Assistant to Director-General, Public-Private Cooperation

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is the world’s newest international organization.  Headquartered in Seoul, it is a new kind of international organization – interdisciplinary, multistakeholder and driven by the priorities of emerging and developing economies – established by an initial group of eighteen governments pursuant to a treaty signed at the United Nations Rio+20 conference in June 2012. 

GGGI is dedicated to helping government and industry pioneer and diffuse a new model of economic growth, known as “green growth,” that integrates strong economic and environmental performance in such areas as poverty reduction, job creation and social inclusion as well as mitigation and adaptation to climate change, biodiversity loss and energy and water security.  Its approach is particularly suited to developing countries, because it starts from the premise that growth is an essential ingredient in economic and human development.

GGGI’s theory of change leads it to focus on three major outcomes:  adoption and implementation of analytically rigorous green growth plans that form the core of national and provincial economic development strategies in emerging and developing economies; research which builds a strong theoretical and empirical basis for green growth, while providing concrete options and guidance for policymakers; and public-private partnerships that enable the scaling of resource-efficient investment, innovation and practice in key industry sectors as well as the engagement of companies in the implementation of national and subnational green growth plans.

GGGI is already providing technical and capacity building support to over a dozen governments which are seeking to capitalize on the potential co-benefits of strong socioeconomic and environmental progress as well as gain better access to the public and private finance and technology that can help place their economies on a more sustainable and resilient development pathway.  It has launched several cutting-edge research and public-private partnerships with leading international institutions.  The organization’s strategic plan envisions considerable growth over the next three years.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The post holder will provide executive level direction and management of GGGI’s public-private partnership activities as well as its broader engagement of private sector competencies and resources, including in the crucial areas of finance and technology.  He or she will report directly to the Director-General and work with him and other senior management to set and deliver the organization’s intellectual and project delivery agenda. The role will include:

• Responsibility for developing and managing the organization’s portfolio of high-impact public-private partnership initiatives;
• Responsibility for guiding the organization’s strategic partnership with the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF), including through the framing and follow-through of the content of the partnership;
• Responsibility for developing, in cooperation with the Chief Economist and Green Growth Planning and Implementation department, engagement of international and domestic providers of finance and technology in the implementation of green growth plans adopted by developing and emerging economy governments with GGGI’s support;
• Contributing to the strategic planning and implementation of the organization’s research portfolio;
• Engaging a community of leading companies in the mission and activities of the organizations, including through contributions of expertise, project leadership and resources;
• Participating in GGGI’s Management Committee and thereby sharing a collective sense of responsibility for the effective, integrated management of the entire organization.

The successful candidate will be educated to Masters level (or equivalent) and highly experienced in catalyzing and leading partnerships that engage the private sector with multilateral, bilateral and non-governmental organizations in the areas of international development and/or environmental cooperation. He or she will also have a track record in motivating cross-cultural teams in the delivery of high-quality outputs; providing timely and reliable counsel and support to senior executives or policymakers; and working collegially and flexibly in an international environment.  Experience working with the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark is a plus, as is a track record of management in an international organization with satellite offices.  The job will entail considerable travel, including among the organization’s Seoul headquarters and its satellite offices in Copenhagen, London and Abu Dhabi. 

Other requirements and desirable attributes include:

• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Language skills in anotherlanguage is highly desirable
• Experience in developing countries
• Experience in the private sector
• Experience in the management of partnership and donor relationships with international organizations, governments, companies and foundations
• Event management experience

You will be expected to perform at the highest levels within a globally integrated organization that aspires to combine the results-orientation and entrepreneurship of the best private and non-governmental organizations with the transparency and accountability of the best public institutions.  The appointee will measure his/her success by results and have the resilience and maturity to manage internal relationships in a rapidly growing and ever changing organization.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested applicants should apply by 21 December 2012 to: recruiting@gggi.org(including position number in subject line is a MUST). GGGI will only contact candidates with whom GGGI wants to have further discussions. For more information on GGGI, please visit our website at www.gggi.org.