Senior Advisor, GCF Pipeline and Capture Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Co-lead the agency role for GCF, FRLD, and GEF alongside the CFSU director.

• Direct the intelligence collection and analysis of strategic priorities, programming directions, investment trends, country opportunities, and funding prospects.

• Oversee and sustain CRS' global GCF pipeline, which includes capture plans, opportunity identification, prioritization, sequencing, and readiness for upcoming GCF Board submission periods.

• Identify risks, bottlenecks, dependencies, and staffing shortages in the pipeline, escalating decisions to the relevant leadership.

• Collaborate with country programs, regional teams, GREM, PIQA, and CFSU colleagues to clarify the progression from initial project ideas through concept notes and funding proposals.

• Define roles and responsibilities among regional focal points, proposal coordinators, technical leads, country programs, reviewers, CFSU, and contributing teams.

• Fill positions both internally and externally, and onboard CRS staff and consultants involved in the pipeline.

• Create structured learning captures from GCF engagements and document insights from pitches, concept notes, funding proposals, reviews, and external interactions.

• Maintain resources such as Climate Funds 101, GCF Donor 101, review guidance, value proposition tools, capture templates, pipeline dashboards, role dashboards, and proposal tools and templates.

• Establish feedback mechanisms with country programs, coordinators, technical leads, reviewers, and leadership.

• Develop and manage consultant rosters for writers, proposal coordinators, technical specialists, economists, financial experts, safeguards specialists, and other key functions.

• Keep communication lines open with leadership and colleagues regarding pipeline status, decisions, resource needs, and emerging issues.

• Represent the pipeline perspective in internal planning and coordination discussions.

• Facilitate engagement with GCF regional teams, NDAs, partners, and peer organizations.

• Maintain external networks and represent CRS in interactions with peer organizations, technical experts, consultants, and Climate Fund technical staff.

• Provide supervisory leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in climate change, environmental sustainability, international development, business development, international relations, or a related discipline.

• 10 years of relevant experience in international development, climate finance, institutional fundraising, capture management, proposal management, or related business development functions.

• Proven experience with institutional climate funding sources, including the GCF.

• Familiarity with other multilateral climate funds, development finance institutions, bilateral donors, foundations, or corporate climate funding is preferred.

• Strong record in donor intelligence, capture planning, pipeline management, proposal governance, and coordination among diverse technical and operational stakeholders.

• Demonstrated experience in developing practical tools, guidance, templates, and standardized processes, as well as improving them through user feedback and organizational learning.

• Experience managing consultant rosters, creating scopes of work or job descriptions, vetting candidates, and deploying external expertise to meet proposal needs.

• Comprehensive understanding of GCF investment criteria, country ownership, proposal stages, review requirements, and the roles needed to develop Concept Notes and Funding Proposals.

• Proficient in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Web Conferencing Tools.

• Proven experience in transferring knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring, and various formal and informal methods.

• Excellent writing, synthesis, facilitation, judgment, interpersonal communication, negotiation, and representation skills.

• Strategic and analytical thinker; strong process leadership; ability to create clarity across complex, multi-team workflows.

• Ability to enhance the capacity of colleagues and partners through practical guidance, coaching, and learning processes.

• Capability to manage competing priorities, identify risks early, and facilitate decision-making resolution.

• Strong commitment to collaboration, continuous improvement, and maintaining usable institutional knowledge.

• Oral and written fluency in English is essential.

• Must be willing and able to travel 25% of the time.

• Must be legally authorized to work where the position is located.

• A Master's degree is preferred but not required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Generous retirement savings plan.

• Collaborative, mission-driven work culture.

• Opportunities for professional development through training, mentoring, coaching, and learning processes.

• Remote work arrangement.