Climate Intersections Project Coordinator

About NetHope

NetHope enables humanitarian and conservation organizations to better serve people and communities in the developing world through digital and data technologies and partnerships. Working at the intersection of the international NGO sector, private business and technology innovation, NetHope is a Membership organization currently serving over 60 leading humanitarian, development, and conservation organizations around the world. NetHope empowers our Member organizations to collaborate, innovate, and leverage the full potential of information and communications technology to support their work in 190 countries. NetHope and our Members partner with over 50 of the world’s leading technology firms to create innovative solutions to existing and emerging challenges, and to reimagine how technology can improve our world.

The Opportunity

This is an exciting time at NetHope as the organization launches our climate initiatives. Working in collaboration across the NetHope Member organizations, corporate partners, and internal teams, the Climate Intersections Project Coordinator will support the Climate Intersections Lead, in the areas of project development, implementation and facilitation as the team develops the NetHope’s new climate intersections initiative, operating with a 2027 vision of building new cross sector coalitions for climate resilience and to reduce the adverse impact of climate change on vulnerable people in part through the use of digital technologies, data, and partnerships. The program will forge new connections, leveraging the global NetHope Member and partner community working on the full range of climate adaptation and resilience strategies, to help more people live together safely and well in the face of an unavoidably changed climate. The program will seek to generate novel digital innovations and social interventions with a focus on local adaptation and resilience strategies.

Project Coordinator, Climate Intersections

NetHope is seeking an engaging, experienced, entrepreneurial, and enthusiastic Project Coordinator to support the development and implementation of NetHope’s Climate Intersections Initiative program. The position will report into the Lead, Climate Intersections. The Project Coordinator will have a key role in convening NGO Members and partners, facilitating meetings and providing a great customer experience to internal and external stakeholders.

The Project Coordinator must be adept at working in a team environment and building and bridging communications in a virtual workspace. They need to be successful in maintaining processes and workflows. They will support the Climate Intersection program and related activities to ensure that all workplans and deliverables are efficiently completed, at a high standard of quality, and in full compliance with NetHope and donor policies. They will possess excellent organizational skills and have a strong eye for detail. The Project Coordinator provides a layer of consistency and professional cohesion throughout NetHope’s activities.

Specific responsibilities include:

Project Coordination

• Provide overall support for the effective development and implementation of the Climate Intersections activities and programs.
• Help with the setup, curation, and maintenance of project and project-tracking information in relevant systems, including tracking the progress, plans, activities, deliverables, and quality of work performed.
• Coordinate in-person and virtual events, workshops, and trainings, including arranging meetings, identifying workshop/training participants, preparing, and sending invitations, arranging venues, assisting with language translation, arranging travel, and other logistics.
• Assist in managing contracts and subawards process, including drafting agreements, onboarding consultants and sub-awardees, tracking billed time against project budget, reviewing, and processing invoices, tracking contract duration, and initiating the contract renewal process as needed.
• Assist the team in preparing activity reports, presentations, meeting minutes, and financial reports.
• Work with the program Lead, engage stakeholders to enthuse them about the project, follow leads, and assist with coalition building and fundraising and training activities.
• Help manage relationships with stakeholders, including proactively identifying and drive resolution of any issues and opportunities.
• Support the team on additional assigned projects/tasks.

Program Development and Support

• Use initiative and creativity to help the team identify, design, and implement activities in line with the Climate Intersections program goals.
• Work with project Lead to organize and create stakeholder meetings, communication assets, trainings, and other events, and assist with determination of project requirements and activities.
• Connect with external partners as needed to support the work of the program team.
• Assist the Lead, Climate Intersections in the drafting and issuance of project proposals, RFPs, tenders, budgets, cash flows, and deliverable schedules.
• Work with the communications team to commission blogs, social media, and other creative assets for the climate program. to and from relevant stakeholders, to encourage and enthuse participants and encourage funding for the Climate Intersections program.

Facilitation

• Lead, facilitate, prepare content, and participate in the climate intersections Working Groups.
• Develop and lead webinars and similar events with NetHope Members and the team.
• Engage stakeholders, service providers and customers to the project by providing timely and suitable information, and by ideating with them on how they can contribute and engage with the program.
• Support the program Lead, Climate Intersections for all aspects of preparation for attendance at climate conferences.
• Prepare content for the Annual NetHope Summit and facilitate Climate Intersections sessions with program Lead, NetHope Members, Partners, and external participants.

Qualifications:

Personal Characteristics

• Customer/user-centric/service-delivery mindset, with a focus on making complex subject matters simple, clear, and concise to encourage action and engagement by a wide audience.
• Enthusiasm for joining a team during the development phase of the initiative.
• Cultural sensitivity and awareness across all aspects of work.
• Values and encourages diversity of thought, backgrounds, and perspectives.
• Solid judgement including handling of sensitive information.
• Integrity/ethics beyond reproach.
• Skilled at working in a networked & virtual team environment.
• Ability to multi-task while maintaining vigilant attention to detail in a fast-paced working environment.
• A passion for NetHope’s mission and for working collaboratively and nimbly in a fast-paced, dynamic, and highly networked, global environment.

Knowledge and Skills

• Exceptional communication, facilitation, written and verbal.
• Excellent organizational skills, eye for detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; Slack, Box, Asana, Salesforce are a plus.
• Expertise in creating engaging presentations for different stakeholders both in-person and virtually.
• Demonstrated success in project management, ability to work with implementation plans and MEAL frameworks to deliver scheduled activities on time, according to plan and budget.
• Ability to use systems to track and report key milestones for projects.
• Demonstrated ease of working across functional areas and with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated knowledge of emerging technologies, data and information management, cybersecurity, and/or digital skills a plus.
• Fluent in English, written and verbal skills, other languages desirable.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution preferred or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 3 years project coordination or equivalent experience in a global non-profit (Humanitarian or Conservation) or technology corporation
• Demonstrated experience in project management.
• Prior experience in social impact programs, humanitarian development programs, non-profit organizations a plus
• Knowledge of or technical familiarity with climate adaptation and resilience in developing country contexts.
• Experience living and working in developing countries a plus.
• Experience with fundraising and grant development
• Experience supporting climate adaptation and resilience projects in the context of a corporate or non-profit organization.
• Prior experience working on programs or projects funded by institutional donors, such as USAID, DFID/FCDO, SIDA, UN agencies, and others a plus
• NetHope Member experience highly valued, other NGO experience a plus
• Prior experience using Salesforce, Asana, Slack, Miro, Zoom and Microsoft Office extensively. Training will be provided as needed, but a high level of literacy in similar tools is a plus.
• NetHope Member or partner experience, highly valued, other NGO, and industry experience a plus.

Reporting and Working Conditions:

• This is a full-time position that reports to the Lead, Climate Intersections.
• NetHope is a virtual organization, so our team, our Members, and our Partners are located around the world. Due to the global nature of the organization, meetings may thus be required at any time of the day to meet with our stakeholders in varying time zones. To meet these needs, NetHope embraces flexible schedules for team members, and we work with each other to be located globally, but still maintain a reasonable work time balance.
• As a global organization, we welcome qualified applicants with diverse backgrounds from various locations, and who may have non-traditional work patterns.
• NetHope is a networked team-oriented environment with staff working across functional areas to produce high-quality programs, services, and connections with our Members. We value open communication and believe that a staff working as a team produces the best outcomes.
• This position is 100% remote and virtual. International or domestic travel may be required for one to two NetHope events annually.

How to apply

How to Apply

Should this opportunity interest you, please submit your application in confidence here. Applications will be accepted until 30th December 2022.

NetHope is an Equal Opportunity Employer.