Climate change business and communications manager

They are looking to recruit a Climate Change Business and Communications Manager, with the purpose of:

• Strengthening business development processes from a strategic and operational perspective, including assessing options and delivering activities for generating new revenue.
• Providing leadership on strategic communications processes and delivering key communications projects, to increase the effectiveness of ODI’s communications around climate-compatible development.
• Providing dedicated technical support and leadership to each of the cross-Institute clusters in proposal, budget development, and other work winning processes.
• Leading business planning and strategy processes
• On occasion, deputising for the Head of Climate Change in internal meetings as appropriate
• Flagging new opportunities to Research Fellows to enable them to respond in a strategic, proactive manner to new opportunities.
• Engaging in front line project/programme delivery as required and skills support.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

The Climate Change Business and Communications Manager will be responsible for:

• Managing processes for winning funding for the Institute’s work on effective climate-compatible development, including overseeing and supporting the preparation and submission of bids and proposals
• Growing ODI’s public profile as a centre of expertise on climate change through improved communications to achieve our mission of ‘effective climate compatible development’
• Developing ideas for generating income from new sources and for promoting innovative areas of research.
• Leading the development and implementation of strategic communications and influencing approaches, working closely with Programme Officers, Heads of Programmes and ODI’s central communications team.
• Working across the Institute to support Heads of Programmes and Research Fellows to identify key research gaps and priorities; develop new collaborative research ideas; and support the delivery of this research in line with business plans.
• Promote cross ODI engagement in the three cluster areas under the strategic priority on climate-compatible development, including finding creative ways to both engage busy staff and strengthen integration of climate change across Programmes.
• Monitoring and analyzing trends in the market to inform strategy and annual business planning processes.
• Monitoring and analyzing trends in the impact of ODI’s work on effective climate compatible development.
• Leading internal business planning and strategy development processes, including deputising for the Head of Programme where appropriate.
• Carrying out public affairs and research tasks as appropriate
• Contributing to collegiate life at the Institute, including participating in staff meetings, interviews, working groups and providing guidance to colleagues

  Knowledge and Qualifications:

• A post-graduate qualification in a relevant discipline;
• Extensive knowledge of key issues in climate change and development
• Extensive knowledge of funding bodies for research and policy advisory work on climate change and development
• Knowledge of communications processes, strategic communications planning and recent approaches to digital communications.
• Knowledge of developing and growing businesses

Experience:

• Experience in business development and in improving business development systems in the climate change, environment or development sector.
• Experience in strategic communications and implementing communications strategies in diverse environments.
• Experience in business planning and strategy development.
• Experience in leading and managing significant proposal development processes
• Experience of working on development and / or climate change issues in a developing country

Skills/Abilities:

• Project and proposal development and management skills
• Excellent communication abilities in relation to a wide variety of audiences
• Time management skills, including managing complex and varied workloads
• Ability to work as part of a team and to work independently as required
• Excellent negotiating, listening, problem solving, writing and decision making skills.
• Abilities to work across organisations and with those working within diverse disciplines.
• Willingness to travel

Desirable:

• A strong understanding of climate change policy and of national level climate change and development challenges.