GLOBAL PROGRAMMES & IMPACT DIRECTOR
CANOPY
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Welcome
Our Values
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What We Do
Organisation Chart
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Programmes and Impact Director
Global Canopy Worldwide
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Programmes and Impact Director – Responsibilities
How to Apply
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About You
About Oxford HR
08 Salary and Benefits
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Welcome We’re so pleased you found us. Global Canopy is an innovative environmental organisation that targets the market forces driving two thirds of tropical deforestation worldwide. In recent months, fires raging in the Amazon have focused global attention on this critical issue like never before. In response, 230 Investors with USD $16.2 trillion in assets under management publicly demanded corporate action on deforestation in the Amazon and beyond. Many of these investors rely on our data and insights to tackle this problem. We also help the companies they finance to better understand and address their own risks related to deforestation. Our information helps improve accountability, and is used by campaigning organisations and investigative journalists worldwide. Over the last year, our work has featured in the New York Times, the Guardian and the New Scientist, as well as major media outlets across Latin America and SE Asia. Global Canopy is at the heart of a global movement to change markets by making their impacts and dependencies on nature more transparent and accountable. It’s also a friendly and exciting place to work – and you will have the full support of the team to make this role a success. We are entrepreneurial, straightforward, and we value diversity. Please join us, this is urgent. Niki Mardas Executive Director
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What We Do Global Canopy brings unprecedented transparency to the supply chains of commodities that drive the majority of deforestation worldwide – and to the trillions of dollars in investment and lending that finance them. • • •
We identify and rank the 500 companies and financial institutions with the greatest links to deforestation worldwide. We enable leading companies, financial institutions and governments to identify and tackle deforestation in their supply chains and investments. We improve accountability by shining a light on powerful players that are failing to act on this critical issue.
Over the last 5 years with partners, we have created a set of ground-breaking open data platforms, including: • Forest 500 - identifying, assessing and ranking the 500 ‘powerbrokers of deforestation’ • Trase - for the first time linking consumer markets to deforestation on the ground at scale. • ENCORE - a unique approach for financial institutions to estimate and explore the dependence of their portfolios on nature, and related financial risks.
Our work is used by Fortune 500 companies, major global investors and lenders, and by governments and civil society worldwide. Over the critical years ahead, we will continue to innovate in linking markets to the origins of what they consume, and to the social and environmental impacts they cause. This will help achieve more accountable global markets - and fewer impacts on the ground.
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Programmes and Impact Director The Programmes and Impact Director is accountable for maintaining the strategic focus, sustainability and impact of Global Canopy’s programmes. Your role will be to effectively operationalise Global Canopy’s strategy, through programmes which are well resourced and well managed, and that deliver on their expected outcomes. This will also require an outward-facing orientation, improving our ability to harness information to enable, influence and increase accountability for the private and public sector organisations that we target. You will have an exciting combination of responsibilities, strengthening our structures to ensure high-quality and efficient delivery in line with agreed objectives, coaching and mentoring staff, and strengthening a culture of monitoring, learning and impact. Working closely with other senior staff, you will have oversight of key programmatic partnerships and fundraising efforts. In sum, you will catalyse the organisation’s ongoing development and capacity to deliver world-class work.
You will be someone who naturally builds positive relationships across the organisation, working collaboratively and creating buy-in through influence and persuasion. You will be adaptable, flexing your approach to different situations and people. Some programmes need close support to develop, while established programmes need space to deliver alongside supportive challenge and help to learn and improve. As a member of the management team, you will play a leading role in setting the culture of the organisation and modelling Global Canopy’s values. You will have shared responsibility for our organisational capability and ensuring that Global Canopy continues to evolve according to our strategy that you will help to keep fresh and relevant. You will contribute to quarterly board meetings, with accountability for programmatic implementation and impact.
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Programmes and Impact Director – Responsibilities Programme strategy, de el • • • •
ent planning and e al at n (60%)
evelopment of innovative new programme areas in line with Global Canopy’s strategic goals including oversight of programmatic funding. Responsible for ensuring each programme has effective programme design, planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning. ead collaboration with colleagues and partners on programme design, from conception to implementation. Ensure risks to delivery, impact and financial performance are understood and well managed, reporting back to S T and Board as appropriate.
Management (30%) • • •
Resourcing, capability and structure of the programmes team including line management and coaching of relevant programme staff. eveloping a learning culture and embedding this across the programmes team. Be an active member of Global Canopy’s anagement team, with shared responsibility for overall organisational success.
External representation & business development (10%) • •
External representation for Global Canopy as an institution, and for its major programmes. Enabling strong partnerships with relevant stakeholders, funders, and other organisations to help achieve our goals.
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About You To be successful in this role, these are the things that will matter most: •
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Impact through influence – experience of working strategically and employing systems thinking. Skilled at communications, outreach and influencing work, within programmes where impact is achieved by enabling or increasing accountability for other organisations. Experienced senior manager – building, developing, and leading diverse and highperforming teams. Management within a matrix organisation. Ability to inspire teams to collaborate on complex work. Sector expertise – track record in sectors and with audiences relevant to GC’s programmes: sustainability, climate change, international development; private sector, governments, civil society and the media.
Essential behavioural competencies: • A coaching and mentoring approach. Able to challenge in a supportive way, helping others to learn • Outstanding at building positive relationships. Works collaboratively, creating buy-in through influence and persuasion.
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Solutions and action-oriented; able to prioritise and focus on results without getting distracted. Sees work through to completion.
Skills and experience: • Strategic planning & operationalisation of strategic plans • Able to manage and oversee complex programmes, including responsibility for planning, reporting and monitoring processes. • Experience of building relationships, and partnering with other organisations to leverage impact, improve delivery and raise funds. • Outstanding communication skills, across the organisation and with donors and stakeholders at the highest level. • Expertise with project/programme management frameworks, and monitoring, evaluation and learning. • Experience in developing, managing and leading programmes within an NGO setting • Experience working on global projects and with people from different backgrounds and cultures and prepared to travel overseas. • Knowledge and experience of working with the finance sector desirable.
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Salary and Benefits Salary
Competitive
Base
Global Canopy’s office in central Oxford.
Flexible working
A positive & flexible working environment. We would welcome candidates wishing to work flexibly – e.g. 2 days/week from home.
Holidays
28 days holiday, plus bank holidays and the option to buy an additional 5 days.
Pension
Employer pension contribution of 5%.
Healthcare cashback plan
Covering dental fees, eye-care, wellbeing massages, physio, chiropody and much more – for you and any children.
Employee Assistance Programme
Which provides free, confidential advice on personal and legal matters.
Other
Huge range of discounts and cashback deals at gyms, restaurants, holidays, and much more.
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Our Values As an entrepreneurial organisation committed to achieving system-wide change, we operate in a challenging environment. We value high standards in both what we do and in how we do it, seeking to make a positive difference in every interaction. Our organisational values help guide our ways of working and keep us accountable to these standards: Entrepreneurial We develop bold new ideas to catalyse system wide change. Impactful We learn from what works, hold ourselves and others accountable and work in collaboration with others
Inclusive We celebrate diversity, value team work and support individuals to fulfil their potential Clear We listen actively, think critically and communicate with clarity
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Organisation Chart
Chief Executive (*MT)
Executive Coordinator
Programmes & Impact Director (*MT)
Trase Director*MT)
Corporate Performance Team 2 Staff
Trase Team 7 Staff
F500 Assessment Team 3 x staff
Project Manager
Senior Sustainable Finance Associate
Sustainable Finance Team 2 x staff
Comms / Engagement (*MT)
Finance Director (*MT)
Development Director (*MT)
Comms & Engagement team 4 staff
Accounts & Office Team 5 staff
Funding Officer
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GLOBAL CANOPY HEAD OFFICE
Oxford
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FOCAL REGIONS
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PROJECT ACTIVITIES
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COLLEAGUES IN BRAZIL ,INDONESIA & SWITZERLAND
Brazil ,Indonesia, EU, China
Peru, Columbia, Argentina, Paraguay, South Africa
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How to Apply All correspondence, at this stage, should be via Oxford HR. To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button in the job advert page and complete our online application form. Before applying please combine your cover letter and CV in ONE single document to be uploaded during the application process.
Equality Statement Equality and diversity are at the core of Global Canopy’s values. Staff are expected to work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of others is valued and respected.
The cover letter should be no more than one page and explain why you are interested in this post and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.
Selection Process All candidates will be notified about the status of their applications. Shortlisted candidates may be required to undertake an additional assessment prior to the final interview.
The document should be saved in MS Word in the following format: Your First Name-Your Last Name-Document Name-Date (yymm) e.g: Pat-Jones-CVandStatement-2001 To make sure our emails reach your inbox, please add us to your safe sender list. Timeline Closing date: Preliminary interviews: Final Interviews
23rd February 2nd, 5th or 9th March 19th & 20th March or 25th & 26th March
Queries If you have any queries on any aspect of the appointment process, need additional information, or would like to have an informal discussion, please email globalcanopy@oxfordhr.co.uk in the first instance.
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About Oxford HR Oxford HR operates globally - mainly within the international development and environment sectors. We carry out retained executive search mandates at board and senior management levels. We also offer human resource and organisational development consultancy as well as executive coaching. Oxford HR has many years of experience in search as well as an extensive network of international development, sustainability, social sector, corporate, public sector, and
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