Advisor Sr, GCF Pipeline and Capture Lead (US Only)

Catholic Relief Services | CRS•United States,

9h•$96,113 - $117,498•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Advisor, GCF Pipeline and Capture Lead will lead the development and advancement of CRS' global Green Climate Fund (GCF) pipeline, from early opportunity identification and country positioning through concept note and full funding proposal readiness and submission. The role provides enterprise leadership for donor intelligence, capture management, pipeline governance, proposal review processes, resource planning, and organizational learning. It ensures that country programs and proposal teams have the tools, guidance, staffing structures, and decision-making processes required to systematically advance a focused, competitive, and well-managed GCF pipeline. While the main focus of this role is on GCF, the role will also focus on possible opportunities across other Climate funds and present to the unit Director the possible positioning and resources which need to be allocated beyond GCF.

Requirements

Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and Web Conferencing Applications
Demonstrated experience transferring knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring, and other formal and informal methods
Excellent writing, synthesis, facilitation, and judgment, with the ability to turn complex information into clear decisions, responsibilities, and next steps.
Strategic and analytical thinking, with the ability to connect donor intelligence, organizational capabilities, country priorities, and pipeline decisions.
Strong process leadership and the ability to create clarity across complex, multi-team workflows.
Excellent interpersonal communication, negotiation, facilitation, and representation skills.
Ability to build the capacity of colleagues and partners through practical guidance, coaching, and learning processes.
Ability to manage competing priorities, identify risks early, and bring decisions to resolution.
Strong commitment to collaboration, continuous improvement, and usable institutional knowledge.
Oral and written fluency in English is essential.
Bachelor's degree in climate change, environmental sustainability, international development, business development, international relations, or a related field.
10 years relevant experience in international development, climate finance, institutional fundraising, capture management, proposal management, or related business development functions.
Demonstrated experience with institutional climate funding streams, including the GCF. Familiarity with other multilateral climate funds, development finance institutions, bilateral donors, foundations, or corporate climate funding is desirable.
Strong track record in donor intelligence, capture planning, pipeline management, proposal governance, and coordination across diverse technical and operational stakeholders.
Demonstrated experience developing practical tools, guidance, templates, and standardized processes and improving them through user feedback and organizational learning.
Experience managing consultant rosters, developing scopes of work or job descriptions, vetting candidates, and deploying external expertise against proposal needs.
Strong understanding of GCF investment criteria, country ownership, proposal stages, review requirements, and the roles required to develop Concept Notes and Funding Proposals.

Nice To Haves

The ability to work and communicate in French or Spanish is preferred.
Arabic is a plus.
Master's degree in climate change, environmental sustainability, international development, business development, international relations, or a related field.

Responsibilities

With CFSU director co-lead agency position for GCF, FRLD (Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage) and GEF (Global Environmental Facility).
Lead intelligence gathering and analysis, strategic priorities, programming directions, investment trends, country opportunities, and relevant funding windows.
Lead and maintain CRS' global GCF pipeline, including capture plans, opportunity identification, prioritization, sequencing, and readiness for anticipated GCF Board submission windows. Identify pipeline risks, bottlenecks, dependencies, and staffing gaps early and elevate decisions to the appropriate leadership level.
Work with country programs, regional teams, GREM (Global Resources, Engagement and Mobilization), PIQA (Program Impact and Quality Assurance), and CFSU colleagues to clarify the path from early project ideas through concept note and funding proposal stages.
Clarify the respective roles and responsibilities of the RFP (regional focal point) or proposal coordinator, technical lead, country program, reviewers, CFSU, and other contributing teams. Be accountable for filling roles internally and externally. Onboard all CRS staff and consultants working on the pipeline, coordination and technical support.
Establish a structured approach to capturing learning from GCF engagement, including feedback from GCF, NDAs, reviewers, partners, consultants, country programs, and proposal teams.
Ensure lessons from project idea pitches, concept notes, funding proposals, reviews, and external engagement are documented and fed back into capture strategies and pipeline processes.
Maintain a coherent suite of resources, including Climate Funds 101, GCF Donor 101, Project Idea Note review guidance, value proposition tools, capture templates, pipeline dashboards, roles and responsibilities dashboards, and Concept Note and proposal tools and templates.
Establish regular feedback loops with country programs, coordinators, technical leads, reviewers, and leadership to ensure guidance remains practical and responsive to operational needs.
Develop and manage consultant rosters for GCF pipeline and proposal needs, including writers, proposal coordinators, technical specialists, economists, financial experts, safeguards specialists, and other priority functions.
Maintain regular communication with leadership and colleagues so that pipeline status, upcoming decisions, resource requirements, and emerging issues are visible and addressed early.
Represent the pipeline perspective in relevant internal planning and coordination forums and support engagement with GCF regional teams, NDAs, partners, and peer organizations as appropriate.
Maintain a network of external contacts with peer organizations, technical experts, consultants and Climate Fund technical staff and represent CRS in key engagements with these stakeholders.