Vacancies at CLASP

Key Responsibilities

• Build and implement a regional strategy that keeps the big picture in mind: Conduct and roll out programs within the larger context of CLASP, partner, and sector efforts to make appliances as planet-neutral and people-positive as possible.
• Lead and grow a high-performing team:
• Supervise and grow a dynamic team of professional staff, facilitate ongoing
• training and professional development, and identify future staffing needs.
• Communicate, collaborate, and track progress:
• Advance and nurture productive partnerships: Build and enhance relationships with key stakeholders, including government decision-makers, trade associations, donor organizations, NGOs, and other partners.
• Lead fundraising efforts and grow and diversify program resources: Identify existing and new sources of program funding and successfully develop and execute business development initiatives to grow program revenue.
• Work with CLASP’s communications team to develop and share compelling stories of program success, research outcomes, lessons learned, etc. Work with the research team to evaluate progress and impact, and identify innovative strategies that achieve outcomes at speed and scale.
• Be an active, intentional member of CLASP’s Senior Leadership Council; share timely information therein to guide organizational strategy and decision-making and actively participate in both practical and philosophical exchanges regarding how to further our mission and improve CLASP as a workplace.

The Ideal Candidate 

• Minimum 10 years of experience in international program implementation (clean energy/ climate/ renewable enrgy sector); business and partnership development experience preferred.
• Master’s/Graduate degree in a relevant field (e.g., international relations, development, economics and finance, environmental science, law, engineering) preferred or equivalent experience.
• Collaborative leadership style with the ability to deal with complexities and thrive in an ambitious environment
• Persuasive communication skills, both verbal and written; multi-lingual preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and listening skills, with the ability to develop effective working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Creative, open-minded, and entrepreneurial approach to the design and execution of long-term initiatives, and a proactive, nimble, and strategic approach to problem-solving.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and mentoring teams.
• Ability to work from the big picture to the small details, managing the execution of the vision, strategies, and plans of the organization
• Ability to maintain composure, flexibility, and a sense of humor under tight deadlines and while collaborating across cultures and time zones.
• Excellent presentation and external representational skills with the ability to represent the organization in professional contexts and influence senior stakeholders; comfortable expressing opinions in a setting that encourages a vibrant exchange of ideas.

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Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership: Build strategic communications work plans in support of clean energy access programmatic objectives and guide day-to-day project implementation.
• Lead a high-performing team: Oversee a dedicated communications workstream for CLASP’s Low Energy Inclusive Appliances program (a.k.a. Efficiency for Access), supervise an international team of communications staff, and facilitate ongoing training and professional development.
• Communicate cutting edge research: Support our research team in packaging and messaging their reports for specific audiences for maximal impact, through newsletters, website stories or blogs, and presentations. Experience facilitating a complicated, matrixed editorial process a plus.
• Generate compelling stories & case studies: Work with the program and research teams to turn technical information into compelling stories through articles and case studies for a variety of audiences, including the CLASP Board, donors, international agencies, policymakers, and partner organizations.
• Digital media management & engagement: Identify new opportunities to drive CLASP’s brand and message through our five unique web platforms. Maintain website editorial calendars and ensure the timely dissemination of programmatic developments.
• Proposal development & donor reporting: Contribute to the expansion, continuity of CLASP’s clean energy access programing by supporting proposal development and fundraising activities, as well as reporting.
• Track progress: Monitor and evaluate the performance of external communications products and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Connect: Make connections from CLASP’s clean energy access portfolio to related sectors (e.g. agriculture, women’s empowerment); to broader development goals; and the international agenda for climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience.

Qualifications

• A track record of achievement in communications, including international experience, with a preference for experience in Sub-Saharan Africa and/or South Asia. Directionally, we are looking for 4-6 years of previous communications experience.
• Proven ability to take complex, technical ideas and turn them into compelling stories in a variety of formats: web, print publications, briefing papers, digital media, and social media all a plus; experience writing funding proposals ideal.
• Good visual eye; must be able to reproduce CLASP and CLASP family of brands across multimedia.
• Demonstrated experience supervising and developing team members.
• Experience writing for a donor audience and leading an editorial process with subject matter experts and teams on reporting or fundraising.
• Strong interpersonal skills and an orientation toward working in a collaborative environment; ability to maintain composure, flexibility, and a sense of humor under tight deadlines.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud applications and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Candidates with experience in the clean energy access sector strongly preferred; those with experience in international development broadly, renewable energy, sustainable development, and/or energy efficiency may also be considered.