At Climate Lead, we believe that philanthropy can radically reshape climate outcomes. We provide specialized services to help philanthropists make influential contributions to urgently address the climate crisis.
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Climate Lead empowers philanthropic leaders everywhere to take immediate and far-reaching climate action. Climate Lead equips new climate philanthropists with the information and insights they need to drive transformative solutions by serving as an impartial guide. We cut through the complexity by curating roadmaps in partnership with a diverse network of experts to help philanthropists make a bold impact on climate from day one.
Summary
The Associate Director, Philanthropic Advising, is the architect of Climate Lead’s donor support ecosystem. This role leads the team of Philanthropy Project Managers who serve as the critical backbone for our Relationship Managers. Your first mission is to transition the organization from a variable-support model to a unified donor service engine as we grow.
The Associate Director serves as a high-level coach, force multiplier, and strategist, ensuring that every project manager has the skills, tools, and leadership required to deliver elite support to our Relationship Managers (also known as Advisors). By bridging the gap between team performance and donor outcomes, you will ensure our Advisors have the capacity and high-caliber deliverables required to secure transformative climate gifts.
Managerial Responsibilities
This role has 4 direct reports to start - a team of philanthropic project managers that will grow alongside the relationship management/donor advisory team.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Talent Development (50%)
Strategic Relationship Manager Partnership (50%)
Success Criteria
Leading: creates an environment where others feel supported, empowered, and able to contribute fully by
Driving Results: balances urgency of climate solutions with sustainable, human-centered progress by
Required Experience
Salary Range: $169,000 - $188,000
Work Environment
Climate Lead is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. This position operates in a hybrid environment and is based in our San Francisco, CA, office. Staff in the San Francisco Bay Area currently work in the office Tuesday through Thursday each week and typically work from home the other days.
At the Climate Lead, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of or traits historically associated with race, color, religion, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status), domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other status protected by state or federal law.
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Climate Lead empowers philanthropic leaders everywhere to take immediate and far-reaching climate action. Climate Lead equips new climate philanthropists with the information and insights they need to drive transformative solutions by serving as an impartial guide. We cut through the complexity by curating roadmaps in partnership with a diverse network of experts to help philanthropists make a bold impact on climate from day one.
Summary
The Manager, Presidential Advising, serves as a high-level strategic partner, proxy, and force multiplier for the President. In an organization where the President’s time is the most finite resource, this role ensures that her donor engagements, ambassador relationships, and influence work move at the speed of the climate crisis.
This is not a traditional support role; it requires a sophisticated professional who can navigate Ultra-High-Net-Worth environments, exercise exceptional discernment, and act independently to advance the President’s portfolio. The incumbent will serve as the connective tissue between the President and the broader Philanthropy Team (PT), ensuring seamless information flow, vetting high-consequence requests, and executing follow-up with the precision and tone of the President herself.
Managerial Responsibilities
This role has no direct reports or managerial responsibilities.
Strategic Proxy & Portfolio Integration (60%)
Salary Range: $ 144,000 - $160,000
Work Environment
Climate Lead is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. This position operates in a hybrid environment and is based in our San Francisco, CA, office. Staff in the San Francisco Bay Area currently work in the office Tuesday through Thursday each week and typically work from a home location on other days.
At the Climate Lead, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of or traits historically associated with race, color, religion, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status), domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other status protected by state or federal law.
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Climate Lead empowers philanthropic leaders everywhere to take immediate and far-reaching climate action. By serving as an impartial guide, Climate Lead equips new climate philanthropists with the information and insights they need to drive transformative solutions. We cut through the complexity by curating roadmaps, in partnership with a diverse network of experts, to help philanthropists make a bold impact on climate.
Summary
The Director will lead key team operations, including planning, budgeting, and project distribution, and will manage the team responsible for the Knowledge Management System (KMS) of climate solutions in order to expand the Global Climate Strategies team’s capacity to deliver high-impact solutions, expertise, and advisory services for new climate philanthropists.
Managerial Responsibilities
This role has two direct reports:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Team operations (55%)
Management responsibilities (20%)
Cross-Team Operations (25%)
Success Criteria
Embraces collaborative teams: Help build, lead, and coach high-performing and highly collaborative teams; bring a genuine respect for Climate Lead's collaboration model, working in a participatory way across the organization.
Systems Orientation: Excited by opportunities to create or improve existing systems and processes to effectively meet organizational demands and promote operational excellence, while simultaneously planning for future growth needs that will allow the GCS team to scale their capabilities and bandwidth. Focused on solutions that put human users at the center and align with the organization’s culture.
Entrepreneurial: Self-starter with a strong entrepreneurial orientation thriving in new, fast-paced ventures; energized by helping to build something new and innovative; objective approach to the full breadth of climate strategies and solutions will be essential in order to work effectively across a wide spectrum of networks, partnerships, and funder groups. Capable of being both a strategic contributor and a tactician, comfortable with hands-on implementation and administration.
Servant leadership: Active inquiry and learning; thrive by creatively synthesizing ideas and input from multiple sources, and an ability to recognize excellence; pinpoint key questions, distill frameworks, weigh competing points-of-view, and synthesize actionable findings with rigor and speed. Appreciates working in an advisory or consultative setting.
Emotional Intelligence: Comfortable considering multiple points of view and encouraging constructive feedback.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Salary Range: $198,000- $221,000
Work Environment
Climate Lead is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. This position operates in a hybrid environment and is based in our San Francisco, CA, office. Staff in the San Francisco Bay Area currently work in the office Tuesday through Thursday each week and typically work from home the other days.
At the Climate Lead, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of or traits historically associated with race, color, religion, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status), domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other status protected by state or federal law.
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Climate Lead empowers philanthropic leaders everywhere to take immediate and far-reaching climate action. Climate Lead equips new climate philanthropists with the information and insights they need to drive transformative solutions by serving as an impartial guide. We cut through the complexity by curating roadmaps in partnership with a diverse network of experts to help philanthropists make a bold impact on climate from day one.
Summary
Reporting to the Senior Executive Assistant to the President, this Executive Assistant role plays a key role in optimizing the work of the President and of the Senior Director, People, and their teams. This role will own schedule coordination, and meeting logistics, preparing meeting materials, arranging travel, team retreats, and supporting the daily work of the President, the Senior Director, People, and the People Team.
Managerial Responsibilities
This role does not have any managerial responsibilities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Administrative Support to President (50%)
Administrative Support to Senior Director, People 35%
People Team Administrative Support (15%)
Success Criteria
Required Experience
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Salary Range: $115,500 - $130,000
Work Environment
The Climate Lead is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. This position operates in a hybrid environment and is based in our San Francisco, CA, office. Staff in the San Francisco Bay Area currently work in the office Tuesday through Thursday each week and typically work from a home location the other days.
At the Climate Lead, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of or traits historically associated with race, color, religion, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status), domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other status protected by state or federal law.
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