Program Officer, Climate Change Finance and Multilateral Initiatives
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, based in Menlo Park, California, seeks a collaborative and outcomes-driven Program Officer for an eight-year term to manage a critical portion of the Climate Change Initiative under the Environment Program dealing with Climate Finance and Multilateral Initiatives. As a key member of the Environment Program, the Program Officer will advance the 2024-2029 Climate Strategy, contribute to future strategy development, and effectively build and maintain strong relationships with grantee partners, philanthropic peers, academics, policy experts, movement leaders, government officials, and other stakeholders. The Program Officer is deeply engaged in national and international conversations about climate change mitigation and prioritizes building and nurturing networks of practitioners and funders to advance solutions.
Please do not apply if you are not able to meet the following non-negotiable criteria:
- Staff are expected to work from the Hewlett Foundation’s Menlo Park, California offices 2-3 days per week for a total of 10 in-office days per month (Tuesdays and Wednesdays are required). Foundation-related travel is counted as in-office.
- Candidates currently located outside a reliable commuting distance will need to commit to:
- relocating as soon as is feasible, and within six months; and
- being in-person for key onboarding activities or meetings.
About the Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation invests in creative thinkers and problem solvers working to ensure that people, communities, and the planet can flourish. Together with our partners, we are harnessing society’s collective capacity to solve our toughest problems. A nonpartisan philanthropy, the Hewlett Foundation has made grants in the U.S. and globally for nearly six decades based on an approach that emphasizes long-term support, collaboration, and trust.
We make grants to address both longstanding and emerging challenges like our efforts to advance gender equity and governance, strengthen democracy, advance education for all, protect biodiversity in the American West as well as supporting meaningful artistic experiences in local communities in our own San Francisco Bay Area. Our grantmaking also invests in strengthening the effectiveness of our grantees, and of philanthropy itself. The Hewlett Foundation’s assets are approximately $13 billion with annual awards of grants totaling more than $600 million. More information about the Hewlett Foundation is available at: www.hewlett.org
Toward an interest in continual innovation and evaluation, all Program Director and Program Officer positions at the Hewlett Foundation are term-limited with a duration of eight-years.