Chief Executive Officer
About the Role
The Chief Executive Officer serves as the principal executive leader of EcoClimate Vision and is responsible for providing the vision, strategic direction, and leadership necessary to advance the organization’s mission across the Global South.
Working closely with the Chief Operating Officer, Core Team, and Advisory Board, the CEO leads organizational strategy, strengthens institutional capacity, develops strategic partnerships, supports resource mobilization, and ensures that EcoClimate Vision continues to grow as an impactful and accountable international climate organization.
The CEO also serves as a primary representative and spokesperson for EcoClimate Vision in engagements with governments, international organizations, donors, businesses, academic institutions, civil society organizations, communities, and other strategic stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership and Vision
Define and advance the strategic direction of EcoClimate Vision while ensuring that programs, partnerships, and organizational activities remain aligned with its mission and long term objectives.
Executive Leadership
Lead and support the Core Team, establish organizational priorities, promote accountability across departments, and work closely with the COO to translate strategy into effective operations.
Organizational Growth and Development
Identify opportunities to strengthen and expand EcoClimate Vision’s programs, country presence, partnerships, institutional capacity, and global impact.
Fundraising and Resource Mobilization
Work closely with the Grants, Development and Partnerships Department to strengthen the organization’s funding strategy, cultivate relationships with donors and partners, and support the development of competitive funding proposals.
Partnerships and External Relations
Build and maintain strategic relationships with governments, international organizations, NGOs, universities, businesses, foundations, community organizations, and other stakeholders.
Programs and Impact
Provide executive oversight of EcoClimate Vision’s climate education, information accessibility, policy advocacy, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience initiatives.
Governance and Accountability
Work closely with the Advisory Board to strengthen organizational governance, policies, financial sustainability, risk management, transparency, and accountability.
Representation and Advocacy
Represent EcoClimate Vision at conferences, webinars, meetings, media engagements, and other national and international platforms while advocating for meaningful climate action and the priorities of communities across the Global South.
Commitment
This is currently a voluntary executive leadership position requiring an expected commitment of approximately 8 to 12 hours per week, with flexibility depending on organizational priorities and activities.
The CEO is expected to participate consistently in leadership meetings, strategic planning, partnership development, fundraising, organizational oversight, and major EcoClimate Vision activities.
The position requires a strong commitment to actively leading the organization rather than serving in a title only capacity.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate should demonstrate strong leadership and a genuine commitment to climate action and sustainable development.
Relevant experience or demonstrated ability in areas such as nonprofit leadership, climate change, environmental sustainability, international development, public policy, entrepreneurship, organizational management, fundraising, or partnership development is highly desirable.
The candidate should possess strong communication, strategic thinking, relationship building, decision making, and team leadership skills and be comfortable working with diverse teams across countries and cultures.
Performance Expectations
Performance will be assessed against agreed organizational priorities, which may include strengthening organizational governance, developing strategic partnerships, mobilizing resources, improving departmental performance, expanding programs, strengthening country operations, increasing organizational visibility, and demonstrating measurable climate and community impact.
Specific priorities and performance targets may be established annually and reviewed periodically with the Advisory Board.
Compensation and Growth
The CEO position is currently voluntary and unpaid.
EcoClimate Vision is committed to transitioning the position to a compensated role as the organization develops sufficient and sustainable financial resources.
Future compensation may be supported through approved organizational budgets, eligible personnel costs within funded projects and grants, unrestricted funding, or other appropriate organizational resources.
As EcoClimate Vision grows, the CEO may also become eligible for performance based compensation tied to predetermined organizational goals and overall performance. Compensation will not be calculated as a percentage of grants, donations, or funds raised.
Any future executive compensation will be subject to appropriate governance approval and the financial capacity of EcoClimate Vision.
Term and Accountability
The CEO is accountable to the Advisory Board for the overall leadership and performance of EcoClimate Vision and works closely with the COO and Department Directors in managing the organization.
Performance and continued appointment should be periodically reviewed to ensure that leadership remains aligned with EcoClimate Vision’s mission, values, strategic priorities, and expectations.
Who Should Consider This Role?
This opportunity is suited for a purpose driven leader who wants to help build and scale an international climate organization, is comfortable working in a growing nonprofit environment, and is motivated by the opportunity to create meaningful impact across the Global South.
The ideal candidate should be prepared to build, lead, mobilize, and execute, not simply occupy an executive title.
