Open Position: Project Lead (Multi-stakeholder Matching)

Position Summary

Climate Change AI (CCAI) empowers a global community of innovators, practitioners, and decision-makers to accelerate responsible climate action through the use of AI, by addressing critical gaps in expertise, education, coordination, and research-to-deployment infrastructure. CCAI is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and is run by a small team of staff alongside a dedicated team of 50 volunteers hailing from five continents and bringing significant breadth and depth of expertise on both AI and climate change.

We are seeking a full-time paid Project Lead to spearhead and manage multi-stakeholder matching projects to support the organization’s mission. You will join a dedicated and mission-driven team of experts, and make a substantial contribution to how the organization develops.

You will lead a small full-time paid staff team including a Community Manager and a Full-Stack Software Developer. You will also be working closely with core team volunteers in the CCAI Communications Committee, which oversees CCAI’s website and online community platforms, as well as members of the CCAI Programs Committee, specifically, the sub-team overseeing distributed meetups and community events. The project will also receive guidance and oversight from the CCAI Executive Director.

Applicants to this position should have a proven ability to lead multi-stakeholder projects spanning digital and physical contexts, and ability to co-develop organizational infrastructure and practices to support community-building activities, including project management, partnerships and public relations and impact assessment. Applicants should also be amenable to working in a startup-style environment.

Day-to-day communication with most team members will be virtual, as the CCAI team is distributed worldwide. We are an interdisciplinary and international team and believe that diversity, inclusion, and equity are not only fundamental to the organization but also to progress in addressing climate change as a whole.

Start date: As soon as possible (latest start date Early September)

Commitment: Full-time (40 hours/week)

Location: Remote within the United States

Eligibility: The applicant must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Salary: $80K (USD)

Duration: 1-year contract with possibility of renewal

Deadline for application: Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis

Roles and responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Executive Director to develop community building strategies and practices that align with the organization’s mission, values and goals.
• Lead project team and oversee overall project management, including defining objectives, developing plans, mitigating risks, monitoring progress, and coordinating team efforts.
• Establish partnerships with relevant cross-sector stakeholders and community groups.
• Co-develop with the Community Manager to develop comprehensive outreach strategies that align with project goals and target audiences.
• Lead the development of guidelines, training resources and publicity materials for community matching initiatives and physical and digital events.
• Spearhead community outreach to conduct feedback gathering initiatives (e.g., surveys, testimonials and stakeholder consultations) with support from the Community Manager.
• Implement and manage CRM database for community outreach and matching initiatives.
• Analyze and synthesize quantitative and qualitative feedback gathered from surveys, testimonials, and consultations
• Provide regular project status updates, reports, and presentations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Publicly represent the organization in community-related activities.

Qualifications

Required skills:

• Demonstrated experience in successfully managing and delivering community-centric projects, ideally within a nonprofit organization or social impact sector.
• Excellent partnership development and relationship-building capabilities, with a track record of collaborating effectively with diverse stakeholders and community groups.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to develop work plans, lead teams and resources, and track progress against milestones.
• Proficiency in conducting impact assessments, utilizing qualitative and quantitative methods, and translating data into actionable insights.
• Strong problem solving, organizational, and time-management skills, including expertise in coordinating multiple work streams and synthesizing data.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently without close supervision.
• Full professional proficiency in spoken and written English.

Preferred skills:

• Background or strong interest in climate change and/or machine learning topics.
• Experience building and maintaining databases and working with CRM software.
• Ability to engage in occasional job-related travel (expenses paid).
• Knowledge of languages in addition to English.

Experience and requirements: At least 3-4 years of work experience in related positions.

Additional Attributes

We look for the following in all CCAI team members, in addition to the role-specific requirements listed above:

• Mission alignment: Team members must be passionate about catalyzing impactful work at the intersection of climate change and machine learning, per CCAI’s mission, goals, and guiding principles.
• Proactiveness and responsibility: Team members must be proactive and responsible to ensure our organization can run as effectively as possible.
• Attention to detail: Team members are mindful of the work that they carry out, which helps CCAI ensure high quality of its activities.
• Team ethic: Team members must be able to work productively and collaboratively with team members, and otherwise foster a collegial environment.
• Comfort working in a digital environment: CCAI’s team is based across the world, and communicates primarily using Slack and video conferencing tools. While we are happy to onboard newcomers to the particular technologies we use, team members must in general be comfortable working and collaborating in a primarily digital environment.
• Curiosity: CCAI is always embarking on new initiatives to catalyze impactful work. We encourage new ideas from within (and outside) the team!
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion: We are an interdisciplinary and international team and believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are not only fundamental to the organization but also to progress in addressing climate change as a whole. Team members are expected to hold DEI as a central consideration when organizing and executing CCAI activities.

About CCAI
Climate Change AI (CCAI) empowers a global community of innovators, practitioners, and decision-makers to accelerate responsible climate action through the use of AI, by addressing critical gaps in expertise, education, coordination, and research-to-deployment infrastructure. Since 2019, CCAI has inspired, informed, and connected thousands of stakeholders through networking and knowledge-sharing events, summer schools and other educational programs, international policy reports, and multi-million dollar global grants programs. See the CCAI website for further details.

Application

To apply, please send the following to apply@climatechange.ai:

1. Your current CV or resume
2. Cover letter discussing why you are interested in this position and providing examples of relevant past experiences

References may be requested at a later stage of the process.