Engagement Manager

Initiative was established in 2019 by the World Economic Forum to disseminate the 8 Principles for Effective Climate Governance. Its mission is to help board directors consider the quality of climate governance at the organisations they oversee, and to drive the climate agenda in the boardroom. The Climate Governance Initiative continues to work in collaboration with the World Economic Forum and with a growing number of partners.

The Climate Governance Initiative supports a global network of company board members - Chairs, Non-Executive Directors, and Independent Directors. This network is built on a global framework of Chapters (34 at present), which are self-organising and autonomous. Chapters are led by passionate individuals - often company directors themselves - and often have an executive team and a senior board of their own.

The Initiative also reaches NEDs who might be outside the Chapter structure, through events and providing freely available content. All the Chapters, their leaders and promoters, and the NEDs who attend our events, are part of the CGI Community. The Climate Governance Initiative is part of the independent charity, Chapter Zero Alliance, a UK-based charity in Cambridge.

About the role

As Engagement Manager, you will have a portfolio of existing Chapters to manage. You will develop strong relationships with the Chapter leadership teams and will acquire a sophisticated understanding of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges for each Chapter. You will support Chapters to grow and to mature, and to become authorities in climate governance in their respective countries and regions. You will encourage and enable the exchange of knowledge across our growing network. The organisation is at an exciting time of growth and change as we develop our strategy. We are therefore looking for a candidate interested in growing with the organisation.

Responsibilities

Support Existing Chapters:

• Act as the main point of contact (within a portfolio) for the Climate Governance Initiative
• Chapter leads, assisting them with queries and signposting further information, as well as supporting them to localise and disseminate key resources from the Climate Governance Initiative and our partners.
• Support the development of each Chapter within a portfolio and encourage knowledge exchange and building across the whole Chapter network, working with the wider Engagement Team.
• Build overall understanding of Chapter development and priorities through regular meetings with each Chapter, ensuring Chapter representatives understand the support offered by the Executive Team.
• Support in the communication and monitoring of feedback from Chapter Leads, including through surveys and informal conversations.
• Work with Chapters to ensure they provide timely information and reporting to CGI
• Work with CGI's communications team to ensure effective dissemination of CGI's collateral by the Chapters, and to highlight Chapter events and successes to the wider CGI community.

Support Chapter Network Development:

• Assist in the delivery of a project to implement a scalable self-assessment mechanism covering core competencies of Chapters and a framework to identify key performance metrics to measure the impact of each Chapter's efforts.
• Work with the Senior Engagement Manager and Events Coordinator to plan, deliver, and manage regular meetings bringing together all Chapters to share key updates and facilitate peer-learning and exchange between Chapters.
• Facilitate collaboration between Chapters, for example, supporting the facilitation and running of our quarterly Latin American Chapter Network, including events and resources.
• Provide ongoing operational support for engagement-related initiatives across the network, collaborating with the Communications, Knowledge, and Content teams to do so.

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years' professional experience in stakeholder management engagement, partnerships, business development, membership/community management.
• Proven experience managing an international community or group of stakeholders
• Event coordination and management experience

Skills and Abilities:

• Relationship management and demonstrated facilitation skills for both virtual and in-person meetings and events
• Skilled in project management, managing concurrent workstreams, and ensuring timely delivery
• Confident and skilled stakeholder engagement style to work with senior representatives, including the Chapter leadership team, board members, funders, and other key partners.
• Strong organisational skills with close attention to detail, whilst also retaining a comprehensive vision of the big picture.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Understanding of how to support income generation and build a value proposition for non-profit organisations
• Cultural awareness, for working with a range of international stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal skills, to ensure constructive engagement with all stakeholders
• Relevant technology familiarity: collaboration tools such as Zoom,
• Teams, membership databases/ CRM, project management software
• Capable of a range of administrative tasks: scheduling meetings, minute-taking, CRM/database usage
• Listens actively and synthesises discussions into clear, concise points
• Problem-solves and negotiates effectively
• Effective and efficient time manager, prioritises in the face of competing demands, works to short timescales and deadlines
• Works independently without supervision as well as collaboratively as part of a team
• Maintains confidentiality, handling sensitive information with tact and discretion
• Understanding and interest in the international climate change agenda and corporate climate action

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Annual paid leave of 27 days plus public holidays
• Christmas shutdown
• Group Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Health cash plan
• Coverage for medical expenses,

Conditions of employment

• You must have the right to work in the UK

Working locations

• Hybrid model, working in theCambridge office and remotely
• Applicants will be invited for an interview at any stage. Interviews will be held online 1st stage, and 2nd stage in central Cambridge

CZA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to ensuring that all candidates and employees are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, or disability. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where all employees can thrive and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, experiences and communities, and particularly welcome applications from candidates from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, and from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in the charity sector. We're also dedicated to ensuring our recruitment processes are fair and accessible to all.

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