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Job Description

The Manager, Corporate Climate Resilience will develop and implement programming for the community of practice and manage a multi-stakeholder, consensus-based process for developing a standardized framework for companies to demonstrate leadership on climate resilience. This role will manage day-to-day project operations and stakeholder engagement, primarily with C2ES's Business Environmental Leadership Council and dozens of companies strengthening their resilience to climate risks and impacts across their operations, value chains, and communities where they operate. This position will report to the Vice President, Business Engagement and will work closely with other colleagues across C2ES working on business engagement, climate resilience, and communications.

C2ES works to build avenues for companies to accelerate their decarbonization efforts and improve their resilience to climate impacts. To this end, C2ES has been actively engaged in developing standards and methodologies needed to reflect new solutions and approaches that can better enable and reflect businesses' investments in a net zero, climate resilient transition. In 2026, C2ES will launch a multi-stakeholder effort that will develop a standardized framework for corporate climate leadership on climate resilience and adaptation, a project under the Corporate Climate Resilience Pathways Initiative. C2ES will serve as the effort's Secretariat and will engage a wide stakeholder group to develop a consensus-based standardized framework to help companies develop and report on how they are implementing climate resilience in their operations, value chains, and communities. C2ES is also fostering a growing community of practice among companies working on climate resilience, and will continue to develop dialogues and other peer exchange opportunities to improve insights across industry sectors and to contribute to wider understanding of business leadership on climate resilience.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective stakeholders from companies across industry sectors, and other relevant stakeholders (NGOs, investors, etc), to identify cross-cutting resilience strategies and ensure meaningful participation in both the community of practice and framework development
• Maintain a comprehensive database analyzing stakeholder participation, tracking influence, interests, and engagement levels
• Coordinate and align business engagement with the Climate Resilient Communities Accelerator and, if necessary, support delivery of in-person stakeholder convenings in Colorado, Texas, Washington, and other states, to be determined

Project Management

• Execute project workplan, including managing detailed project schedules, tracking tasks and deliverables, identifying and reducing project risks, and ensuring milestone achievement
• Manage consultants and collaborate with cross-functional team members to deliver high-quality project outcomes on time and within scope. Set agendas and lead regular meetings of delivery team.
• Develop internal and external communications materials in partnership with communications team, including content for website, press releases, social media, and public-facing webinars

Community of Practice Cultivation

• Organize and help to facilitate peer learning exchanges, roundtables, webinars, and other virtual and in-person events to disseminate best practices
• Identify potential new participating companies, help to recruit them, and track engagement metrics to improve value
• Build connectivity between the community of practice and the framework development process, ensuring insights are shared from one to the other
• Lead the development of new case studies featuring companies' climate resilience efforts. * Develop content for a 'Knowledge Hub' on C2ES's website of resources, tools and case studies on corporate climate resilience, and in collaboration with the Climate Resilient Communities Accelerator program

Framework Development

• Manage administrative process for developing a multi-stakeholder, consensus-based framework, including managing all meetings and webinars, overseeing preparation of drafts and documents to be shared for public comment, and developing status reports to share with participating stakeholders
• Serve as primary liaison for participating stakeholders, facilitating consensus-building sessions to navigate technical input and systematically integrate stakeholder feedback into framework iterations
• Coordinate with the Climate Resilient Communities Accelerator to share best practices from corporate engagement on climate resilience.
• Support partnership development with NGOs, investors, and industry groups to build framework awareness and adoption once it is completed

General Responsibilities

• Conduct research for and draft high-quality written reports, develop presentations, talking points for senior leadership, webpages and other online materials related to corporate action on climate resilience
• Support C2ES events, including workshops and meetings involving C2ES's Business Environmental Leadership Council, NGOs, government agencies, media groups, and/or academic institutions
• Represent C2ES in virtual and in-person convenings, conferences, and partner coalitions
• Support additional relevant projects as needed
• Organizational inclusion:
• Participate in monthly all-staff meetings led by staff JEDI Council
• Contribute to an inclusive and welcoming working and learning environment that respects and values diversity;
• Complete company training during on-boarding and on a yearly basis

Required Qualifications and Skills

Stakeholder Management

• Excellent outreach and stakeholder engagement skills, with strong stakeholder mapping and relationship building skills across organizational levels and sectors
• Experience working with companies on their sustainability-related initiatives and at the intersection of private sector, NGO, and/or government stakeholders
• Proven ability to facilitate diverse groups through structured decision-making processes.
• Experience navigating competing interests and finding common ground among differing views and demonstrated diplomacy and grace in managing disagreements and solving for problems
• Ability to adapt communication styles to diverse audiences

Project Management

• Demonstrated experience in project management with ability to manage multiple priorities
• Experience managing external consultants/contractors
• Strong organizational skills with strong attention to detail
• Track record of delivering complex projects on time and within scope
• Self-starter and able to work independently to implement program strategy

Communication & Facilitation

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear, actionable insights
• Strong ability to think strategically, listen actively, problem-solve, and drive discussions toward actionable outcomes
• Strong presentation skills for diverse audiences

Technical Knowledge

• Understanding of climate change risks and impacts
• Familiarity with corporate sustainability accounting and reporting frameworks (GHG Protocol, TCFD, ISSB, GRI) and corporate climate goal setting.
• Knowledge of consensus-based standards development processes (ISO, ANSI, or similar)

General

• Team player, flexible, collaborative, and willing to pitch in at all levels to advance program goals

Additional desired qualifications

• Direct experience working on climate adaptation and resilience
• Direct experience working with companies on their greenhouse gas emissions inventorying, climate goals and/or initiatives.
• Experience with managing a community of practice or professional network
• Existing professional network in corporate sustainability or climate resilience

Education & Experience

• Master's degree with at least 2- years relevant experience, OR Bachelor's degree with at least 4 years relevant experience. Degrees preferred in related fields such as economics, sustainability management, business, public policy, political science.
• At least 2 years directly managing multi-stakeholder initiatives or consensus-building processes.

Starting Salary Base

Depending on experience and qualifications, the salary range for a Manager is $80,000 - $100,000.

Employment Status

Full time; exempt from overtime.

Reporting to

Vice President, Business Engagement

Travel, Time & Location Requirements

Location may be in the Washington, DC area or remote; if remote, physical presence in the main office is expected at least 4 weeks per year. Staff local to DMV area are expected to be in office at least three days per week. Some travel required for workshops and conferences (15%). Candidates must have the right to work in the United States.

Benefits Offered

• Health Insurance. Health Insurance. C2ES offers 80% of premiums for a specific platinum-level health insurance reference plan, the dollar value of which may be applied to any platinum-level plan offered to us on the DC Health Link marketplace. The remainder of the premiums for the plan chosen by the employee will be deducted pretax from the employee's paycheck.
• Dental Insurance. C2ES covers 100% of the dental premiums.?
• Vision Insurance: Employee covers the total cost of this plan.?
• Long Term Disability and Short-Term Disability.??
• DC Paid Family Leave (employes working in the DC office)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA).?
• Group Life insurance and Voluntary Life insurance.?
• Leave Time: New employees start accumulating 3 weeks' vacation per year.?
• Sick time: up to 10 days per year.?
• Personal Leave: Up to Two personal days per year.?
• Parental Leave
• FMLA Leave?
• Holidays: C2ES observes 13 holidays during the year. Additionally, the organization closes in the last week of year.?

We are fully committed to promoting?diversity, equity,?inclusion, and justice. ? We believe we will only be effective in developing and advocating for climate solutions if we have a diverse range of voices and perspectives represented within C2ES, in our work, and among our partners. C2ES is committed to creating and growing a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion within our organization and among the stakeholders we collaborate with and convene. By fostering this culture, we can enhance our work and amplify our impact. We encourage individuals of all races, ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, sexual identities, and abilities to apply for this position. For more on C2ES's DEIJ policy, visit:?https://www.c2es.org/about/diversity-equity-inclusion-and-justice/