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Director of Super Pollutants and Health, Clean Air Fund
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Director of Super Pollutants and Health
Clean Air Fund is seeking a Director of Super Pollutants and Health to join their team in London, Delhi or Johannesburg. This is a transformative opportunity to lead a mission-driven organisation focused on reducing air pollution through philanthropic grants.
About the Role
The Director of Super Pollutants and Health will:
- Lead the organisation’s health and super pollutants strategy, ensuring alignment across research, policy, and advocacy efforts
- Oversee research grants and other super pollutants activities, ensuring strategic direction and impactful outcomes
- Scale the super pollutants programme through funding acquisition, grant management, and project implementation across:
- Science (research & policy)
- Communication & advocacy
- Implementation support
- Work with global, regional, and local teams, leading portfolio strategies to strengthen health-focused initiatives
- Act as the senior external representative for Clean Air Fund (CAF), engaging with policymakers, donors, and academic leaders while elevating CAF’s visibility
- Foster cross-organisational expertise in climate science, policy, and health to support advocacy and research objectives
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Requirements & Qualifications
- Leadership skills: Empathetic, adaptable, able to motivate interdisciplinary teams and senior stakeholders
- Project & policy management experience: Track record directing multidisciplinary projects with tight deadlines and stakeholder alignment
- Senior partnership-building capability: Experience engaging at senior donor and policymaker levels
- Financial acumen: Hands-on experience managing budgets $10M+,; with expertise in grant cost analysis
- Strong planning & multitasking: Ability to prioritise and execute diverse, complex tasks efficiently
- Subject-matter expertise: Experience in health, air pollution, super pollutants, climate science, preferably within a research-focused environment
- Science-policy communication: Capacity to translate complex findings into actionable policy or advocacy strategies
- Network-building & cultural agility: Exceptional interpersonal skills to create collaborative cultures across teams
- Philanthropy experience: Previous involvement in grant-making, donor relationships, or climate philanthropy
- Language: Fluency in English; strong written and verbal communication
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Benefits & Culture
At Clean Air Fund, we blend evidence-driven rigor with creative problem-solving. Our workplace values:
✔ Curiosity and innovation ✔ Collegiality and collaboration across diverse perspectives ✔ A measureable impact mindset
As part of our commitment to a diverse and inclusive environment, we particularly encourage applications from:
- Underrepresented communities (e.g., racial, ethnic, gender, disability, neurodiverse, retired/caring backgrounds)
- Those who may benefit from accommodations to ensure a fair recruitment process
Applications must be completed in full via the linked form. For further details, including the full person specification, see the full job description.
Closing date: 10th July 2026 | Salary: Competitive (based on experience) | Type: Full-time | Location: London, Delhi or Johannesburg
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