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Salary:<\/strong> \u00a393,140
\nLocation:<\/strong> London with 3 days in office. This is an office-based role with the option to work flexibly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ashden\u2019s mission is to showcase outstanding climate solutions and to accelerate systemic change that unleashes their transformative potential.<\/p>\n

The Director of Programmes holds overall responsibility for Ashden\u2019s domestic and international programmes, ensuring they are systemically impactful, well-coordinated, and in line with our five-year strategy. This also means working closely with colleagues right across the organisation, from finance and operations to fundraising and communications, making sure that not only are our programmes well-funded but that Ashden works efficiently and collaboratively as an organisation.<\/p>\n

Our Director of Programmes will be part of the Executive Management Team (EMT), playing an important role in ensuring Ashden as a whole achieves deep impact, is well run, and is a great place to work, acting as a key steward of our culture and of organisational health.<\/p>\n

This is a visible and influential role that requires deep strategic expertise, inclusive and decisive leadership, and a collaborative approach.<\/p>\n

Executive & Organisational Leadership <\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • As a member of the EMT, play a central role in shaping organisational strategy, budget decisions and policy development.<\/li>\n
  • Play a key role as a steward of our culture, ensuring that Ashden is a joined-up, collaborative organisation with excellent values and is a great place to work.<\/li>\n
  • Play a key role in Ashden-wide initiatives, communications and fundraising efforts, such as our annual Awards.<\/li>\n
  • Act as a strategic spokesperson for Ashden, representing the organisation at key events with stakeholders.<\/li>\n
  • Work closely with the Board and other Directors on organisational and programme performance, impact and financial management.<\/li>\n
  • Along with other Directors, deputise for the CEO when required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Programmes Leadership<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    • Provide vision and strategic oversight for all domestic and international programmes, ensuring that programme planning and delivery is aligned with Ashden\u2019s mission and strategic plan.<\/li>\n
    • Lead a high-performing, diverse and geographically dispersed team, equally making sure that team\u2019s structure is fit for purpose.<\/li>\n
    • Ensure that Ashden\u2019s programmatic work remains creative, impactful, and able to quickly capitalise on new initiatives in response to evolving opportunities and strategic priorities.<\/li>\n
    • Together with our Impact Lead, monitor programme outcomes and drive continuous improvement.<\/li>\n
    • Work closely with the Director of Business Development and the Fundraising Team to identify and secure new income streams and maintain current ones.<\/li>\n
    • Ensure Ashden\u2019s storytelling and influencing efforts are rooted in programme learning and amplify our impact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Ashden\u2019s Goals<\/strong><\/h3>\n

      In the UK: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Enabling all schools to be zero carbon by 2030.<\/li>\n
      • Maximising local zero-carbon electricity generation by 2030.<\/li>\n
      • Rapid acceleration of buildings retrofit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        In <\/em><\/strong>Sub Saharan Africa, South America, Africa and South East Asia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • Supporting nature-rich and climate-adapted communities.<\/li>\n
        • Inclusive economic development, decent jobs and livelihoods powered by universal clean energy access.<\/li>\n
        • A livelihoods-based approach that drives resources to Indigenous communities who are leading nature-safeguarding initiatives.<\/li>\n
        • New approaches to finance, catalysing transformative growth of inclusive clean energy and nature protection initiatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/ashden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/ashden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/ashden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/ashden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/ashden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/ashden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/ashden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/ashden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}