Consultant Program Manager Southeast Asia

NGO Recruitment • Contract • Remote • 12h ago

Accelerate the clean energy transition with a top climate action funder
Leverage your climate or energy expertise and develop regional strategy
Asia-based, remote, work & residency rights required, Asian language essential

The Organisation

The Sequoia Climate Foundation is a private climate philanthropy foundation based in California. Sequoia is committed to bolstering the urgent work of the Foundation’s grantees and leveraging climate science to accelerate the energy transition across geographies and sectors.

Together with its grantees and partners, Sequoia is working towards building a world powered by clean energy, where all people are protected by policies that have averted the worst effects of climate change.

Sequoia believes that solving climate change requires the adoption of ambitious, evidence-based solutions that transform markets, advance clean technology, and lead to large‐scale change to avoid dangerous climate tipping points and irreversible damage. Sequoia supports ambitious organizations and coalitions catalyzing rapid emissions reductions, transforming global markets, and accelerating the transition to clean energy around the world.

Benefits & Culture

One-year initial contract.
Opportunities to travel and learn; work with a mission-driven global team and partners in an ambitious top climate mitigation climate philanthropy.
Asia-based, remote. (Indonesia ideal, Thailand, Vietnam, and Singapore are also possible). Work rights required.

The Role

Ideally based in Indonesia, this regional role leads the implementation of a regional strategy for Southeast Asia, working with diverse partners in the region to develop organizational presence, mobilize coalitions, and influence funding strategies and policy outcomes.

You will support the development and management of a grantmaking portfolio; identifying and strategizing to strengthen the institutional capacity of partners and the climate ecosystem in the region. Importantly, you will develop grant recommendations and bring stakeholders together to accelerate energy transition across Southeast Asia.

Utilizing your understanding of systemic change, your role is to leverage and scope key networks with peer organizations, government officials, civil society, and key stakeholders to assess emerging needs, gaps, opportunities, to advance grantmaking strategies and portfolios.

Strategically leveraging Sequoia’s resources, your work will drive stronger funder coordination including supporting climate philanthropy development in Asia.

Skills Required

With broad Southeast Asia experience, you have a good understanding of renewable energy systems or climate mitigation, and international and regional climate diplomacy. Ideally holding a relevant advanced qualification, you are eager to help accelerate the regional energy transition by leveraging your program management experience and your strong networking and influencing skills across diverse and senior stakeholders. You must have proven government engagement experience and the capacity to disseminate complex and technical information.

Ideally you have a nonprofit programs, international development, philanthropy, advocacy, or related background, and you are a collaborative, savvy relationship builder and confident presenter, with a demonstrated understanding of how to create systemic change. You also offer:

Proven capacity to develop relevant creative strategies to solve complex problems.
A collaborative, proactive approach; impeccable ethics to work confidentially and flexibly.
Sharp written and verbal communication, strong English language skills.
Native fluency in an Asian language preferred.

If you would like to leverage your regional engagement experience and geopolitical awareness to drive the clean energy transition, and you meet the criteria above, please apply here with your resume and cover letter, addressing the skills required, and quoting #1456792. Alternatively, to request a full information pack please email: officeadministrator@ngorecruitment.com (no applications here please).

Please note there is no formal closing date for this role, if you are interested, we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

NGO Recruitment values equitable recruitment practices and is committed to representing candidates reflective of the diverse organisations and communities we work with. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds, ages, and identities, and are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs. If you are interested in this position and have most of the skills or experience we are looking for, please go ahead and apply.