Program Consultant - Southeast Asia

• Advance renewable energy solutions at speed and scale in Southeast Asia
• Leverage your engagement and strategy expertise for climate action
• Asia-based, remote, work/residency rights required, Asian language essential

The Organisation

The Sequoia Climate Foundation is a private climate philanthropy foundation based in California. Sequoia is committed to bolstering the urgent work of the Foundation’s grantees and leveraging climate science to accelerate the energy transition across geographies and sectors.

Together with its grantees and partners, Sequoia is working towards building a world powered by clean energy, where all people are protected by policies that have averted the worst effects of climate change.

Sequoia believes that solving climate change requires the adoption of ambitious, evidence-based solutions that transform markets, advance clean technology, and lead to large‐scale change to avoid dangerous climate tipping points and irreversible damage. Sequoia supports ambitious organizations and coalitions catalyzing rapid emissions reductions, transforming global markets, and accelerating the transition to clean energy around the world.

Benefits & Culture

• One year initial contract.
• Opportunities to travel and learn; work with a mission-driven global team and partners.
• Asia-based, remote: work rights required for your location.

The Role

Ideally based in Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, or Indonesia, this impact role will support the development of a regional strategy for Southeast Asia, working with diverse partners in the region to engage in greater horizon scanning, pathways analysis, stakeholders’ engagement, and constituency building.

You will also support the development of a grantmaking portfolio, identifying and strategizing to strengthen the institutional capacity of partners and the ecosystem in the region. Stewarding the grant portfolio, you will support collective sense-making and learning, whilst assessing challenges and opportunities.

You will engage in organization-wide learning and development around key mitigation sectors that will inform sectoral priorities for the region. You will establish collaboration and networks with peer organizations, government officials, thought leaders, and key stakeholders to assess emerging needs, gaps, opportunities, and advance grantmaking strategies and portfolios.

Importantly, you will identify ways to continue to drive stronger funder coordination including supporting climate philanthropy development in Asia.

Skills Required

With deep Southeast Asia experience, you have a good understanding of, or strong interest in, renewable energy systems and/or climate and the drivers and barriers to adoption of policies, practices, and technologies, and you are eager to help accelerate the regional energy transition by leveraging your project and budget management experience and your engagement and influencing skills.

Ideally you have a nonprofit programs, international development, philanthropy, advocacy, or related background, and you are a savvy relationship manager and networker, a confident presenter, and your work demonstrates your understanding of how to create systemic change via the development of a multifaceted strategy. You also offer the following experience:

• Proven capacity to develop creative strategies to solve complex problems
• Sharp written and verbal communication, strong English language skills
• A collaborative and proactive approach, ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders
• Impeccable ethics, experience working confidentially and flexibly across the region
• Ideally an advanced qualification/relevant expertise/knowledge
• Native fluency in Asian language preferred

If you would like to leverage your corporate engagement and strategic expertise to drive the clean energy transition and you meet the criteria above, please send your resume and cover letter, addressing the skills required, quoting #1344486. Alternatively call Lois Freeke or Aya Long at NGO Recruitment in Melbourne, Australia on +61 (0)3 8080 8978 to have an information package emailed to you.

Please note there is no formal closing date for this role, if you are interested, we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

NGO Recruitment values equitable recruitment practices and is committed to representing candidates reflective of the diverse organisations and communities we work with. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds, ages, and identities, and are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs. If you are interested in this position and have most of the skills or experience we are looking for, please go ahead and apply.