Action Lead, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

vor 2 Wochen

Genf, Genf, Schweiz World Economic Forum LLC Vollzeit
(maternity cover, start June 2024, 6 months, Geneva based)

The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation.

The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

Why we are recruiting


The Centre for the New Economy and Society provides a trusted platform to build prosperous, innovative and resilient economies and societies that create opportunities for all.

It enables leaders to understand, shape and navigate a new social and economic context through insights, action and dialogue for:

  • Fostering economic growth and risk preparedness
  • Investing in talent and human capital
  • Promoting equity and inclusion
The Centre includes six thematic workstreams and its work and methods are enabled by two horizontal functional practices: 1) Impact Design and Coordination 2) Community Engagement. The Centre also hosts the institutional team responsible for embedding expertise and frontier thinking across the Forum's work.


The Action Lead will specialize in managing action-oriented initiatives focused diversity, equity and inclusion, within one of the thematic Missions of the Centre.

In the context of persistent economic gaps experienced by underrepresented groups, the objective will be to deliver tangible impact in creating more inclusive business ecosystems and economies globally.

Reporting lines and interactions


The Action Lead maternity cover will report to the Head of the corresponding thematic Mission and will work closely with other staff across the Centre and the organization to deliver outcomes efficiently.


Main responsibilities:

  • Lead the project management and community curation of the Global Gender Parity Sprint, including the Gender Parity Accelerators and associated Global Learning Network.
  • Support the integration of relevant Forum members and partners into the Lead's thematic portfolio of work, creating efficient pathways for public and private sector stakeholders to engage in the Global Gender Parity Sprint and support the setup of additional Gender Parity Accelerators, ensuring the community derives value.
  • Support thought leadership activities by curating community dialogue and contributions under the themes of the Global Gender Parity Sprint.
  • Keep a consistent focus on ambitious impact and engagement outcomes. Track and report quantitative and qualitative metrics for systemschange impact related to the objectives of the Global Gender Parity Sprint.
  • Represent the Centre for the New Economy and Society internally across the organization and externally as required.
  • Support the Head of Mission and Head of relevant functional practice on Centrewide planning and coordination, support Centrewide communication flow and delivery against the Centre's strategy and objectives, and, as applicable, responsibly manage financial and human resources within the matrix structure.
  • Ability to develop, manage and coordinate strategic partnerships with external partners, including major efforts by leading businesses, governments, civil society and international organizations, fully leveraging the Forum's platform approach.
  • Agile coordination and management of action frameworks, leadership alliances and multistakeholder initiatives within their thematic portfolio of work in alignment with the mission team and corresponding functional practice(s).
  • Ability to engage with senior stakeholders and assess collaboration opportunities within the context of the Lead's thematic portfolio, the broader Mission, and the Centre as a whole.
  • Ability to analyze, synthesize and leverage quantitative and qualitative data in support of projectrelated insight, community and strategy development.
  • Ability to collaborate efficiently and transparently within the team as a strong team player and in an agile matrix organization. As applicable, supervising and coaching Specialist(s) across relevant functional competences and thematic content.
  • Ensuring that results and milestones are documented consistently and regularly shared with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Fluency in the use of internal and external digital platforms and tools for activity design, project management and constituent engagement.
  • Keeping abreast of relevant issues, developments, initiatives and stakeholders pertinent to the Centre's broader remit and objectives, as well as specifically within the thematic Mission corresponding to their activity portfolio.
  • Developing and rolemodelling a strong understanding of the Centre's mission and culture within the broader Forum context.


Requirements and preferred experience- Advanced university degree in public policy, economics, business, social sciences or other relevant fields.- 8+ years of relevant professional experience, ideally across business, government, non-profit, international organization and/or think tanks.

- Proven track record

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