Administration Officer: Leading the Charge in Zero Emission Freight
Administration Officer: Leading the Charge in Zero Emission Freight
C40 is a global network of nearly 100 mayors from the world’s leading cities, who are committed to delivering urgent action to confront the climate crisis and create a sustainable future for all. The organization aims to limit global heating to 1.5°C and build healthy, equitable, and resilient communities using a science-based and people-focused approach.
The C40 team comprises over 350 staff members with offices in London, New York, Joburg, Singapore, Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, Copenhagen, Beijing, and Paris. The Office of the Chair is based in London, and the strategic direction of the organization is determined by an elected Steering Committee of C40 mayors, chaired by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
The C40 Board of Directors, responsible for operational oversight, is chaired by the three-term Mayor of New York City, Michael R. Bloomberg, who serves as the President. The day-to-day management of C40 is led by a nine-person management team, headed by Executive Director, Mark Watts. The three core strategic funders of C40 are Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), and Realdania.
C40 is committed to promoting equity and diversity and creating an inclusive working environment for everyone. The organization believes that having a diverse workforce ensures better decision-making and leads to better outcomes in the work they do. C40 welcomes applicants who are diverse in terms of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective.
C40’s Climate Solutions and Networks (CSN) team oversees six program areas focused on priority climate action sectors and interventions: Energy and Buildings; Transportation; Urban Planning; Food and Waste; Air Quality; and Climate Resilience. The CSN team also supports cities to deliver on the mayoral commitments made through C40’s accelerators, including the Green & Healthy Streets Accelerator, the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Accelerator, and the Towards Zero Waste Accelerator.
The Transportation Programme supports the creation of compact and connected cities and the reduction of emissions from the transportation sector. The program helps cities reduce the need for journeys through compact, connected planning, shift journeys to low-carbon modes of transport such as public transport, walking, and cycling, improve the efficiency of public and private fleets by transitioning to zero-emission vehicles, and adapt and make transport infrastructure more resilient so it meets the needs of a changing climate.
The Zero Emission Freight program supports cities to improve public health and reduce climate pollution by accelerating the uptake of zero-emission freight vehicles and systems and the deployment of necessary infrastructure that supports the decarbonization of the freight sector.
The Zero Emission Freight Administration Officer is a new role that will support the Zero Emission Freight team with day-to-day administrative and coordinating functions for the Zero Emission Freight/ The Climate Pledge project. The post holder will support the delivery of the Zero Emission Freight program with various administration functions.
