Associate Program Officer bei Multiplier

The Climate Resilience Fund was founded in 2016 as a funder’s collaborative focused on building resources and capacity to advance the field and practice of climate adaptation and resilience. Our initiatives advance equitable climate resilience and sustainability outcomes for communities and for the natural systems on which they depend. Our strategies are designed to create leverage and strategic impact by facilitating collaboration across private philanthropic and U.S. federal agencies, with a central goal of mobilizing resources and capacity to meet the growing challenges of the climate crisis.

In 2023, CRF launched a new, four-year initiative program through a cooperative agreement with NOAA and five core organization partners. The CSCI is scaling resilience planning and implementation by helping highly vulnerable and at-risk communities produce equitable resilience plans based on the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit and Steps to Resilience and accelerate the growth of the climate resilience workforce through training and support, while reducing planning costs for communities in ways that are replicable, scalable, and measurable.

In late 2022, CRF was engaged by a group of foundation leaders to develop and grow the Wildfire Resilience Funders network (WRF). Our mandate is to cultivate a “learning and action” community that builds shared knowledge, alignment, and fosters collaboration. WRF’s goals are to advance collective understanding of strategies and solutions to address the burgeoning wildfire crisis and to facilitate effective collaborations for advancing wildfire resilience strategies and solutions across the western U.S.

The Associate Program Officer (APO) is responsible for helping CRF achieve its mission and strategic objectives, primarily those focused on growing and operationalizing the Climate Smart Communities Initiative (CSCI).

The APO reports to the CRF Managing Director on all matters related to operations, , external communications,, and other activities as assigned, working collaboratively with CRF’s staff in a team environment.

The position requires a working knowledge of climate change science and impacts including climate-driven risk, as well as an understanding of climate adaptation and resilience as it relates to both communities and ecosystems. To support CSCI’s bold mission and collaborative model, this role will provide additional capacity to track its progress against its goals, capture programmatic outcomes, and keep all partners up to date on the status of initiative.

The APO is a believer in the core values of the Climate Resilience Fund, including our two core tenets nature and equity, embraces its mission to create positive change, and affirms our efforts to ensure a healthy work/life balance for all team members and partners. 

The APO has extensive experience with program and project management, is familiar with norms of management and finances of nonprofit organizations and private philanthropies, and has experience working with or within government agencies. The APO has experience supporting dynamic, fast-moving programs designed to scale impact; strong background navigating organizational partnerships, and working within a collaborative and diverse team environment.

You are experienced in the climate adaptation and resilience field, and familiar with norms of management of nonprofit organizations. You are an engaging, active team player who is highly skilled in communications, writing, managing social media, and creating online content. You are tech savvy, an enthusiastic adopter of new technology and tools; comfortable working independently in a virtual office, and extremely well organized with strong project management experience. You are adept at navigating organizational partnerships and working within a collaborative and diverse team environment. 

You are flexible and able to multitask, and work well within a challenging, intellectual, and fast-moving environment while solving problems and driving solutions. You can work well within a collaborative while also bringing an entrepreneurial mindset and you are resourceful and independent in setting priorities and guiding investment in people, organizations, and systems.  

You are a believer in the mission of the Climate Resilience Fund, including our two core values: prioritizing nature and prioritizing equity. You embrace our mission to create positive change and affirm CRF’s organizational commitment to a healthy work/life balance for all team members and partners.

Specific Experience Requested

We recognize that each applicant for this role will bring unique skills, knowledge, experiences, and background to this position. We welcome diverse experiences and perspectives and will be looking for candidates who possess many, but not necessarily all, of the following qualifications and experience:

CRF provides a comprehensive compensation package, including competitive salary, excellent medical and dental benefits, retirement savings, and generous vacation and sick leave policy. The Associate Program Officer will be a full-time employee of CRF.

 

Applications will be accepted until October 1, 2025. To apply, please complete the application form and upload copies of your résumé and cover letter explaining why you are interested in this position. Please describe your relevant experience, and qualifications. We respectfully request no follow-up calls or emails.

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