Background
C40 is a network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities, who are working to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis, and create a future where everyone, everywhere can thrive. Mayors of C40 cities are committed to using a science-based and people-focused approach to help the world limit global heating to 1.5°C and build healthy, equitable and resilient communities. Through a Global Green New Deal, mayors are working alongside a broad coalition of representatives from labour, business, the youth climate movement and civil society to go further and faster than ever before.
C40’s team of 400+ staff is based in offices in London, in New York, Johannesburg, Singapore, Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, Copenhagen, Beijing and Paris, and individual staff based across 25+ different locations.
The strategic direction of the organisation is determined by an elected Steering Committee of C40 mayors, which is chaired by Mayor Sadiq Khan of London and Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown. Three-term Mayor of New York City Michael R. Bloomberg serves as President of the C40 Board of Directors, responsible for operational oversight. A regionally diverse management team, led by Executive Director Mark Watts, leads the day-to-day management of C40. C40’s three core strategic funders are Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation and Realdania.
Our international staff work with the C40 network under the leadership of city governments to deliver this mission. Using a data-driven approach, our team identifies and promotes the exchange of proven programmes and policies developed by cities; provides world-class research, technical expertise and access to key partners to deliver new programmes and policies with cities; and communicates cities’ individual achievements and collective leadership.
Diversity Statement
C40 is committed to supporting and promoting equity and diversity and creating an inclusive working environment for everyone. We believe that when people with different life experiences are involved in decision-making, we deliver better.
We believe having a diverse workforce ensures we connect better with all the different communities and people affected by the climate crisis. This enables us to make better decisions which lead to better outcomes in the work we do through increased creativity, productivity, greater global impact alongside a broader perspective and approach to our work.
We welcome applicants that are diverse in terms of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and perspective. Our goal is for C40 to be an environment where everyone, from any background, can flourish and can be themselves whilst contributing to our mission. If you identify as a person with a disability, we work to provide reasonable appropriate measures and any additional support needed to provide an equitable working experience. If you are living with a disability, chronic illness or neurodiversity please inform us, to provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.
C40 promotes a work culture where staff can input to improve equity, diversity and inclusion through staff-led groups and formal forums. We know that creating our ideal working environment is a learning process and we are committed to the ongoing effort.
Regional Approach
Core to C40’s value and effectiveness is an ability to be responsive to the needs of all C40 cities and focus services and support on the areas of greatest opportunity for city action and climate impact – both at the individual city level and across our regional and global networks. Our regional management structure better enables C40 to leverage relationships between peer cities and technical and financial partners regionally and globally and to be more responsive to local needs and conditions.
To manage these efforts, C40 Regional Directors are positioned in seven regions: Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America, East, Southeast Asia & Oceania, and South & West Asia. The Regional Directors act as the ambassador for their regions, to ensure that the organisation can deliver effectively at a regional level considering specific geographic, cultural, language and other differences.
The UCAP CAI Programme
The UCAP Climate Action Implementation programme supports 15 cities in 3 regions to implement their Climate Action Plans. In Africa there are 7 cities: Addis Ababa, Accra, Dar es Salaam, Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi, Tshwane.
C40 has provided dedicated support to these cities through the Climate Action Planning Program. The current C40 Business Plan focuses on the delivery and mainstreaming of transformative actions contained in the CAPs, supporting and strengthening mayoral leadership, and promoting innovation.
Position Description.
The Climate Action Implementation (CAI) Interns will support the various technical leads in delivering the technical components of the CAI Africa programme namely 1) waste, 2) energy, 3) mainstreaming and 4) climate finance.
The post holders will have a good understanding of how cities work, and will be familiar with the economic and political context of priority cities in the region. They will also have a good understanding of climate change and the role of developing cities in climate change response.
The post holders must be open to learning about new developments in climate science, policy, and technology. They should also be able to adapt to changing priorities and contribute to a dynamic work environment.
Responsibilities
The main responsibilities will include:
- Knowledge management including compiling workshop reports, roadmaps, commitments;
- Compilation and updating approved city strategies including policy amendments, best practice and lessons learned;
- Online folder and data management. Updating cross team resources (e.g. the CAI Africa workshop tracker);
- Support on logistics and workshop planning;
- Report writing including rapporteur duties for various engagements.
- Support in communications development and internal coordination on communication output within C40;
- Project coordination for specific projects included under the four components of the CAI Africa programme. This includes communicating with multiple project stakeholders;
- Ad-hoc research, collation of data and data analysis;
- Provide review support RFPs - provide same support as below (flow, aesthetics, language editing etc);
- Social media and marketing: Support CAs with developing comms outputs (particularly for workshops). Creating content for social media posts.
Person specification
- Education in Social Sciences, International Relations, Policy, Urban Development, Environment or Engineering fields
- Must have an understanding of the global south context. Volunteer experience and or academic experience will be considered.
- Excellent project-management, strategic thinking and analytical capabilities
- Demonstrated experience in working as part of a team, and in multicultural settings, and ability to manage multiple parallel tasks; and
- Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, combined with excellent English fluency and ability to write technical materials and document
Other Requirements:
Applicants must already have the right to work in their country of residence. A moderate level of travel might be included as part of the job.
Reporting To: Climate Finance Senior Manager and Technical Advisor Waste
Term: Fixed term until 31st May 2025
Location: Johannesburg
Salary: Intern - R180 000 per annum
Application Process:
Closing date for applications is Wednesday, 8th May 2024 at 5.00pm SAST time. C40 reserves the right to close this job opening before the closing date for applications so please do submit applications early.
To learn more about the work of C40 and our cities, please visit www.c40.org, follow us on Twitter @c40cities and like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/C40Cities.
For any queries about the role, please contact careers@C40.org (Please do not use this email to submit your application)
C40 is an equal opportunities employer.