SYSTEMIQ is an organisation driving system change in clean energy, circular material solutions and sustainable land use. By addressing failures in these areas, SYSTEMIQ aims to unlock economic opportunities that benefit business, society and the environment.

We connect the right people, ideas, technologies, and capital to transform economic systems. We do this through five activities:

1. Convene and support coalitions of leaders to shape policies and business strategies that will rapidly transform economic activity.
2. Work with companies that want to be pioneers in and drivers of change towards more sustainable systems.
3. Co-create and incubate the market solutions most likely to build regenerative economic systems.
4. Invest our own venture capital and expertise in opportunities with the biggest potential to drive rapid system change.
5. Direct larger pools of capital into regenerative economic systems, so that these scale and multiply.

In order to deliver in these areas, we recruit and develop distinctive and varied individuals who strive to achieve our mission, challenge the status quo and act as change leaders.

One of the coalitions of leaders hosted and managed by SYSTEMIQ is the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC). The ETC is a global coalition of 30 leading global executives from across the energy landscape (energy companies, energy-intensive industries, equipment providers, investors, environmental NGOs and academics). Its mission is to define how to most effectively transition to net-zero carbon energy systems that also enable economic prosperity, and how to accelerate the required action from public and private decision-makers. The ETC is co-chaired by Lord Adair Turner and Dr. Ajay Mathur.

The ETC positions itself as a unique voice in the global and regional climate/energy debates (due to the diversity of its membership), a thought-partner for policymakers, private sector players and civil society stakeholders, and a convener of action-oriented high-level discussions, able to bring around the same table a varied range of stakeholders to orchestrate in-depth, analytically-robust debates on specific aspects of the transition that can truly inform and build support for ambitious actions.

In 2017, the ETC published Better Energy, Greater Prosperity, a report that outlines four strategies to cut carbon emissions by half by 2040. In 2018, the ETC published Mission Possible, the first global report outlining how to reach net-zero carbon emissions in the harder-to-abate sectors of the economy – heavy industry and heavy-duty transport – by mid-century.

In 2019, the Energy Transitions Commission is refocusing its activities on transforming insights into impact by pursuing 3 major objectives:

1. Making the ETC messages mainstream – building consensus on the technical and economic feasibility of the transition to net-zero carbon energy and industry systems by 2050-2060 and on potential pathways to achieve this goal across policymakers, policy-influencers, finance and industry;
2. Informing policymaking in 4 major regions (Europe, India, China and US) to raise the level of ambitions of national climate/energy strategies and the next round of NDCs – either by directly engaging with policymakers, or by building a cross-sectoral industry voice that will call for ambitious policies;
3. Multiplying impact through collaborations – partnering with others to catalyze action from the private sector.

Position

The Project Manager will play an essential role to deliver the Energy Transitions Commission’s ambition to accelerate the shift to zero-carbon energy and industry systems. They will be expected to orchestrate the broad set of activities developed by the ETC, in close collaboration with the ETC’s Director, Faustine Delasalle. They will coordinate a core team composed of a Communications Manager, a part-time Communications Associate, a part-time Project Management Support and an Analytical Team (with varying resourcing from SYSTEMIQ’s general pool of Associates depending on needs).

Duties and Essential Job Functions

The Project Manager’s prime responsibility will be to drive the efficient and coherent delivery of a complex multiannual work programme within a tight budget. This will entail:

Project Management

• Ensuring day-to-day management of multiple simultaneous workstreams in a timely and efficient way, maximising impact with limited human and financial resources;
• Ensuring day-to-day management of the ETC core team, paying particular attention to work-life balance of team members, and supporting the Director in supporting their professional growth;
• Ensuring robust financial management of the ETC, in collaboration with SYSTEMIQ’s finance department and with the support of the Project Management Support;
• Ensuring regular activity, finance and impact reporting to the Director and Chair, as well as to the ETC Commissioners;
• Leading day-to-day engagement with the ETC’s Commissioners, their teams, and the broader network of existing and potential partners;
• Ensuring day-to-day coordination with the ETC’s special advisors and delivery partners, including local partners in Europe, India, China, US and Australia;
• Ensuring that the knowledge and networks developed within the ETC are shared with SYSTEMIQ’s energy platform when appropriate.

Analytical & Outreach Work Programme

• Driving the analytical work programme by:
  • Managing and ensuring high-quality output from in-house analytical workstreams;
  • Leading joint research projects delivered in collaboration with delivery partners;
  • Supervising subcontracted analyses;
  • Writing reports, policy briefs, technical papers, etc. with the support of the Analytical Team.
• Driving the outreach work programme, in close collaboration with the Communications Manager, by:
  • Defining and delivering the stakeholder engagement programme, including direct outreach to corporates, industry associations, business movements, research institutes, NGOs, policymakers and international organisations, with the support of the rest of the ETC team;
  • Working with the Communications Manager to define and deliver the communications programme, including on events, media and social media;
  • Providing content input and reviewing all communications assets;
  • Supervising the organisation of all major ETC meetings and external events, in collaboration with the Communications Manager and the Project Management Support;
  • Representing ETC in external meetings, workshops and conferences;
• Constantly ensuring the coherence and coordination between the analytical work programme and the outreach work programme.

Strategy

• Contributing to the definition of the ETC’s impact and implementation strategy for the next couple of years, in collaboration with the ETC’s Chair and Director;
• Contributing to budget planning and fundraising for the next couple of years, in collaboration with the ETC’s Chair and Director;
• Contributing to the development of new partnerships, in close collaboration with the Director, and ensuring their timely delivery.

Essential Qualities

• Excellent project management skills – ability to drive to completion a complex multiannual and international work programme composed of multiple interconnected workstreams of different nature, maintaining a sense of direction while adapting to unforeseen circumstances, with limited human and financial resources
• Appetite for juggling a mix of project management, analytical and outreach activities on a day-to-day basis, over a period of 1-2 years minimum
• Previous team management experience
• Excellent analytical skills – ability to drive high-quality quantitative and qualitative analytics on a range of different topics
• Excellent communications skills:
  • Proven ability to shape compelling narratives on the basis of quantitative and qualitative data
  • Excellent writing skills – ability to write concise, well-structured documents conveying clear but subtle messages
• Excellent interpersonal skills:
  • Ability to develop and nurture trusting relationships and partnerships with a range of stakeholders from different organisational and geographical horizons
  • Experience managing sensitivities in complex / tense negotiation processes
• Subject matter expertise in energy and/or climate – or appetite and ability to go through a steep learning curve over a short period of time

Desirable

• Knowledge of the climate/energy stakeholder landscape
• Experience working in/with the corporate, NGO and policy worlds
• Experience working in an international environment
• Experience interacting with senior executives
• Experience developing thought leadership for stakeholder influencing purposes
• Experience in communications/outreach activities, in particular events organisation
• Experience working in a collaborative organisation (e.g. coalitions / partnerships)
• Experience in fundraising
• Knowledge of the policy environment in Europe, India, China or the US
• Proficiency in Chinese, French or German

We offer the opportunity to be part of a high-calibre, driven, and friendly team. We are keen to receive applications from all parts of the global community, however you must have the right to work in the location you are applying for.

Please apply with a current CV and a cover letter addressing the above requirements, making sure to note your preferred location and availability. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].