Job description

This is a remote position.

About Climate Collective:

Climate Collective is an India-based non-profit, focused on empowering entrepreneurs focused on climate change and the circular economy throughout the Global South.

Over the years, Climate Collective has grown to become the largest Climate Tech startup support platform in South Asia (and soon, expanding across the Global South). We run market accelerators, facilitate capital through our platforms, provide ecosystem tools and services and community support. Please view our company page on LinkedIn and our website for more information.

About the ‘Impact Assessment Vertical’ at Climate Collective:

We have a large climate tech startup portfolio, and we support them in measuring and reporting their climate impact to investors and clients. We have developed a Climate Metrics Guide for Small and Growing Businesses in partnership with the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE). We have developed easy-to-use climate mitigation as well and adaptation and resilience-focused impact measurement tools in partnership with Habitat for Humanity's Terwilliger Centre ,the ASAP Accelerator project and WWF Climate Solver Project.

We are looking for a Business Development Executive for our Climate Assessment Vertical. The role would involve identifying new business opportunities, fostering partnerships, and developing strategies for growing and expanding our Impact initiatives.

You can be located anywhere in India, as the position is remote.
However, travel is required for attending business meetings and mandatory company retreats (every 4-6 months

Job Description:

As a business development executive, your primary role will be to identify, onboard and manage new partners for the Impact Vertical, such as foundations, DFIs and Corporate CSRs

Strengthening the Impact team through systems building and hiring

This role requires strong management experience and ability to take on a leadership role, business development skills, ability to communicate clearly and consistently, and an inherent and natural interest in working with people.

Most importantly (and especially since we're a distributed team), we like people who are entrepreneurial, and intrinsically motivated about working with climate tech startups.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience:

Minimum of 6-8 years of relevant experience in business development, strategizing and project management
Proven experience in business development, sales, or a related role, preferably within the sustainability sector
Ability to build and maintain strong client and partner relationships
Effective communication for project coordination and stakeholder management with international clients, partners and collaborators
Prior knowledge and understanding of climate tech, sustainability and the startup ecosystem would be considered as a bonus
Understanding/ experience in ESG and Impact assessment would be a plus
Bachelor's/ Master's degree in Environmental Science, Sustainability, Business Administration, or a related field
Needless to say, you should have excellent skills in Excel, Word and PowerPoint, and a general appreciation for systems & productivity tools (we use Click Up, Slack and a few others).

Benefits

Benefits

Compensation will be based on candidate’s experience and expertise, and competitively bench-marked to market levels in the development sector in India.

Other additional benefits include:

Freedom to chart a career development path by building skills in multiple roles
Opportunity to customize your own role in the Collective that also fits our mission.
Flexibility to work remotely, with retreats to interact with the rest of the team
Health insurance coverage, after completion of probation period