Global Canopy - COO by Oxford HR

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Welcome to Global Canopy We’re so pleased you found us. Global Canopy is a not-for-profit that targets the market forces destroying nature.

Our recent work spearheading a new reporting framework for market impacts and dependence on nature has the support of financial institutions and companies worldwide – and has been championed in recent months by both the UN Secretary General, and President Macron of France.

Over the last two years, 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.

As the world continues to face down the coronavirus crisis, much remains unknown - but it is clear that tackling our unsustainable relationship with nature will be vital in preventing future pandemics, with all the devastation they bring.

Many of these investors rely on our data and insights to tackle this problem. We also help the companies they finance to better address their own risks related to deforestation.

Global Canopy is 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.

Our information also helps improve accountability, and is used by campaigning organisations and journalists worldwide. 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.

Niki Mardas Executive Director

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What we do Global Canopy is a data-driven think tank that targets the market forces destroying nature. We do this by improving transparency and accountability. We provide innovative open-access data, clear metrics, and actionable insights to leading companies, financial institutions, governments and campaigning organisations worldwide. • We enable leading companies, financial institutions and governments to identify and tackle impacts on nature 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. • And we rank the performance of companies on deforestation and other social and environmental metrics, helping to improve ESG ratings on these issues. Over the last 5 years, with partners we have created a set of groundbreaking 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. • TNFD - a nascent Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures - a ‘TCFD’ for nature - backed by major financial institutions, companies and governments. 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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The Role: Overview Global Canopy is seeking an exceptional Chief Operating Officer with a track record in leading change and innovation as it enters its new 5-year strategic period – a moment of growth and transformational opportunity for the organisation. Working side-by-side with the Executive Director and all the Leadership Team, the COO will provide strong internally-focused leadership through this period of rapid change and as we deliver on our ambitious and timely strategy. The COO will have responsibility for overall organisational management and coordination. They will directly line manage a number of functional Leads, including Directors with responsibility for communications, engagement, and development. They will oversee the big picture of impact, people and resources and ensure effective decision-making and execution. To support this they will help improve and better embed an enabling infrastructure for effective team working, and the planning, execution and monitoring of our work and impact.

The COO will also have responsibility for talent management, helping to bring in, develop and retain world-class people. This is central to Global Canopy’s success as a knowledge and innovation-focused organisation, and the successful candidate will bring a coaching and mentoring-based approach to the role. The COO will be a seasoned organisational leader, who has a track record of success in a similar role, and a deep affinity for the creative and missiondriven character of Global Canopy. They will combine a facilitative style with a direct and strategic approach to decision-making and embedding more effective ways of working. They will have profound belief in our mission and will champion our organisational values. The COO will report to the Executive Director, working in close and complementary partnership with him, and with support from an Executive Assistant. The COO will play a key role in the organisation’s Leadership Team, Board engagement, and strategic groups, putting them at the heart of a vibrant and innovative organisation that plays a vital role in the fight against the climate and nature crisis.

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The Role: Responsibilities Organisational Management and Development (60%)

Enabling programmatic integration and impact (40%)

• Lead on overall organisational management and coordination, during a period of significant growth and opportunity in a fast-evolving market. • Set and oversee delivery of organisation-wide KPIs in line with our 5-year strategy; and maintain the right organisational structure, resourcing and skills as we grow. • Improve enabling infrastructure, processes & learning for highperformance delivery and organisational health. • Convene Leadership Team (LT) meetings including chairing. Lead priority-setting and delivery of LT annual plan. • Talent management and innovation to ensure effective recruitment, learning, performance, wellbeing and retention. • Business planning to effectively manage growth; including planning transition to greater funding mix, including growth of recurring income via data, metrics and expertise. • Improve foundations for effective and well-governed partnerships across all our areas of work. • Oversight of operations, including office and IT functions.

• Line management of functional leads, including Directors who have responsibility for key cross-cutting functions – including comms, engagement, data and development. • Improve and embed enabling infrastructure and processes for better planning, coordination, execution and monitoring of our work. Including oversight of organisational MEL processes (with dedicated support) to track and improve our impact. • Oversee the establishment and roll-out of standardised approaches to organisational MEL, ensuring the tools, processes and skills are in place to understand the impact of our work on the communities and people they support • Oversee strategic decision-making framework to systematically evaluate ideas, opportunities and needs; and act as organisational gatekeeper to keep focus on priorities and quality without overload. • Oversee annual planning and retreats.

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About you To be successful in this role, you will have a deep commitment to our mission and be highly-motivated to maximise our organisational effectiveness and impact. These are the skills and experience we will most be looking for: • You will be a seasoned senior leader and manager, with a proven track record in leading organisational change and innovation. • You will have the skills and judgement to increase rigour and excellence in our delivery, while protecting the agility and creativity through which have always characterised our best work. • You will be experienced in managing senior leaders, and have the skills to attract, develop and retain top talent while increasing our diversity and cohesion as a team. • You will be an open and effective communicator, providing a strong internally-focused leadership presence for the organisation.

Other key skills, experience and behavioural competencies: • Strong experience supporting and enabling influencing strategies within a knowledge-based organisation. • Business planning and business development expertise in the context of a non-profit with significant governmental donors, grant funding shared with partners and related accountability frameworks. • Strong board-level collaboration and reporting experience, including on risk management and compliance. • Relevant thematic experience, e.g on sustainability, climate change or international development. Specific experience on deforestation, natural capital, or data and metrics a plus. • Strong relevant networks, with access to new thinking and evolving best practice. • Strong leadership presence, modelling and championing leadership behaviours and organisational values. • Global outlook, having worked in diverse contexts and with people from different backgrounds and cultures. • Positive outlook. High emotional intelligence and a coaching and mentoring-based approach to management.

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Salary & benefits Salary Competitive

Pension Employer pension contribution of 5%.

Nature of contract Full time and permanent. We are a flexible employer and welcome candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Healthcare cashback plan Covering dental fees, eye-care, wellbeing, massages, physio, chiropody and much more – for you and any children.

Base Home-based until Covid-19 restrictions lift. Then at least one day a week in Global Canopy’s office in central Oxford, UK.

Employee Assistance Programme Which provides free, confidential advice on personal and legal matters.

Visa sponsorship We will sponsor a visa for applicants and dependents who do not currently have the right to work in the UK.

Other Huge range of discounts and cashback deals at gyms, restaurants, holidays, and much more.

Holidays 28 days holiday plus bank holidays and the option to buy up to the maximum of 5 additional days for a full time member of staff.

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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.

Impactful We learn from what works, hold ourselves and others accountable and work in collaboration with others.

Our organisational values help guide our ways of working and keep us accountable to these standards:

Inclusive We celebrate diversity, value teamwork and support individuals to fulfil their potential.

Entrepreneurial We develop bold new ideas to catalyse system wide change.

Clear We listen actively, think critically and communicate with clarity.

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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 on the job advert page, complete our online application form, and submit your CV and cover letter. Please provide a CV and cover letter in two different documents.

Selection process All candidates will be notified about the status of their applications within 14 days of the closing date. We advise candidates to add the role email to their safe senders list and regularly check their spam folder.

The cover letter should be no more than two pages long and explain why you are interested in this post and how your skills and experience make you a good fit. The documents should be saved in MS Word in the following format: Your First Name-Your Last Name-Document Name-Date (mmyyyy) e.g., Malika Cook-CV-072021Global-Canopy.

All correspondence should be directed to Oxford HR.

Timeline Closing Date: 31st August 2021. Early application is encouraged. We may close applications early if suitable candidates are identified. First Interviews: We endeavour to conduct interviews the week of 20th September 2021. Interviews will take place via video call. Equality statement At Global Canopy, diversity and inclusion is a strategic priority. You can read our diversity statement on the website. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and are committed to having a team with a diverse set of skills, experiences and abilities.

Queries If you have any queries on any aspect of the appointment process, need additional information, or would like to have an informal discussion about this role, please email globalcanopy@oxfordhr.co.uk in the first instance.

Please do not print this Candidate Pack, for a plain text version please click here. Global Canopy works on issues of global deforestation. We are particularly interested in strengthening our team to include those with a background from forest regions such as the Latin America and SE Asia. We would welcome applications from people from these regions.

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Organogram Global Canopy Trustees

Executive Director

COO

Executive Assistant

Policy Director, Trase Lead

Corporate Performance Lead

Naturerelated Finance Lead

Finance Director

Strategic Comms Director

Engagement Director

Development Director

Data Lead

Trase Team

Corporate Performance Team

TNFD & ENCORE Team

Accounts Team

Comms Team

Engagement Team

Development Team

Data Officer

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OXFORD

LONDON

AMSTERDAM

NAIROBI

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Three Tuns House, 109 Borough High Street, London SE1 1NL

Korte Schimmelstraat 12 1053 SZ Amsterdam

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United Kingdom

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+44 (0) 1865 985 457

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www.oxfordhr.co.uk | Company No. 6456325

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