C40 is a network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities, who are working to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis, and create a future where everyone, everywhere can thrive. Mayors of C40 cities are committed to using a science-based and people-focused approach to help the world limit global heating to 1.5°C and build healthy, equitable and resilient communities. Through a Global Green New Deal, mayors are working alongside a broad coalition of representatives from labour, business, the youth climate movement and civil society to go further and faster than ever before.

C40’s team of 400+ staff is based in offices in London, in New York, Johannesburg, Singapore, Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, Copenhagen, Beijing and Paris, and individual staff based across 25+ different locations.

The strategic direction of the organisation is determined by an elected Steering Committee of C40 mayors, which is chaired by Mayor Sadiq Khan of London and Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown. Three-term Mayor of New York City Michael R. Bloomberg serves as President of the C40 Board of Directors, responsible for operational oversight. A regionally diverse management team, led by Executive Director Mark Watts, leads the day-to-day management of C40. C40’s three core strategic funders are Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation and Realdania.

Our international staff work with the C40 network under the leadership of city governments to deliver this mission. Using a data-driven approach, our team identifies and promotes the exchange of proven programmes and policies developed by cities; provides world-class research, technical expertise and access to key partners to deliver new programmes and policies with cities; and communicates cities’ individual achievements and collective leadership.

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Diversity Statement

C40 is committed to supporting and promoting equity and diversity and creating an inclusive working environment for everyone. We believe that when people with different life experiences are involved in decision-making, we deliver better.

We believe having a diverse workforce ensures we connect better with all the different communities and people affected by the climate crisis. This enables us to make better decisions which lead to better outcomes in the work we do through increased creativity, productivity, greater global impact alongside a broader perspective and approach to our work.

We welcome applicants that are diverse in terms of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and perspective. Our goal is for C40 to be an environment where everyone, from any background, can flourish and can be themselves whilst contributing to our mission. If you identify as a person with a disability, we work to provide reasonable appropriate measures and any additional support needed to provide an equitable working experience. If you are living with a disability, chronic illness or neurodiversity please inform us, to provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.

C40 promotes a work culture where staff can input to improve equity, diversity and inclusion through staff-led groups and formal forums. We know that creating our ideal working environment is a learning process and we are committed to the ongoing effort.

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Department Description‍

Core to C40’s value and effectiveness is an ability to be responsive to the needs of all C40 cities and focus services and support on the areas of greatest opportunity for city action and climate impact – both at the individual city level and across our regional and global networks.

Our regional management structure better enables the C40 organisation to leverage relationships between peer cities both regionally and globally, and technical and financial partners, enabling C40 to be more responsive to local needs and conditions.

To manage these efforts, C40 Regional Directors are positioned in seven regions: Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America, East, Southeast Asia and Oceania, Central East Asia, and South & West Asia. The Regional Directors, guided by the C40 Regional Business Plans, act as the ambassadors for their regions, to ensure that the organisation can deliver effectively at a regional level considering specific geographic, cultural, language and other differences..

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Position Description

The post holder will play a crucial role in the success of the growing South and West Asia (SWA) regional team. The Regional Officer will be an organised, agile and proactive individual who will join and support the team to help coordinate and facilitate the delivery of the SWA regional team covering member cities across the specified regions.

The Regional Officer combines strong analysis and administrative skills. The ideal candidate will have strong MS Office skills (PowerPoint and Excel mainly), a high degree of comfort coordinating multiple stakeholders (including high level city staff and partners) as well as some international experience. They will be excellent problem-solvers, able to keep track of multiple tasks and processes simultaneously.

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Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the Regional Director and the Regional Team in South and West Asia, including in-person and virtual event coordination/regional convenings, webinar preparations, logistics and coordinating internal trainings, meeting organisation, document preparation, presentations, etc.
• Support effective coordination between the SWA regional team and other internal C40 teams, city staff and relevant partners
• Support work tracking, ensuring information is available, organised, easy to access and up to date through maintenance of various trackers such as Salesforce and other similar platforms
• Support other internal C40 and regional processes
• Draft reports, briefings for management team and funders requested from the region
• Conduct desk research as required to gather or assess information on supported cities and projects.
• Support creation of clear and updated documents and presentations as requested for global teams and programmes;
• Support recruitment process for the regional staff
• Support monitoring members’ compliance with Leadership Standards
• Gather and provide political updates to Regional and Mayoral Engagement lead and Management Team
• Support relevant procurement (eg. translation and interpretation need) and financial tracking processes
• Additional duties as requested

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Person Specification

• Detail-oriented, proactive and agile
• Ability to multitask and excellent time management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience supporting senior stakeholders and hybrid teams in day-to-day activities
• Good problem-solving, strategic thinking and analytical capabilities
• Strong skills in MS Excel and other relevant tools
• Experience in event planning and management, travel coordinations and familiarity with expenses processing and procurement processes.
• Expertise and/or interest in workshop preparation and facilitation, including preparation and design of presentations in MS PowerPoint and related resources.
• Efficient and effective administrative skills and experience
• Experience in government, business or NGO sectors with a focus on cities, sustainability and/or climate change
• International experience working across different cultures, languages and time zones
• Excellent written and spoken English is a requirement. Additional local language skills are encouraged.

Other Requirements:

Applicants must already have the right to work in India. Moderate travel will be required as part of the role.

Reporting To: Managing Director of Regions and Mayoral Engagement

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Salary:

(Grade 5) India INR 1,214,008

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Location‍

Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai‍

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Application Process:

Closing date for applications is Tuesday 14th May at 5.00pm BST.. C40 reserves the right to close this job opening before the closing date for applications so please do submit applications early.

To learn more about the work of C40 and our cities, please visit www.c40.org, follow us on Twitter @c40cities and like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/C40Cities.

For any queries about the role, please contact careers@C40.org

C40 is an equal opportunities employer.