Strategic Partnerships Manager, Asia

Job Description

Climate Arc (Arc) is a philanthropic-funded nonprofit organization working to accelerate climate action by unlocking the private capital needed to meet global climate targets. We ensure that financial decision-makers have the tools, data, and skillsets needed to direct capital to the right solutions at speed and scale. Arc implements its strategy through grantmaking and proprietary products and programs delivered by our in-house capability. 

About the opportunity 

Arc’s strategic outputs of climate transition pathways, corporate analysis, and human capacity building are principally geared toward financial decisions. These outputs form a powerful toolkit for the entire ecosystem of actors working to address climate issues. Our activities are rooted in dynamic collaboration with key stakeholders to advance opportunities for financial decision makers across corporates, financial institutions, governments and civil society. 

Arc is now hiring a Strategic Partnerships Manager with a focus on Asia. This newly created role will build and foster relationships with key partners across the region – including India, Indonesia, Singapore, China and Japan - particularly philanthropic and regranting organizations, NGOs, alliances, and coalitions working in climate finance. You will be responsible for driving impactful collaborations and amplifying Arc’s mission by leveraging your expertise in stakeholder engagement to build relationships with key regional and local institutions. 

The Strategic Partnerships Manager will serve as a central focal point for engagement with these organizations while working closely with internal teams who manage relationships with grantees, commercial entities, and Arc’s funders. 

What you will be doing: 

• Conduct stakeholder mapping, research, and analysis specific to Asia, to identify strategies for effective engagement with regional organizations. 

• Build and manage relationships with philanthropic and regranting organizations, NGOs, and coalitions across Asia that are key to Arc’s goals. 

• Use your knowledge of local markets to engage with key regional players, including delivering presentations, fostering dialogue, and managing communications. 

• Keep up to date with partners’ initiatives in Asia and identify synergies with Arc’s work to scale impact. 

• Collaborate with internal subject matter experts to answer technical queries from partners and stakeholders in the region. 

• Lead meetings with partners and Arc colleagues to align on goals, track progress, and address challenges. 

• Support the formalization of partnerships, including MOUs and agreements. 
• Monitor the impact of relationships in the region and provide regular briefings for leadership while addressing challenges to align stakeholders’ interests. ns

Requirements

The ideal candidate has:

Required: 

• Proven experience creating and managing partnerships in Asia, particularly with philanthropic institutions and NGOs. 

• Knowledge and understanding of the global and Asian climate finance ecosystem or climate change-related discipline. 

• Exceptional relationship management and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage credibly with senior stakeholders. 

• Exceptional communication, presentation, negotiation and influencing skills.  

• English language fluency, both written and spoken. 

Desirable: 

• Fluency in one or more local languages. Mandarin is advantageous. 

• Existing relationships within Asian financial institutions, NGOs, or relevant coalitions aligned with Arc’s strategic pillars. 

• Experience in a similar role within an NGO, philanthropic organization, financial institution or consultancy. 

• Familiarity with regional trends in climate finance and sustainability initiatives in Asia including policy and regulation shifts. 

Benefits

Climate Arc currently offers the following for UK staff:

• 36 days' holiday including public holidays (fully flexible)
• Private medical & dental cover for you and your dependents
• Life assurance 4x basic salary (where available)
• 9% company pension contribution
• Enhanced family pay and leave policies
• Professional development program
• Professional membership paid (if applicable)
• Nomad working policy including allowance up to €250/year
  

As well as the tangible items above, we are building a culture of trust and collaboration where we have confidence our team members will get the job done and meet the deadlines and expectations of their roles.

Location

For this role we can offer a remote first working option and are open to locations across the UK and Europe.

Remuneration

Depending on location experience and demonstrated capability, the salary range for this role is £50,000-£70,000. If the successful candidate is based outside of the UK, local benchmarking will be conducted to determine salary based on Arc's Reward Framework.

To apply

Please complete the Application Form including attaching an up-to-date CV as well as a Cover Letter (both in English) outlining how your skills and experience align with the above requirements and what motivates you to work with Climate Arc in this particular role.

We intend to close the advert for this role on Friday 28th February but depending on the level of response we may close it prior, so we encourage you to submit your application sooner than later.

The application and assessment process will involve the following:

• Application review (applications that do not include a full cover letter will not be considered)
• 1st round interview: Recruiting Manager (30 to 45 minute MS Teams video call)
• Offline task (2-3 hours)
• Formal interview (in person or MS Teams) with the Hiring Manager and panel (1 hour)
• Additional interviews as required