co-develop strategy, convene actors, reporton impact and build forward-looking strategies, based on robust facts and analysis.

The postholder for this role will care passionately about climate action and understand the politics of the electricity sector, specifically the scaling of Renewable Energy, in a variety of different economic contexts.

You will have a strong knowledge of and deep interest in the energy sectorand/or the policy environment of climate.

You will value public campaigning, technical analysis, working with government, diplomacy and multiple sectors of the economy in equal measure. You will be a brilliant strategist and networker and have the instincts to be a responsible grant maker and partner to our network.

**Requirements**:
**Key responsibilities**

The Director will be responsible for managing the implementation of the ReNew2030 program,working closely with the

Executive Director responsible. A particularly close relationship with ECF Strategic Partnerships and Finance teams is envisioned.

**Responsibilities include:
- Programme delivery: Develop and implement strategy and report regular progress to funding partners.
- Implementation: working with the regional and regranting partners of ReNew2030 and the Executive Director to devise and implement a strategy to advance wind and solar more quickly to displace fossil fuels in the power sector.
- Partnerships and Networking: The Programme Director will build and maintain strong relationships with the ECF’s re granting peers, external actors, NGOs, think tanks, actors in the electricity sphere and opinion formers.
- Collaborative grant-making: overseeing the grant making processes of ReNew2030 including refining the scope of work and proposals from potential partners; drafting recommendations for the consideration of the relevant ECF teams involved and our funding partners.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with external actors and opinion formers: to inform strategy and improve effectiveness - across civil society, business and government
- Communications: Developing and maintaining the public presence of ReNew2030 in conjunction with the partners via the website and other platforms. Developing and maintaining the partnership wide and funding partner communications.
- Management: Line management of a small team dedicated to ReNew2030 while fostering close coll