Climate Action
Building partnerships between business, government and public bodies to accelerate international sustainable development
events • reports • webinars • climate change
11 - 50
Programme Manager: Agri-Food Systems
August 27
🔄 Hybrid – London
Climate Action
Building partnerships between business, government and public bodies to accelerate international sustainable development
events • reports • webinars • climate change
11 - 50
Description
• This Programme Manager role presents a rare and important opportunity to make an impact on the world’s transition to net zero, by leading the programming for the Agri-Food Systems Summit at COP29 and supporting on the programming for the Climate Action Innovation Zone: convened at the annual COP meetings. • The successful candidate will be expected to feel comfortable working at the highest level of UN, business, and government, and have a deep knowledge of sustainable agriculture, food systems and supply chains as well as climate change policy and the UNFCCC COP process. • The role will suit an ambitious, highly passionate conference producer with a minimum of 4 years production experience, who is looking for a challenging but rewarding opportunity to play an instrumental role in shaping and building a sponsorship driven portfolio of events, that delivers positive environmental and social impact.
Requirements
• Experience working on commercial conference B2B events, creating, managing and delivering international B2B conferences funded by sponsorship and delegate or membership revenue streams; ideally in sustainability and climate change. • Industry-Specific Experience: At least 4 years in B2B conference production specifically for Agri-Food related. An additional 6 years of relevant experience is also required. • In-depth knowledge of the agri-food value chain and sustainable agriculture. • A commercially-driven conference producer with a successful track record in managing and delivering impactful events. • Agenda Production: Proven ability to design and curate conference agendas, and secure high-level speakers (principals only). Experience in managing speaker invitations, onboarding, and briefings. • Project management experience. • Demonstrated experience in supporting commercial teams to achieve revenue targets, including participation in sales calls, pitching content to prospects, identifying sponsorship opportunities, creating sales briefs, and contributing to marketing strategies to drive delegate sales and engagement. • Skilled in creating event materials for marketing purposes (copywriting), ensuring they align with conference themes and objectives. • Experience in a single market sector including evidence of strong relationships with key players across the industry such as sustainable innovation; investment; agriculture and agribusiness; international climate finance; sustainable business; supply chains; climate policy etc. • Alignment with Climate Action’s mission and our business objectives. • Desirable to have sustainability/climate related qualification/s. • Extensive knowledge about climate change, policy and sustainability. • Knowledge and experience of climate issues, with reference to sustainability issues, subnational climate commitments and the UNFCCC COP process. • An impactful leader in your own right with the ability to drive through ideas, build community alliances and negotiate complex networks. • Proven success in launching, producing, and delivering events in both live and online formats. • Proactive and able to work independently to deliver tasks and achieve project objectives. • Strong multi-tasking and organizational skills, with attention to detail, timelines, and budgets. • Team player, comfortable in providing support where needed alongside strategic activities.
Benefits
• Hybrid working arrangement between our WeWork offices in Victoria and remote with three days working in our office weekly • Generous and achievable bonus scheme • WeWork wellbeing benefits such as yoga sessions and meditation • Barista, community bar, table tennis, showers, and ability to bring your pet to work • Opportunity to attend COP in Baku, Azerbaijan and work with globally recognised sustainability and climate leaders • Join a rapidly growing, mission-led company, making a positive impact on our planet
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