Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager – Climate Finance (Based Remotely, Mercy Corps office locations - Africa, Europe, Middle East & Asia)
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under About the role. We need sections: About the role (maybe include location, position status, reports to, travel). Responsibilities (the essential job responsibilities). Requirements (maybe Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills essential). Qualifications (maybe same as Requirements? But we can combine). Skills (maybe desirable experience). Benefits, Pay, Schedule only if present. The posting includes Salary Level: HQ6, Role will be benchmarked on local scale. That's pay info. So we can include Pay section with that. Benefits? Not mentioned besides ongoing learning (5% time for learning) and maybe team engagement. Could treat ongoing learning as a benefit? Might be considered a benefit. But we should only include Benefits if posting actually states them. It mentions "Ongoing Learning In support of our belief that learning organizations are more effective..." that's a benefit. Also "Team Engagement and Effectiveness" maybe not a benefit. We'll include Ongoing Learning as a benefit. Schedule? Not mentioned besides full time. Could include Schedule section with "Full time". That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's craft:
About the role
Location: Remote (Europe, Africa, Middle East or Asia where Mercy Corps has operations). Position Status: Full time. Reports to: Vice President, Institutional Donor Engagement. Travel: approximately 10%.
Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact.
Institutional Donor Engagement leads Mercy Corps’ work in identifying, building relationships with and developing and submitting fundraising proposals to potential institutional donors from governments and multilateral donors around the world. It comprises the Business Development team, which leads on large and complex proposals, and the Strategic Institutional Partnerships team, which leads on research and relationship management.
This position leads Mercy Corps’ efforts to secure grants and investments in Mercy Corps’ climate-focused work, primarily from the Green Climate Fund. Mercy Corps expects to become GCF accredited in late 2026, and now seeks to expand its funding pipeline and build internal capacity to successfully acquire GCF and other climate-focused investments. This is very much an external-facing position and Mercy Corps is looking for a candidate who can both bring deep knowledge of individuals, policies and practices within GCF, and who can represent Mercy Corps externally, as well as support others in doing so. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, excel at networking and building long-term relationships and will be proactive and creative in their work. They will work in partnerships with a range of teams across the agency, in particular our Climate Solutions team to ensure technical quality of proposal pipelines, develop and operationalize an influence strategy, and generally working together to ensure adequate institutional capacity to lead GCF programs is strengthened.
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We have sections: STRATEGY, DONOR RELATIONS AND REPRESENTATION, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPING CLIMATE FINANCE LITERACY ACROSS THE AGENCY, GENERAL, Accountability (Reports Directly To, Works Directly With...), maybe also "Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders" but that's boilerplate? Might be considered generic; but it's part of responsibilities? It's more about expectations. Could include as bullet.
We'll extract bullet points:
STRATEGY:
- Develop a strategic vision for engagement with climate finance institutions, with an initial emphasis on the GCF.
- Establish internal structures, functions and protocols for communication and engagement to ensure strengthen our representation and competitiveness, while ensuring clarity and transparency internally.
- Conduct ongoing research on trends in climate financing, and the priorities for financing institutions.
DONOR RELATIONS AND REPRESENTATION:
- Develop and manage relationships with relevant GCF and other climate finance representatives and serve as the primary donor liaison.
- Represent Mercy Corps and/or facilitate participation of other Mercy Corps team members in key climate finance events and meetings.
- Support country teams and regional teams in establishing and building relationships with GCF regional and program teams, and with Nationally Designated Authorities and Direct Access Entities in our priority countries.
- Engage with peer organizations and other potential partners and identify key areas of potential cooperation.
- In coordination with relevant Headquarters functions, support country teams in problem solving related engagement with donors both in country and in Europe.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT:
- Develop a priority list of countries and programs which are candidates to secure GCF and other climate finance, and in partnership with relevant programs and technical teams, develop joint action plans for pipeline development.
- Develop guidelines and tools which support business development processes, finance and compliance colleagues to develop successful proposals to GCF and other climate finance.
- Provide GCF related advice to, and where needed, project manage the proposal development process for GCF and other climate finance proposals to ensure the delivery of viable and competitive proposals.
DEVELOPING CLIMATE FINANCE LITERACY ACROSS THE AGENCY:
- Track GCF and other climate funders funding priorities, trends, regulations and other information relevant to Mercy Corps, and ensure they are summarized and disseminated to relevant colleagues.
- Establish systems for knowledge management of institutional climate finance partnerships and engagement, and coordinate and/or lead knowledge sharing efforts (webinars, workshops, etc) to improve understanding of climate finance institutions, their priorities and methods of engagement.
GENERAL:
- Take responsibility for own administration, devise and implement appropriate processes and procedures to achieve agreed targets.
- Undertake additional work as required and respond to organizational priorities.
- Contribute to the development of HQ, regional and country strategies.
ACCOUNTABILITY:
- Reports Directly To: VP Institutional Donor Engagement.
- Works Directly With: Institutional Donor Engagement Colleagues; Technical teams, especially the Director of Climate Change on the global Climate Solutions team; Policy and Advocacy; Awards Management; Compliance; Finance; Legal; Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders.
We could also include "Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders" as part of works with.
Now Requirements: Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills Qualifications and Experience Essential:
- Significant experience within Green Climate Fund, or within an organization receiving Green Climate Fund investment;
- Experience of making climate finance investment decisions or of securing grants or investments exceeding $10m within/from GCF or similar organizations;
- At least seven years of practical work experience in climate and energy and/or international development;
- Deep knowledge of GCF financing mechanisms and priorities;
- Experience in external representation and network building;
- Fluent in English in speaking and writing.
Desirable (maybe under Skills): Experience working with loans, impact investment or blended finance instruments, especially within non-profit or international organizations; Experience working in or with fragile and conflict affected countries.
We also have "Living Conditions / Environmental Conditions" which mentions location flexibility and travel to insecure locations. Could be part of About the role or maybe a separate section but not standard. We'll incorporate into About the role: mention that position can be located flexibly in a country in Europe, Africa, the Middle East or Asia where Mercy Corps has operations; may require travel to program countries and donor capitals, including insecure locations where freedom of movement is limited and areas where amenities are limited.
Now Benefits: Ongoing Learning (5% time for learning activities). Also maybe Team Engagement and Effectiveness? Not a benefit. We'll include Ongoing Learning.
Pay: Salary Level: HQ6, Role will be benchmarked on local scale.
Schedule: Full time.
Now Skills: maybe we list desirable experience as Skills.
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About the role
Location: Remote (Europe, Africa, Middle East or Asia where Mercy Corps has operations). Position Status: Full time. Reports to: Vice President, Institutional Donor Engagement. Travel: approximately 10%. The position can be located flexibly in a country in Europe, Africa, the Middle East or Asia where Mercy Corps has operations; it may require travel to program countries and donor capitals, including insecure locations where freedom of movement is limited and areas where amenities are limited.
Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact.
Institutional Donor Engagement leads Mercy Corps’ work in identifying, building relationships with and developing and submitting fundraising proposals to potential institutional donors from governments and multilateral donors around the world. It comprises the Business Development team, which leads on large and complex proposals, and the Strategic Institutional Partnerships team, which leads on research and relationship management.
This position leads Mercy Corps’ efforts to secure grants and investments in Mercy Corps’ climate-focused work, primarily from the Green Climate Fund. Mercy Corps expects to become GCF accredited in late 2026, and now seeks to expand its funding pipeline and build internal capacity to successfully acquire GCF and other climate-focused investments. This is very much an external-facing position and Mercy Corps is looking for a candidate who can both bring deep knowledge of individuals, policies and practices within GCF, and who can represent Mercy Corps externally, as well as support others in doing so. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, excel at networking and building long-term relationships and will be proactive and creative in their work. They will work in partnerships with a range of teams across the agency, in particular our Climate Solutions team to ensure technical quality of proposal pipelines, develop and operationalize an influence strategy, and generally working together to ensure adequate institutional capacity to lead GCF programs is strengthened.
Responsibilities
- STRATEGY
- Develop a strategic vision for engagement with climate finance institutions, with an initial emphasis on the GCF.
- Establish internal structures, functions and
- STRATEGY
Responsibilities
then - each bullet. We need to preserve all details.
We have sections: STRATEGY, DONOR RELATIONS AND REPRESENTATION, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPING CLIMATE FINANCE LITERACY ACROSS THE AGENCY, GENERAL, Accountability (Reports Directly To, Works Directly With...), maybe also "Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders" but that's boilerplate? Might be considered generic; but it's part of responsibilities? It's more about expectations. Could include as bullet.
We'll extract bullet points:
STRATEGY:
- Develop a strategic vision for engagement with climate finance institutions, with an initial emphasis on the GCF.
- Establish internal structures, functions and protocols for communication and engagement to ensure strengthen our representation and competitiveness, while ensuring clarity and transparency internally.
- Conduct ongoing research on trends in climate financing, and the priorities for financing institutions.
DONOR RELATIONS AND REPRESENTATION:
- Develop and manage relationships with relevant GCF and other climate finance representatives and serve as the primary donor liaison.
- Represent Mercy Corps and/or facilitate participation of other Mercy Corps team members in key climate finance events and meetings.
- Support country teams and regional teams in establishing and building relationships with GCF regional and program teams, and with Nationally Designated Authorities and Direct Access Entities in our priority countries.
- Engage with peer organizations and other potential partners and identify key areas of potential cooperation.
- In coordination with relevant Headquarters functions, support country teams in problem solving related engagement with donors both in country and in Europe.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT:
- Develop a priority list of countries and programs which are candidates to secure GCF and other climate finance, and in partnership with relevant programs and technical teams, develop joint action plans for pipeline development.
- Develop guidelines and tools which support business development processes, finance and compliance colleagues to develop successful proposals to GCF and other climate finance.
- Provide GCF related advice to, and where needed, project manage the proposal development process for GCF and other climate finance proposals to ensure the delivery of viable and competitive proposals.
DEVELOPING CLIMATE FINANCE LITERACY ACROSS THE AGENCY:
- Track GCF and other climate funders funding priorities, trends, regulations and other information relevant to Mercy Corps, and ensure they are summarized and disseminated to relevant colleagues.
- Establish systems for knowledge management of institutional climate finance partnerships and engagement, and coordinate and/or lead knowledge sharing efforts (webinars, workshops, etc) to improve understanding of climate finance institutions, their priorities and methods of engagement.
GENERAL:
- Take responsibility for own administration, devise and implement appropriate processes and procedures to achieve agreed targets.
- Undertake additional work as required and respond to organizational priorities.
- Contribute to the development of HQ, regional and country strategies.
ACCOUNTABILITY:
- Reports Directly To: VP Institutional Donor Engagement.
- Works Directly With: Institutional Donor Engagement Colleagues; Technical teams, especially the Director of Climate Change on the global Climate Solutions team; Policy and Advocacy; Awards Management; Compliance; Finance; Legal; Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders.
We could also include "Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders" as part of works with.
Now Requirements: Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills Qualifications and Experience Essential:
- Significant experience within Green Climate Fund, or within an organization receiving Green Climate Fund investment;
- Experience of making climate finance investment decisions or of securing grants or investments exceeding $10m within/from GCF or similar organizations;
- At least seven years of practical work experience in climate and energy and/or international development;
- Deep knowledge of GCF financing mechanisms and priorities;
- Experience in external representation and network building;
- Fluent in English in speaking and writing.
Desirable (maybe under Skills): Experience working with loans, impact investment or blended finance instruments, especially within non-profit or international organizations; Experience working in or with fragile and conflict affected countries.
We also have "Living Conditions / Environmental Conditions" which mentions location flexibility and travel to insecure locations. Could be part of About the role or maybe a separate section but not standard. We'll incorporate into About the role: mention that position can be located flexibly in a country in Europe, Africa, the Middle East or Asia where Mercy Corps has operations; may require travel to program countries and donor capitals, including insecure locations where freedom of movement is limited and areas where amenities are limited.
Now Benefits: Ongoing Learning (5% time for learning activities). Also maybe Team Engagement and Effectiveness? Not a benefit. We'll include Ongoing Learning.
Pay: Salary Level: HQ6, Role will be benchmarked on local scale.
Schedule: Full time.
Now Skills: maybe we list desirable experience as Skills.
We need to avoid duplication. Let's craft final HTML.
We must not include any markdown fences. Just raw HTML.
Let's produce: