Innovation Ecosystem Lead

vor 2 Wochen

Geneve, Schweiz World Economic Forum LLC Vollzeit

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.

The Forum’s Nature Pillar exists to fast-track towards a Nature Positive Economy through an ambitious global program of work, anchored around unlocking systems change, raising public and private ambition for the protection and restoration of nature, and mobilizing, empowering and connecting the global nature community.

UpLink is a digital platform hosted by the World Economic Forum that enables the next generation of environmentally, socially and ethically minded entrepreneurs and funds, start-ups and young innovators from around the world to solve society’s most pressing challenges as set out in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UpLink convenes a growing innovation ecosystem among entrepreneurs, experts, investors and partners to help leading organisations and companies catalyse and deliver mission-driven innovations and new business models to tackle the issues that the SDGs must conquer by 2030.

Why we are recruiting

The Forum’s Nature Pillar and UpLink teams look to building a growing ecosystem of key multi-stakeholder partners and organizations that enable innovative start-ups in the nature space to accelerate and scale impact.
- Nature/UpLink.

The initial priority focus of this role will be on sustainable forestry, and will broaden to other nature-positive economy themes such as non-timber forest products, natural climate solutions, etc.

Reporting Lines & Interactions

This role reports to the Head of 1t.org with a dotted line to the Head of Curation, UpLink working in close collaboration with the UpLink Impact Lead -Nature.

Main Responsibilities:
SUPPORTING PARTNER AND INVESTOR ENGAGEMENT- Lead the strategy and value proposition articulation to engage key stakeholders from the public and private sector and build a multi-stakeholder community (complementary organisations, other similar platforms, NGOs, accelerators, impact investors, VCs and experts) in support of nature-positive innovation, ecopreneurs and nature-focused funds.- Facilitate introductions and meaningful collaboration opportunities for respective UpLink ecopreneurs and nature-focused funds with Impact Partners, Investors and Forum platforms, communities, and networks.

INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM BUILDING- Support the innovation ecosystem mapping, pipeline building and active outreach and formalizing collaborations with the identified stakeholders in the nature innovation space- Develop a pipeline and network of mission-aligned external organizations, with resources to support ecopreneurs either financially or otherwise, committed to supporting existing or new UpLink Nature Challenges- Support the design and programming of key activities by nominating experts, investors, incubators, or organizations to get involved with the programming for UpLink ecopreneurs (i.e. investor and expert roundtables, virtual sessions, etc.). And ensure links to broader Forum and Nature-specific events and sessions.

CROSS-TEAM COLLABORATION- Collaborate closely with the UpLink team, in the development of a strategy and pathway to mainstream, accelerate, and scale innovation within the Forum’s Nature and other platforms- Collaborate closely several team across the Forum around the identification and support of partners to help accelerate and scale the impact of the UpLink Nature Innovation Ecosystem.- Work with the World Economic Forum media and video team to produce videos and communication material in support of the nature innovation ecosystem.

Preferred Requirements and Experience- 7-10 years of professional experience in the public sector, private sector or civil society, international working experience is a plus- Subject-matter expertise: work experience in sustainable land use, sustainable forestry and/ or restoration and familiarity with the international climate, biodiversity and sustainable development agenda is a must- Master’s, political science, environmental science, MPA, MBA or equivalent degree in business- Familiarity with handling public-private partnerships and multi-stakeholder platforms- Experience/familiarity with the accelerator, incubator or investor eco-system a nice-to-have- Excellent knowledge of the nature-positive political and stakeholder landscape, particularly regarding land use, sustainable forestry, climate change and restoration- Excellent international network among key individuals and organizations in the sustainable forestry and nature-based solutions sectors.- Entrepreneurial mind, excellent communicator with high standards of professionalism and integrity- Willing to work in a highly demanding environment and able to juggle multiple priorities

Why work at the Forum:
The Forum believes that progress happens by bringing together people f

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