Program Officer, Legal Strategies

Kindora; Irvine, Northern (CA, KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sequoia Climate Foundation seeks a Program Officer to support the development and execution of global legal strategies aligned with its mission, including research, grantee engagement, strategy execution, and grantmaking.

The role collaborates with program leadership and external stakeholders to assess needs, gaps, and opportunities for climate action. Roles refresh weekly; confirm the role is open on the foundation’s site.

Qualifications

• Experience funding climate policy advocacy or climate finance intermediaries.
• Experience supporting networks and coalitions to move policy at scale.
• Familiarity with legal-reform nonprofits and philanthropic funding.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute global legal strategies aligned with the foundation's mission.
• Research, engage grantees, and support strategy execution and grantmaking.
• Collaborate with program leadership and external stakeholders to assess needs and opportunities.

Skills

Climate policy funding

Nonprofit grantmaking

Coalition support

Job description

Program officer with experience funding climate policy advocacy, legal-reform nonprofits, or climate finance intermediaries; comfortable supporting networks and coalitions that move policy at scale rather than direct service delivery.

AI-synthesized from this funder's mission + the role family. Not a hiring guideline.

About this role

Supports the development and execution of global legal strategies aligned with Sequoia Climate Foundation’s mission, including research, grantee engagement, strategy execution, and grantmaking. The role collaborates with program leadership and external stakeholders to assess needs, gaps, and opportunities for climate action.

Roles refresh weekly. We don't always have a posted date, so confirm the role is still open on the funder's site.

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