Deputy Regional Director, Africa at C40 Cities

Responsibilities: 

The C40 Deputy Director for Africa will have the following focus points in close liaison with the Regional Director:

• Support the Regional Director in the work to build and maintain member city relationships and ensure that cities are satisfied with and benefit from their partnership with C40.
• Work with the relevant C40 teams especially the Research, Science and Innovation, City Intelligence, Business, Innovation & Economy teams to leverage a high level of engagement from cities in the region and ensure that they meet the mandatory C40 participation Standards and achieve year-on-year progress.
• Assist the Regional Director with member city compliance to C40 Leadership Standards, in line with the Business Plan and reporting compliance
• Assist the Regional Director and the C40 Managing Director of Regions in implementing C40’s strategy for Africa including its target to support the region’s cities in developing and implementing robust and ambitious Climate Action plans. 
• Support the Regional Director in identifying and facilitating opportunities for cities to collaborate with each other and with partner organisations within the region and globally.
• Support the Regional Director and C40 Communications and Events Teams to engage mayors and city staff and ensure global promotion of C40 cities in Africa. Support C40 City Advisers stationed in the member cities in the delivery of their project outcomes in the respective cities.
• And any other duties appropriate to the grade. 

Person Specification:

• Substantive   experience   of   working   in   city   and/or   central   government administrations or city and climate change relevant NGO or business sectors.
• Familiarity with a network of senior contacts within cities, current/potential partner organisations, and the Africa national governments.
• Proven ability to engage with decision makers, potential funders and important stakeholders, at a political or executive decision‐making level within cities and/or potential organisations in Africa.
• Extensive management/leadership experience, proven skills to support the operation of the team. And ability to create a team environment with a geographically dispersed team. 
• Ability to work in an international organization and across regional and cultural boundaries.
• Strong inter-personal skills to manage external and internal stakeholders and relationships.
• Strong technical or policy background in climate change and climate science
• Significant experience in a relevant field connected to climate change and/or sustainable urban development.
• Relevant academic degree ideally at Masters level. 
• Fluency inEnglish is a requirement and fluency in French will be a strong advantage.