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Simon Fraser University is a leading research university, advancing an inclusive and sustainable future. Our purpose – the essence of SFU – is to create and connect knowledge, learning and community for deeper understanding and meaningful impact. We are committed to fostering excellence, innovation, belonging and community in all that we do.
SFU Climate Innovation is committed to meeting the changing needs of the world around us and the people we serve. Its focus is on facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration, catalyzing co-creation with community partners and mobilizing and scaling climate innovation. Responsible for delivering the community-centred climate innovation research priority, SFU Climate Innovation is building a unique platform to advance and accelerate high-impact climate action and innovation with and for communities. The goal is to advance knowledge, evidence, and practice that accelerates equitable, low carbon, resilient, and sustainable communities in Canada and beyond. capacities as a global leader to move the dial on climate action research and innovation in communities and sectors across Canada and beyond.
SFU Climate Innovation is committed to meeting the changing needs of the world around us and the people we serve. Its focus is on facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration, catalyzing co-creation with community partners and mobilizing and scaling climate innovation. This SFU research priority is building a platform to advance and accelerate high-impact climate action and innovation with and for communities. The goal is to advance knowledge, evidence, and practice that accelerates equitable, low carbon, resilient, and sustainable communities in Canada and beyond.

The Director will support the development of strategic communications, resources and tools that catalyze high-impact partnerships and key financing opportunities for community-centred climate action and innovation research-for-impact. This role is important for aligning CI communications to advance processes, initiatives, and strategies that advance world-leading climate action and innovation research-for-impact. The position is a one-year term with the possibility of renewal.
The ideal candidate will have a communications, fundraising and/or business development background, will understand and communicate the ways that climate risk and emissions need to be embedded across sectors, and be able to demonstrate success in securing funding for large-scale complex, transdisciplinary and/or cross-sector projects.
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