Global Lead, Energy Access and Equitable Development

What will you do:

Energy Access and Equitable Development Team Leadership and Delivery (40%):

• Ensure WRI’s Energy Access and Equitable Development team is achieving outcomes and a positive change in the world by setting clear goals, developing robust strategies, and building a coherent and highly motivated team to achieve results 
• Within this strategy, work with country leads and with research, data and strategic communications colleagues to design robust and comprehensive approaches that ensure the program delivers high-quality research and impactful communications and outreach. Create opportunities for collaborative research, impact and learning across geographies
• Ensure the pillar has robust monitoring, evaluation, and learning approaches in place and delivers timely reports to donors and partners
• Supervise and support pillar staff to ensure they feel inspired, challenged, and appreciated. Inspire, motivate, and problem-solve to ensure effective program management. Inform strategic hiring in country offices to support pillar activities
• Connect global partners with local actions and bring local expertise and contexts to global audiences. Help coordinate interventions, programming, and impact messaging across the network of WRI focus countries delivering energy access and equitable development outcomes
• Align, integrate, and find synergies across existing global, country, and human system transition programs and activities, and work with country leads and the Global Impact Director to develop a future pipeline of larger, longer-term projects to achieve the goals of the pillar and the WRI Polsky Energy Center. Oversee robust financial management of the pillar aligned to WRI standards and ensure that project finances are managed and within budget according to donor procedures 

Fundraising (30%):

• Develop and steward the Energy Access and Equitable Development pillar fundraising targets, strategy, pipeline, donor engagement, and intelligence sharing around opportunities for funding and partnership
• Coordinate with country managers who lead pillar activities in WRI countries to improve alignment and mutual interests in advancing globally relevant, locally resonant work areas
• Lead and coordinate joint bids within WRI and with external partners leading to successful 7 figure investments
• Lead and coordinate the pursuit of flexible funding support to support global and country work
• Work closely with country team members, the WRI Polsky Energy Center’s Director of Global Impact, and the Director for Research and Data to expand funding for programming, communications and data visualization
• Collaborate with WRI's Global and Country Development teams to ensure strong donor relations and expand WRI’s ability to engage high net-worth individuals

Stakeholder and Partnership Engagement (30%):

• Prioritize across a diverse network of relevant public and private sector actors for selected high priority global strategic partnerships
• Maintain a strong personal and institutional partnership network and invest in knowledge sharing and energy community support with local and international partners
• Collaborate closely with the communications team, the Director of Global Impact, and other pillar leads to increase awareness of actions, learnings and build acceptance of energy access and equitable development efforts
• Develop global thought leadership from WRI and with global partners on issues of energy access and equitable development 

What will you need:

• Education: You have completed a Masters’ Degree in a related field (e.g., energy, policy, international development, climate-related subjects). Relevant work experience is accepted in lieu of a degree
• Experience: You have a minimum of 10 years of relevant full-time professional experience related to with at least 5 years of direct-line management experience
• A deep understanding of equity in energy development, access, and clean energy transition issues.
• Fluent understanding of energy development, technology, and investment issues across Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, the US, and Latin America and regional differences across these markets. 
• A successful track record managing large grants and multiple activities and keeping teams on track to deliver impacts. 
• Experience leading global teams and empowering team members to achieve results. 
• Demonstrated thought leadership on energy transition and access from a user perspective, and experience communicating complex topics to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to negotiate and develop complex, strategic partnerships to advance the energy transition.
• Prior international development project management experience 
• Experience working on energy issues across a range of market types, with priority for candidates with experience working in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia markets 
• Leadership experience in fast-paced, multicultural environments