<p>Visit Earth Exponential NOW, the India Climate Collaborative's platform that brings funders and non-profits together to scale India's homegrown climate solutions: https://www.earthexponential.org/ The India Climate Collaborative is a first-of-its kind, India-focused collaborative that seeks to direct funding and visibility towards climate action in India. The ICC is incubated by the Tata Trusts, and legally registered as the Council of Philanthropies for Climate Action.</p>

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Uniting funders and non-profits to scale India's climate solutions.

<div><b>About us:</b></div><div>The India Climate Collaborative (ICC), founded in 2020 by philanthropists  and industry leaders, is a first-of-its-kind collaborative operating at the intersection of  climate and philanthropy in India. Our vision is to build a low-carbon, resilient India for  the benefit of its people and natural environment. We do this by unlocking philanthropic  capital, identifying catalytic climate priorities, and creating a connective infrastructure  for impactful funding. We work in partnership with a diverse array of stakeholders,  including government agencies, businesses, non-profits, academic institutions, think  tanks, and other philanthropic organisations. We were founded by some of India's pre eminent corporate and philanthropic leaders, including Rohini Nilekani, Ratan Tata,  Anand Mahindra, Nadir Godrej, and others.    </div><div><b>Our team</b> is a small, tight‐knit group driven by a shared passion for achieving the ICC’s  mission and vision. An ideal addition to our team is a self-starter, always willing to roll  up their sleeves and get stuff done. We prefer candidates with a good eye for detail,  commitment to a high quality of output, and a team-centric mindset.</div><div><b>Role:</b></div><div>ICC aims to deepen and expand our role as an ecosystem connector, convenor  and enabler for supporting and strengthening India’s climate leadership position in the  global climate discourse – one that is aligned with India’s ambitious climate targets and  development priorities, and that continues to amplify the voice of the global south with  respect to the means of implementation required for India and other developing  countries to meet our climate goals. To operationalise these objectives, the ICC is  looking for a Senior Consultant to coordinate Indian civil society and philanthropy to take  ownership of the climate mandate, strengthen participation of Indian climate actors at  global platforms including UNFCCC COPs, and facilitate cross-learning and  collaboration opportunities between India and other global south countries.   The individual will report to the Lead – Global Coordination and is expected to support  on program planning, management and delivery, as well as partnership building and  stakeholder management.</div><br><br><h3>Key responsibilities include:</h3><ul><li>Driving and managing program implementation, overseeing the day-to-day  operations of the program including budget management and reporting, and  monitoring progress towards program goals and milestones.  </li><li>Building knowledge on important climate policy developments, processes and  progress at both the national and international levels and disseminating this  knowledge with relevant internal and external stakeholders.  </li><li>Developing strategies to engage the Indian climate community and showcase  India’s leadership at global fora, including leveraging key networks and  platforms to design relevant engagement opportunities such as roundtables,  convenings, bilateral or multilateral exchanges.  </li><li>Managing high-functioning events including planning, organising and  implementing domestic and international convenings, including events logistics,  and operations.  </li><li>Managing partnerships with diverse stakeholders – including Indian and global  south donors, think tanks, experts, grantee partners, consultants and vendors  for effective program delivery.  </li><li>Identifying and building new partnerships and designing and implementing new  initiatives to meet program objectives.  </li><li>Working cross-functionally with teams across the organisation to coordinate  and collaborate on synergistic and complementary efforts.  </li><li>Proactively balancing competing priorities, anticipate upcoming needs and  tasks to ensure that deadlines are met. </li></ul><h3>Requirements:</h3><ul><li>10 plus years of relevant work experience in the climate sector, across not for  profits, consulting, or international development.   </li><li>Nuanced understanding of climate issues, climate policies and strong familiarity  with national and international climate organisations and processes.</li><li>Experience in planning, curating, designing and execution of strategic events and  convenings.</li><li>Effective communication skills (both written and verbal). Demonstrated  experience in working on high-quality deliverables and outputs like project  reports, strategic presentations and sectoral analysis.</li><li>Excellent interpersonal skills, and experience in partner management, and  building relationships with diverse stakeholders.  </li><li>Strong problem solving, analytical and time-management skills, with an ability to  manage competing deadlines and parallel work streams.  </li><li>Be able to work well independently with limited supervision, with high levels of  motivation.  </li><li>Be able to demonstrate ability to use MS Office Suite (MS Word, MS Excel, MS  PowerPoint) and cloud solutions such as One Drive, and SharePoint.</li><li>Willingness to travel both domestic and international.</li></ul><h3>Additional criteria (preferred, not mandatory): </h3><ul><li>Existing networks with domestic and international organisations engaged in  climate action. </li><li>Experience working in domestic (and preferably international) climate policy </li></ul><h3>What we offer: </h3><ul><li>Working with the leading minds on climate change across philanthropy,  research institutions, government and implementing organisations, as part of  India’s climate movement.  </li><li>Growth and exposure in a quickly growing start-up organization, with a young  team committed to professional development. </li><li>Opportunity to institute best practices, and develop ICC traditions, and be part  of building the experience of working at the organisation.  </li><li>A competitive salary based on industry standards. </li></ul><br><div>Terms of employment: Consultant</div><div>Location: Delhi </div><div><br></div><div><br></div>

Senior Consultant - Global South Cooperation

<div><b style="font-size:11pt;">About the ICC</b></div><div><b style="font-size:11pt;"> </b></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">The India Climate Collaborative (ICC) was established in 2020 to coordinate and support Indian philanthropists scaling corporate and family philanthropy in India for climate impact. We unlock philanthropic capital, identify catalytic climate priorities, and create connective infrastructure. We were founded by some of India's pre-eminent corporate and philanthropic leaders, including Rohini Nilekani, Ratan Tata, Anand Mahindra, Nadir Godrej, and others. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Among other donor typologies, the ICC aims to empower and cultivate climate leaders among high net-worth individuals in India. The role of ICC is to direct funds towards those climate priorities that are aligned with India’s ambitious mitigation targets, development goals and to advocate for accelerated climate funding and more integrated action. The ICC plays the role of an advisor to these Climate Leaders, it does not charge its services, nor does it pool grant capital – the funds flow directly from philanthropists to climate solutions and organisations. </span></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size:11pt;">Senior Philanthropy Advisor</b></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">The Senior Philanthropy Advisor is a key member of the Development team and is responsible for guiding and advising philanthropists. These strategic advisors proactively help bring new donors to climate, and once they are interested, help engage them while building strategies to support their giving at the speed and scale the climate sector needs. They will have to manage high and ultra-high-net-worth individuals while working in close partnership with the climate intelligence team within the ICC to guide where their funding should flow. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">The Senior Philanthropy Advisor must be passionate about the impactful role that philanthropy can have on one of the most critical issues of our time. Operating as a credible champion for the climate sector and a trusted advisor to philanthropists, the Senior Philanthropy Advisor will be working to move millions into climate action in India in the coming years. To be successful, candidates must understand how donors operate, how to build relationships with them that are authentic, and how to spur them into action with the speed and scale this issue requires through engagement, learning, listening, and advising.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">The ideal Senior Philanthropy Advisor has a background in fundraising and has done a significant amount of partnership and HNI or donor advisory work in the past. They will report to, and work in close partnership with the Director, Development to determine how to build a cohort of highly committed and passionate Climate Leaders who are ready to give significant philanthropic capital to catalytic, systems-oriented climate action. </span></div><br><br><h3>Specific Responsibilities Include</h3><ul><li>Develop strategies to engage new donors for funding climate solutions, including evaluating key networks and other options for helping families of means recognize the importance of climate and begin to engage. </li><li>Manage a portfolio of 4–6 donors, developing tailored action plans or roadmaps that align with their goals and insights gathered from engagement touchpoints. Identify strategic funding opportunities and design a targeted approach for sourcing climate solutions across key priority areas, ultimately facilitating the deployment of grant capital toward high-impact climate initiatives.</li><li>Act as a fundraising partner to Director - Development in support of managing major donors. </li><li>Gather data, assess prospects, and develop strategies designed to realize the current and lifetime giving potential of prospective donors. </li><li>Collaborate with climate intelligence colleagues to identify fundable opportunities for philanthropists and attract multi-interest donors through multi-solution projects. Work alongside climate teams to develop compelling proposals, concept notes, and stewardship reports that effectively communicate the impact of these opportunities in clear and engaging narratives.</li><li>Serve as an active member of the development team; support the implementation of the development team’s short- and long-term objectives; set strategies annually to meet yearly and five-year goals; iterate based on learnings.</li><li>Work cross-functionally to develop content and strategy for philanthropy-focused events and experiences to find and engage new donors for climate.</li><li>Develop and manage materials to support engagement, including tailored tools for new philanthropists, presentations, concept notes, meetings, portfolio materials, and special events.</li><li>Support assigned philanthropists through a process of learning from the first gift to fully scaled giving for climate. This could include designing learning sessions, portfolio creation, connection to peer ambassadors, and helping determine first criteria or other touchpoints as needed.</li><li>Support philanthropists' long-term commitment to climate philanthropy and maintain ICC's professional relationships and visibility with key donor and partner NGO networks; mobilize these networks to identify new donors for climate and scale their giving.</li><li>Represent ICC at strategic convenings to cultivate funding opportunities and strategic partnerships. </li><li>Support programmatic teams and leadership to understand the qualifications required in specific funding opportunities, and collaborate with core operating units as they develop systems, controls, and processes to manage restricted funding according to donor requirements</li></ul><h3>Skills and Experience:</h3><ul><li><b>15+ years</b> of experience in fundraising or donor advising, with a strong track record in engaging top executives.</li><li>Expertise in principal development work or donor advising is critical for this role. Proven success in cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding seven-figure gifts from philanthropists, especially ultra-high-net-worth donors. </li><li>Strong <b>relationship-building</b> and convening skills to engage CSO partners, ICC team members, and the broader ecosystem.</li><li>Excellent <b>written and verbal communication</b>, with a persuasive and strategic approach.</li><li>Strategic mindset with the ability to read between the lines, translating priorities into operational reality.</li><li>Experience with fundraising strategies, and corporate sales is a plus.</li><li>Background in <b>climate, for-profit, or investment sectors</b> is desirable.</li><li>Adaptable in a dynamic funding environment with a positive, solutions-oriented mindset.</li><li>Willingness to travel up to <b>25%</b> as needed.</li></ul><h3>Personal Traits and Competencies:</h3><ul><li>Able to influence without power, advance complex strategies with agility. </li><li>Collaborative and respectful, but unafraid to take decisions.  </li><li>High emotional intelligence, and the ability to approach difficult conversations with grace. </li><li>Patience and a strong learning mindset, while encouraging that in others.  </li><li>Strong work ethic, intellectual curiosity and a sense of humour. </li><li>Is deeply mission driven and passionate about climate action. </li><li>Loves to build and embraces ambiguity</li></ul><br><div><b>Terms of employment: </b>Consultant</div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>Location: </b>Mumbai/Bengaluru/Delhi </div><div><br></div><div><b>Timeline</b></div><div>Prospective candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, and will be interviewed on a rolling basis. Due to the small capacity of our team, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.</div><div> </div><div>The India Climate Collaborative, registered as the Council of Philanthropies for Climate Action, is an equal opportunity employer.</div>

Senior Philanthropy Advisor

<div><b>About us </b></div><div>The India Climate Collaborative (ICC), registered as ‘Council of Philanthropies for Climate Action’ (CPCA), is a collective working to identify critical sectors that need investment, drive funding towards climate solutions, and enable private and corporate philanthropy to engage more effectively with climate action. We work closely with the climate ecosystem, including research organisations, implementers, government stakeholders, businesses, and more, as well as engage with our domestic and international donor base to ensure that funding flows towards high-impact climate solutions. We were founded by some of India's pre-eminent corporate and philanthropic leaders, including Rohini Nilekani, Ratan Tata, Anand Mahindra, Nadir Godrej, and others.</div><div> </div><div><b>Our team </b>is a small, tight‐knit group driven by a shared passion for achieving the ICC’s mission and vision. An ideal addition to our team is a self-starter, always willing to roll up their sleeves and get stuff done. We prefer candidates with a good eye for detail, commitment to a high quality of output, and a team-centric mindset.</div><div> </div><div><b>Role </b></div><div>The ICC seeks an Associate to support sourcing and curation of climate solutions for philanthropy (private and corporate philanthropy). As part of our CSR initiatives through a platform called Earth Exponential, we simplify the climate ecosystem for funders by connecting them with vetted non-profits implementing climate solutions. Our role is to surface projects with the right climate lens and facilitate meaningful funding opportunities.</div><div>We are looking for a climate generalist with a strong interest and/or experience in working with grassroots partners or non-profits on implementation, and in undertaking a systems-level approach to addressing climate change. They should have experience with project management and impact measurement, be interested in strategizing and creating programme-level processes, enjoy working with people and building relationships across the ecosystem, and have an interest in capacity-building and fundraising.</div><div>Reporting to the to the <b>Lead – Climate Solutions &amp; Corporate Philanthropy</b></div><br><br><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Building an understanding and perspective on climate issues to inform strategy and direction for climate solutions work for the ICC</li><li>Support in building a project curation strategy for philanthropy (corporate &amp; private), and sourcing new projects based on an understanding of the climate sector in India</li><li>Supporting the evaluation of high impact climate solutions based on a dynamic set of selection criteria for shortlisting projects </li><li>Supporting solution providers (CSO/NGO/Think Tanks, etc.) for preparing proposals, pitches, decks for submission/presentations to funders</li><li>Maintaining a database of solution providers and regular updation to keep the proposals and potential solutions up to date </li><li>Support internal mapping of potential projects based on funder priorities, and India’s need-based priorities/INDCs</li><li>Building and maintaining high-trust relationships with solution-providers, and managing relationships with key influential technical, capacity-building, and outreach partners in the climate as well as development ecosystems</li><li>Coordination with NGO/CSO for project implementation and regular reporting, monitoring &amp; evaluation</li><li>Building knowledge and understanding around climate solutions in India with a range of different stakeholders, as well as supporting public outreach for the ICC</li><li>Supporting the facilitation of capacity building efforts for stakeholders on the platform, such as workshops, training sessions, and learning exchanges</li><li>Supporting fundraising efforts by joining calls or meetings with the fundraising team to represent the projects and solutions appropriately to potential donors</li><li>Providing additional expertise and support for other sectoral initiatives at the organization as and when needed</li><li>Liaising with the team for cross-functional support and external stakeholders or vendors to ensure processes such as due diligence, and website development are efficient and thorough</li></ul><h3>Requirements</h3><ul><li>3-4 years of experience in project implementation at a non-profit, with strong understanding of the development ecosystem in India</li><li>Bachelors/Master’s degree in the field of climate change, environmental science, public policy, international relations and/or related fields with at least 2 years of relevant work in the climate sector</li><li>Basic understanding of domestic corporate philanthropy</li><li>Strong inter personal skills, and experience in partnership management</li><li>Comfortable working with minimum supervision, and capable of building strategies</li><li>A demonstrated record of effective communication(both written and verbal)</li><li>Ability to manage deadlines, process information from multiple sources, and compile and articulate in a presentable manner</li><li>A self-starter</li><li>Passionate about climate action and ICC’s theory of change</li></ul><h3>What we Offer</h3><ul><li>Working with the leading minds on climate change across philanthropy, research institutions, government and implementing organisations, as part of India’s climate movement</li><li>Growth and exposure in a quickly growing start-up organization, with a young team committed to professional development</li><li>Opportunity to institute best practices, and develop ICC traditions, and be part of building the experience of working at the organisation.</li><li>A competitive salary based on industry standards</li></ul><br><div><b>Terms of employment</b></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>Location: </b>Mumbai</div><div><br></div><div><b>Timeline</b></div><div>Prospective candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, and will be interviewed on a rolling basis. Due to the small capacity of our team, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.</div><div> </div><div>The India Climate Collaborative, registered as the Council of Philanthropies for Climate Action, is an equal opportunity employer.</div>

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