Water Innovation Specialist

4 weeks ago

New York, New York, United States World Economic Forum Full time
Role Overview

This is a temporary position that concludes in August 2027, with the possibility of extension. The selected candidate will be responsible for coordinating the management and active engagement of the water innovation community, as well as thought leadership activities within the initiatives to accelerate the innovation agenda for healthy and resilient freshwater ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support the Food & Water team in managing the workflow and keeping ongoing water initiatives and deliverables on track and meeting timelines.
  • Support the implementation of the strategy for the water agenda at the Centre for Climate & Nature.
  • Build a core group of high-level champions to raise ambition and commitment to water and innovation in collaboration with the wider Food & Water team.
  • Coordinate the management of strategic relationships with key business, government, and academia partners.
  • Organize and support activities to engage a multi-sectoral community of external partners and build and ensure continued interest and engagement across the innovation workstream and wider water work.
  • Engage with all relevant internal teams to ensure visibility and understanding of the work and how their respective constituents can contribute, and to shape an attractive value proposition.
  • Develop and keep updated partner engagement materials.
  • Help shape the Forum's engagement and its key stakeholders in the run-up to major events.
Requirements
  • 2+ years of experience and a bachelor's or graduate degree in a related field, e.g., geography, water engineering, environmental science, sustainability, sustainable development.
  • Understanding of sustainability and some of the issues core to the global water security agenda, including climate change, resilience, nature, and circular economy.
  • Demonstrated ability to interact with senior leaders.
  • Strong network-building, relationship management, and collaboration skills to effectively build trust-based relationships and networks, and foster cooperation across stakeholders.
  • Responsible, independent, and self-motivated; demonstrates excellent organizational, strong work ethic, project, and time management skills, and possesses high attention to detail.
  • Creative thinker with an ability to frame compelling communications.
  • Ability to thrive in a flexible environment and situations of ambiguity.
  • Strong communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills. Fluency in English.
Why Work at the Forum?

The Forum believes that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to improve the state of the world by building awareness and cooperation, shaping mindsets and agendas, and driving collective action. Join us and become a driver for positive change.

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