Program Associate for Climate Entrepreneurship

Program Planning and Coordination:

• Establish and manage an annual calendar and cadence for climate entrepreneurship programming, ensuring all key milestones and deadlines are met.
• Manage recruitment, application vetting, participant orientation, and ensure program events happen smoothly, either by leading these efforts or collaborating with internal teams.
• Oversee the application review process for the Climate Circle Incubator and the "How to Create a Climate Venture" class.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external stakeholders to facilitate fair and efficient selection processes.

Event and Program Logistics:

• Organize and execute events,workshops, orientations, pitch days, show cases and program-related activities, ensuring high-quality experiences for participants.
• Manage logistics such as registrations, speaker coordination, material preparation, recordings, and follow up communications.
• Work closely with HIL's program, operations, and communication teams to help create best practices, standard operating procedures, and utilize existing systems.

Teaching Assistant Responsibilities for "How to Create a Climate Venture" Non-Credit course:

• Help preparing registered participants, including ensuring all have access to materials, calendar invitations and virtual link access.
• Support in class delivery, including managing class logistics, assisting with class materials, and facilitating in-class activities.
• Facilitate the participant group chat and provide wayfinding for participants to leverage supplemental tools, recordings, and resources for their venture journeys.
• Schedule with guest speakers and share their backgrounds and tools on the course platform.
• Facilitate group office hours for participants to go deeper on relevant topics.
  

Data and Records Management:

• Collect and manage program data, maintaining accurate and up-to-date records for reporting and evaluation purposes.
• Partner with HIL Technology and Data Management team to ensure that data is integrated in CRM system.
• Utilize program management tools to track participant progress and program outcomes.
• Keep venture resource guides and toolkits up to date with the latest climate entrepreneurship information.
  

Communications:

• Work with the internal Marketing and Communications team to set up press coverage opportunities for venture teams to be featured. This includes ensuring an annual cadence that builds off of key climate events, soliciting and editing information for entrepreneur profiles, and working with staff to place profiles in mainstream media.
• Draft and distribute regular climate-focused newsletters to external stakeholders, showcasing climate venture achievements.
  

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with internal departments, such as marketing, operations, and IT, to execute program goals and activities.Ensure smooth coordination across teams to achieve program objectives and address operational needs.
• Draft and refine memos and presentations for climate-related collaborations within Harvard and with external stakeholders.

Stakeholder Management:

• Identify and address gaps in the network of climate experts by working with the Climate HIL team and the Network Engagement HIL team and other Harvard climate networks to recruit, onboard, and ensure effective utilization of these experts.
• Respond to outreach from climate ecosystem partners such as funders, donors, accelerators, lawyers, and subject matter experts, and implement systems to track and engage these partners effectively.
• Map and monitor relevant climate stakeholders, including accelerators, policy organizations, and entrepreneurship partners, to facilitate regular engagement.
• Support Climate Innovation Fellow(s) to complement the Climate Entrepreneurship team.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in operations or program management, ideally within climate, entrepreneurship or a related field.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Experience with managing cohorts, programs and with event coordination.
• Fantastic stakeholder management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in data collection and management tools.
• Passion for climate change solutions and a commitment to supporting innovative entrepreneurs.

• Experience working in or with startups, incubator/accelerator programs, or startup funders.
• Background in climate, sustainability, or a related discipline strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with project management tools and platforms.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the growth of innovative climate solutions while working in a dynamic and collaborative environment. Join our mission to support entrepreneurs who are shaping the future of sustainability.

This is a 20-hour/week contract role where you will be employed and paid through a third party. You will be eligible for applicable benefits through the third party. This is a 6-month contract from the date of hire.

This role is a contractor position and is offered as a hybrid (some combination of onsite and remote) where you are required to be onsite at our Boston, MA-based campus 2 days per week. This role will generally require working hours between 9 am and 5 pm, with some evenings and weekends required to support events/workshops. To accommodate participants’ schedules, most of our student events are hosted in the early evening, and most of our climate events are hosted in the lunch hour. Specific days and schedule will be determined between you and your manager. We may conduct candidate interviews virtually (via phone and/or via Zoom) and/or in-person for this role.

Harvard Business School will not offer visa sponsorship for this opportunity.

A cover letter is required to be considered for this opportunity.

To apply, please submit your resume and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience and passion for climate entrepreneurship to Rebekah Emanuel, Senior Advisor, Social Impact and Climate at rebekah_emanuel@harvard.edu.