Job Description

Climate Manager, 6 Month FTC - Beijing

About CIFF

The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) is an independent philanthropic organisation, employing around 200 people across offices in Addis Ababa, Beijing, London, Nairobi, and New Delhi. CIFF works with a wide range of partners seeking to transform and empower the lives of poor and vulnerable children and adolescents in developing countries, with the ultimate goal of solving seemingly intractable challenges to ensure all children and adolescents have the chance to survive and thrive.

CIFF aims to play a catalytic role as a funder and influencer to deliver urgent and systemic change at scale. Areas of work include empowering adolescents and young people to control their sexual and reproductive health to avoid unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion and HIV/AIDS; improving children and mothers’ health and nutrition; preventing low birthweight babies; eliminating deaths from severe acute malnutrition, nested within a more integrated approach to childhood development; and deworming efforts to break transmission for good. CIFF’s child protection work focuses on ending child labour and sexual exploitation by enabling an environment that reduces vulnerability of communities and increases protection of children. The organisation’s climate portfolio is driven by a vision of a climate-safe future for today’s children and future generations that also bear the benefits of cleaner air, energy security and sustainable jobs. Across these areas of work, we seek to be the gold standard in grant making and foundation operations, and place significant emphasis on quality data and evidence.

We are privileged, as a financially independent philanthropy, to be able to work in challenging areas that others can’t and we often elect to work on what can be controversial issues that others won’t. For example, CIFF is pro-choice with respect to women’s reproductive rights along with the prioritisation of access to reproductive information and to contraceptive choices. It is imperative to the CIFF family, therefore, that prospective candidates are aware of the issues we work on and embrace all our programmatic work with fully open minds to the huge number of ways in which we seek to empower young lives.

Building and harnessing diversity of perspective and experience within CIFF is critical to us achieving our bold goals. We strive to deliver a work environment which is diverse, equitable and inclusive, respecting and embracing individual differences and needs, and enabling all members of the CIFF family to be at their best.

We consistently work to enhance our policies and practices, ensuring that they actively support this intent. And we offer a flexible, hybrid model of working which seeks to accommodate the individual needs of our people and enhance employee wellbeing.

For more information please visit www.ciff.org – we recommend you review our website to gain an oversight of all our programmes. If you would like to join CIFF, please apply via the Careers section of our website. If you need to speak with us for any reason, please don’t hesitate to contact our Recruitment team by email, at recruitment@ciff.org.

Role Profile

Job Title	Manager, Climate (Grade M1) 6 Month FTC
Reports to	Director, Climate
Location	Beijing
Main purpose of the role: To work along with the Climate Director and Senior Manager covering China and the Climate team to manage a high-quality portfolio of investment proposals and active programmes that contribute to the delivery of the Climate sector team priorities and meet the corporate objectives of the CIFF Board. This position is to lead and manage CIFF’s initiatives in China to promote a low-carbon transition towards carbon neutrality at the national and subnational levels. The role aims to drive the implementation of China’s carbon neutrality target by engaging with various global, national, and local partners and stakeholders to identify practical challenges and opportunities for philanthropic engagement. The successful candidate will work closely with CIFF’s China and global climate teams to integrate CIFF solutions into the regional collaboration on the ground.
Roles and responsibilities Strategy & planning Provide insightful briefings and analysis on specific themes, trends, opportunities and risks, to support the Climate team in determining strategic priorities and setting operational plans. Provide and communicate global and regional insights verbally and in writing, including developing graphs and charts to contribute to the strategy and planning process. Prior to approval of a programme proposal, assist the team in preparing aspects of the programme strategy and evidence base, working with wider teams and in country experts. Ensure coordination and alignment of CIFF’s global, sectoral and regional priorities and strategies into CIFF China climate mission. Programme development, delivery & performance Lead the end-to-end oversight and administration of the management process of relevant grants (from concept formation, proposal development, ongoing management through to final payment), suggesting improvements where appropriate, and always seeking to add value, to enable the Climate team to deliver and monitor its philanthropic activity efficiently and effectively and ensuring impact. Against key corporate and / or sector team indicators and targets, monitor and report internally on the performance of assigned portfolio. Conduct structured feasibility analysis on investment proposals, using an appropriate range of methodologies and techniques, to ensure they are based on logical and robust assumptions, which can withstand scrutiny from the Executive Team (ET) and CIFF Board. Working either with sector and regional colleagues or independently, prepare summary reports, board reports and portfolio investment reports, ensuring these are produced to a high-standard and in a timely fashion, often within tight timeframes. Conduct regular reviews of the progress and performance of programmes under delivery to identify problems and delays, and work with partners to develop effective solutions (escalating to more senior colleagues for support and intervention, where required). Work as part of a team to shape and implement plans for scaling up, replicating or leveraging additional support for successful programmes and initiatives, in accordance with Foundation priorities. Sector knowledge and profile-building Keep abreast of developments within the energy and climate sectors, establishing appropriate information gathering networks and channels to deepen professional knowledge and skills. As required, contribute to the development of thought leadership, PR, marketing and advocacy materials, to support CIFF’s ambitions to scale-up, mainstream and leverage additional support for its initiatives. Stakeholder and partner management Conduct rigorous research and evaluation of potential national and subnational partners, using agreed corporate protocols and techniques, to assess their suitability and credentials for collaborating on CIFF initiatives. Apply CIFF’s agreed account management disciplines and approaches in all dealings with programme partners and stakeholders, to ensure productive and professional relationships are maintained in a coordinated and strategic manner. Working alongside senior colleagues, help to develop strategic partnerships to support adoption, replication, co-funding or scaling-up of CIFF programmes. With a variety of external audiences, develop and maintain strong partnerships and act as a knowledgeable resource about CIFF’s programmes and priority areas. Organize field trips and conduct local investigations in key provinces to stay informed about local practices and challenges, while fostering and maintaining local partnerships.

Requirements of the role holder

Skills & Experience · A relevant Master's level degree (e.g. climate, environment, energy, economy, finance) with strong analytical skills. Relevant additional work experience may be acceptable in place of a Master's degree. · Relevant experience of working on climate change (preferably on regional and sectoral decarbonization), for example, this could include experience in an NGO, think tank, academia or the public sector. · Passionate about driving systemic change for zero-carbon future. · Familiarity with the geopolitical and economic landscape and how it relates to climate including multilateral processes, key regional dynamics. · Strong administrative experience, working with the team leader in a busy and complex environment. · Skilled in relationship building and strengthening; strong influencing skills and work collaboratively, uniting groups with a shared purpose · Track record of managing and building trust-based relationships internally and externally with a range of partners, operating across a range of cultural contexts · Experience multitasking and managing priorities to competing deadlines, thrives on diversity of a role. · Proactive in planning and organizing around key priorities effectively analyses and judges situations and makes balanced decisions. · Track record of strong interpersonal skills and working well as a team player. · Thrives in a fast-paced environment, with a wide and ever-changing variety of daily tasks. Can react quickly and confidently to changing priorities. · Confidence and ease of speaking up and taking direction from senior executives. · A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, with resilience, pace, and interpersonal flexibility. · Approach situations strategically, methodically and with a high degree of rigour. · Entrepreneurial mindset, highly adaptive and energetic. · Result-orientated, able to lead with humility and intellect. · Capacity to work in a range of cultural and socio-economic contexts. · High proficiency with MSOffice Programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). · Strong communication skills and excellent oral and written English and Mandarin required additional language skills an asset. · Ability to work well under pressure, willing to work flexible hours, sometimes across different time zones. · Able to travel internationally and domestically and willing to work flexible hours, sometimes across different time zones. Key working relationships · CIFF related PIC advisors and climate ED/Directors · Other CIFF teams – particularly teams in Africa and Southeast Asia, global climate and functional teams (e.g. legal, HR, finance and External Affairs) · Global partners and stakeholders · International charities · National governments and local NGO partners in priority geographies · Research and academic institutions active within sector specialism Management dimensions · Responsibility for personal pipeline and delivery targets of $30+m

Application process

Please submit your bilingual CV using this link: https://apply.workable.com/ciff/j/4AD3DD88E3/

Closing date: 2026/05/20 or till the position is filled.

机构介绍

儿童投资基金会（The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, 简称CIFF）成立于2002年，是全球最大的、以提升儿童福祉为宗旨的慈善基金会，在伦敦、北京、亚的斯亚贝巴、内罗毕和新德里等地设有办公室。CIFF在全球有多个合作伙伴，主要工作领域包括应对气候变化、母婴和儿童健康与营养、青少年性健康、女童教育、儿童保护等。气候变化是儿童和青少年未来面临的最大威胁之一。CIFF的愿景是构建一个气候友好型未来，并协同推动空气质量改善、能源安全提升和可持续就业。CIFF支持全球向零碳社会的加速转型，为应对气候变化核心挑战提供战略解决方案，推动应对气候变化的创新举措和气候雄心的不断提升。推进中国气候行动将惠及社会方方面面。中国应对气候变化的努力对实现全球气候目标至关重要。我们在中国的工作专注于应对气候变化。我们与合作伙伴携手加速中国绿色转型与可持续发展，共同创造一个让儿童健康、安全成长的世界。

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