Professional Officer: Urban Systems Fundraising and Partnerships

The successful candidate must have a proven track record of writing successful grant proposals and building mutually beneficial partnerships. They should have strong interest in urban development, economics, systems thinking, socio-technical systems, and working at the city and city-region level, while also being able to effectively and creatively communicate technical subjects to diverse audiences. Experience … Continued

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The successful candidate must have a proven track record of writing successful grant proposals and building mutually beneficial partnerships. They should have strong interest in urban development, economics, systems thinking, socio-technical systems, and working at the city and city-region level, while also being able to effectively and creatively communicate technical subjects to diverse audiences. Experience and interest in the following areas is required:

  • Proposal writing
  • Organisational skills and attention to administrative detail
  • Facilitation and consensus building
  • African Urbanisation Trends & Urban strategies; Sustainable Cities
  • Systems thinking and Systems approaches
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Advocating for accelerated action at COP28

Our cities and regions across the continent are gearing up to make their voices heard loud and clear at COP28, through a range of interventions, stressing the urgent need to scale up a rigorous all-of-economy, all-of-society approach which leads to urgent and significant climate action this decade.