tendersglobal.net
ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) is the world’s first and largest climate organization focused on serving local governments. Partly due to our work over the last 34 years, the United Nations has formally elevated the role of local governments in solving the climate crisis. ICLEI is powerfully positioned to continue this work with a global network of more than 2,500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development. We are active in 125+ countries and we influence sustainability policy and drive local action for low emission, nature-based, equitable, resilient, and circular development. Our members and team of experts work together through peer exchange, partnerships, and capacity building to create systemic change for urban sustainability.
This position is with ICLEI USA, the United States office of ICLEI. Our mission is to build and serve a nationwide alliance of local governments, participating in the ICLEI worldwide association, to achieve measurable progress towards more economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable forms of development and management. ICLEI USA serves a network of more than 500 U.S. local and regional governments and Tribal Nations. We are known for our expertise in emissions management and accounting, resilience-building and climate adaptation, nature-based development and more. At ICLEI USA, our actions and inquisitiveness, our personal commitments and collaboration, create an environment in which we share our perspectives and support others to do the same. Our inclusive culture empowers all of us to connect, belong, and grow.
THE OPPORTUNITY
ICLEI USA is seeking a strategic, visionary, influential leader to continue the organization’s growth and innovation during a period of significant opportunity and change. The right candidate will bring passion, knowledge, and experience related to ICLEI’s “five pathways,” or dimensions, of climate action, including decarbonization; adaptation and resilience; equity and justice; circular economy; and nature-based development. Their multifaceted experience will equip them to support ICLEI USA’s staff experts, partnerships, and service offerings across our pathways. They will champion the important role climate action plays in building a just, equitable, and climate-ready future and represent the work of the ICLEI USA network to audiences across the country and around the world. They will be an innovative leader with proven advocacy, communications, and relationship building skills, and possess significant organizational leadership experience, ideally in the nonprofit community and/or local and regional governments.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Executive Director (ED) is the most senior ICLEI USA executive, accountable for both internal and external organizational performance. Internally, the ED is responsible for continuous improvement of ICLEI’s financial strength, governance, human resources, and for the capacity and quality of ICLEI’s program and service delivery. Externally, the ED is responsible for the nationwide impact of ICLEI’s activities with its local and regional government members, building on ICLEI’s strong market position and its clear and compelling brand, which is synonymous with best-in-class standards in climate protection and sustainability. The ED is responsible for developing and supporting the ICLEI USA Board of Directors and serves as a non-voting board member and secretary of the ICLEI USA corporate entity. As the U.S. director, the ED is a member of ICLEI’s International Office Management Consultation (IOMC), contributing to ICLEI’s global strategy and outcomes.
In addition to demonstrated executive management and operational competencies and skills, the Executive Director is a resourceful entrepreneurial manager. They will lead and mentor the highly skilled team supporting and growing ICLEI’s local and regional government members towards the next phase of organizational growth. They will effectively communicate a vision to leverage the organization’s growing prominence in light of the UN’s recent recognition that local governments are crucial partners in solving the climate crisis. They will develop a strategy to further the use and recognition of ICLEI’s best-in-class climate planning software tool, ClearPath.
Success in the ED position will, therefore, require excellence in the following areas:
Strategic Vision and Leadership
Organizational Governance and Board Management
Staff Leadership
External Relations and Communications
Program Strategy and Oversight
Revenue Generation & Fundraising
Financial Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
The successful candidate will demonstrate proven experience and qualifications relevant to this important position, which will include a strong combination of some of the following:
NEAR-TERM PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES OF A SUCCESSFUL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The first three years of a successful term as Executive Director would produce the following organizational outcomes:
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s degree plus an Advanced Degree in environmental science, policy, or management, or at least four consecutive years of senior professional experience in an environmental-related field is required.
COMPENSATION
Salary commensurate with experience, with a starting pay range of $140,000 – $165,000 base with opportunity for additional performance-based compensation. ICLEI USA offers a benefits package that includes health, dental, and a retirement program with employer match. In addition to generous paid time off, our offices are closed the last two weeks of December as well as an additional seven major U.S. holidays. Employees request two additional days off as elective holidays of their choosing.
APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, veterans, and members of the LGBTQ+ and other underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
Applications will be accepted until 12:00 noon Eastern Standard Time on April 1, 2024. All applications should be sent in PDF format and only via email to the following address: iclei-usa@iclei.org
An application should include the following materials:
Selection of the successful candidate will be made by the ICLEI USA Board of Directors, with input from the ICLEI USA team and the ICLEI Secretary General. Please do not contact members of the ICLEI USA Board of Directors or other ICLEI employees to promote or make inquiries about your application.
Applicants should plan to be available for virtual interviews the week of April 15, 2024. The selected candidate must be available to start work by June 10, 2024, and travel with the team to São Paulo, Brazil for the ICLEI World Congress June 18 – 21, 2024.
When you apply, please indicate that you are responding to the posting on Conservation Job Board.
To help us track our recruitment effort, please indicate in your email / cover letter where (tendersglobal.net) you saw this job posting.
Job title: Incentives Lawyer | 5-8 PQE | Elite US Law Firm Company Taylor Root…
Job title: Research Consultant Banking & Insurance (w m d) Company Zeb Consulting Job description…
tendersglobal.net Job Description ContextThe incumbent will work as a member of the Business Operations Services…
tendersglobal.net JOB DESCRIPTION The Foundation We are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity…
tendersglobal.net JOB DESCRIPTION UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives,…
tendersglobal.net Job Description ContextThe United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) was established in 2011…
This website uses cookies.