CHIEF

IMPACT
OFFICER
JANAURY 2022

LETTER FROM OUR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dear Candidate,
Launched at the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit in
2019 and with more than $50m in unrestricted funds raised
to date, the Clean Air Fund is a global philanthropic initiative
that works to achieve clean air for all. We make grants to
reduce outdoor air pollution: to monitor the state of the air,
to develop policies for clean energy and transport, to mobilise
the public and to run campaigns. We are well-resourced and
scaling fast; funded by a growing partnership of leading
foundations with interests across health, climate, children
and mobility. By bringing these and other organisations
together, we hope to identify and create best practice, share
learnings and connect people and ensure solutions are rapidly
scaled up and replicated around the world. 90% of the world’s
population – approximately 6.8 billion people – live in places
where the air they breathe is damaging their health.
Outdoor air pollution is responsible for 4.2 million deaths
annually worldwide – more than from malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS
combined. The causes of climate change are often the same
as the causes of air pollution, so tackling air pollution will not
just save lives, but can also inject urgency into the climate
change agenda. Improving air quality is a win for our planet, as
well as its population.
WE BELIEVE IN A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE BREATHES
CLEAN AIR.
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WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU? almost continuous change is vital as is the desire to learn,
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improve and grow with the organisation.
We are a new organisation that is clear on what we offer and
what we expect from everyone in the team. Further information is available on our website.
• We offer the opportunity to be at the heart of efforts If you feel you bring the right values, motivation and
to reduce air pollution across the globe, working with experience, we look forward to hearing from you.
exceptionally high calibre colleagues
• Clean Air Fund is at an exciting point in it’s strategic
development; you’ll be joining as we enter into our second
period of funding, with numerous opportunities to influence Jane Burston
our strategic direction
• You’ll be part of Clean Air Fund’s Senior Leadership Team,
shaping and growing an ambitious organisation
• As the leader of the Impact team you will have the
opportunity to work across all of our programmatic
portfolios, supporting leads with developing and reviewing
strategies, as well as evaluating their success
• Our team is global and highly collaborative; you will be
included and involved in decisions across all areas of the
organisation
• We have a strong commitment to our team’s learning and
career development
In turn everyone who works with us is expected to share our
values – collaborative, dynamic and evidence-informed –
and to do their utmost to deliver our strategic objectives. As
we are still an organisation in its early stages, comfort with

ABOUT CLEAN AIR FUND
Clean Air Fund is a philanthropic organisation that brings
together private and corporate funders — from climate and
health to equity and child development — to create a future
where everyone breathes clean air.
Two years in, we’re more than halfway towards our $100m
target. Thanks to the contributions of 8 diverse funders, we
have been able to fund 50 grassroots and global organisations
in India, the UK, Poland, Bulgaria as well as China and the USA.
Alongside the direct funding we provide to grantees, our
cross-cutting programme showcases what works and
connects people with the right data, the latest evidence, and
each other.
We’re a global team, headquartered in London and with offices
in India. Our staff are drawn from diverse fields, including
climate science, international development, management
consulting, journalism, public health and academia.
Clean Air Fund is a UK registered charity, governed by a Board
of Trustees. The grants we make are evaluated and reviewed
by a Grant Committee which reports to the Board and meets
four times a year.
WHY WE EXIST
We all need clean air to live, grow and thrive.
Yet 9 out of 10 people breathe harmful, dirty air, making air
pollution one of our biggest health threats.
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It’s everywhere and it’s getting worse. Invisible particles
penetrate cells and organs in our bodies – our lungs, heart,
blood and brain.
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This leaves millions suffering with acute and chronic diseases
including asthma, strokes, heart attacks and dementia. Over 7
million people die each year as a result of air pollution – more
than twice as many as from malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/
AIDS combined.
The poorest communities, living in the most congested areas,
are hit hardest by pollution. Babies, children and older people
suffer most.
It doesn’t have to be this way. By tackling air pollution
together, we can save and improve many lives.
But it’s far from only a health problem. Since both air pollution
and climate change are mainly caused by burning fossil fuels,
they share many of the same solutions. So, cleaning up our air
is one of the most immediate ways to protect the planet. It will
also help tackle inequality and build stronger economies.
Action on air pollution can address some of our biggest
problems at the same time and will pay for itself many times
over. That is why stronger laws on air quality and better
enforcement has the backing of the majority of the public.
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Together, we can make this happen. The Clean Air Fund
works around the world with governments, funders,
businesses and campaigners to deliver clean air for all as
fast as possible. We know the solutions exist. They need to

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be prioritised and introduced quickly and more widely.

Momentum is growing

The grassroots campaigning we support in the streets of

cities like Delhi, London and Warsaw is gaining traction
and inspiring others. We’re raising pollution up the political
agenda through partnerships with the World Economic
Forum, the World Health Organization and the C40 Cities’
global Mayors forum. Crucially, political leaders are starting
to adopt the measures needed, like banning dirty coal
stoves, introducing clean air zones and setting ambitious
targets in line with international guidelines.

With more funds and more support, we can do so much

more.

It is time to clean our air, to improve health, tackle climate

change and build fairer societies and stronger economies.

OUR APPROACH
WHAT WE DO
From grassroots to governments, Clean Air Fund is a
philanthropic organisation which supports partners to
accelerate action on clean air.
• We fund partners working to make clean air a reality for
everyone
• We amplify the movement’s impact by connecting
people, advocating, increasing resources to the field,
and sharing what’s working
• We complement and collaborate, rather than duplicate
the work of others.
HOW WE WORK
Our grants, research and other activities are focused on
four vital drivers of change: increasing data, demand and
delivery and developing the movement to solve the problem
of air pollution.
We work with our partners, including governments,
funders, businesses and campaigners, to:
• Generate and share local data on air pollution and its
impacts, making it visible to all
• Build and diversify demand for a future where everyone
breathes clean air
• Support governments and businesses to initiate and
implement legislation, policies and commitments to
underpin the delivery of clean air for all
• Bring together diverse organisations, people and
funders to share knowledge, grow funding and develop
a movement for clean air.
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WHERE WE WORK
Our in-depth work in a small number of ‘lighthouse
geographies’ is designed to catalyse and support change
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and to learn lessons about what works. In 2020, we granted
directly to organisations in Bulgaria, India, Poland and the
UK. We are also creating change in these countries through
strategic partnerships and ground-breaking research, such
as our Breathing Space report, which demonstrated high
levels of public appetite for action on air pollution.
Through our global programme, we raise air pollution
up the agenda of world leaders, galvanise commitment
to international targets and support standard-setting,
for example, on air quality data. In the last year, we
strengthened our partnerships with international strategic
actors, such as the World Economic Forum and C40. We
also continued to inform the donor community on the
State of Global Air Quality Funding.
WHAT WE DON’T DO
To focus our resources most effectively and avoid doubling
up, we have decided not to fund in a few areas. These
include not funding:
• expensive regulatory-grade monitoring networks
• litigation for individual cases
• large-scale individual behaviour change programmes.
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OUR STRUCTURE
Jane Burston
Executive Director
Nick Smith Rachel Magner

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Chief of Staff Executive Assistant

Sean Maguire Mike Saxton

Vacant Liz Boonman
Gillian Homes Director of Strategic Director of Finance
Salgado
Director of Programmes Partnerships and and Operations
Communications Director of HR 

Shubh
Sharma
Waddington Vacant
Vaibhav Chowdhary  Head of Campaigns
Senior MEL Advisor David Walsh
Country Lead - India Aakriti Dot Calvert
Legal Counsel
Kapoor HR Manager
Consultant 0.4 TFE
Analsyt Vacant
Purjaini Sen Head of Private Sector
Engagement Vacant
Portfolio Manager, India Recruitment & Leah Wallace
 
Vacant Anna
HR Manager Head of Finance
Head of Health Garson Vacant 0.6 FTE
Analyst
Head of Campaigns
Imogen Martineau
Patrin Watanatada Vacant
Portfolio Manager, UK Shriram
Programmes Finance Manager
Manogaran Sue Wixley
Consultant Analyst Head of
0.3 FTE Matt Whitney Communications Vacant Reka Toth
Dr. Rob Hughes Portfolio Manager Tom Gyrlls Digital Manager Ops and teams
Healthcare Analyst assistant
Consultant Claire Godfrey
0.2 FTE Agata De Ru Partnership Manager –   Scarlett
 
Birte Development Quinn-Savory
Portfolio Manager – ESEE
Kurbjeweit Agencies 0.8 FTE Analyst
(Mat cover)
Analyst

Portfolio Manager Tom Stevenson Eve Alcock

ESEE & Health Fundraising Manager Analyst
(Mat leave)
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WORKING WITH
CLEAN AIR FUND
We are a new organisation that is clear on what we offer

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and what we expect from everyone in the team.

We offer the opportunity to be at the heart of efforts to

reduce air pollution across the globe, working with an
exceptionally high calibre team. You would be part of
shaping a growing and ambitious organisation, benefiting
from our support and commitment to your learning and
career development.

In turn, everyone who works with us is expected to share

our values – collaborative, dynamic and evidence informed
– and to do their utmost to deliver our strategic objectives
according to their role. As we are growing rapidly, comfort
with almost continuous change is vital, as is the desire to
learn, improve and grow with the organisation.
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OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE
JOB TITLE DIRECT REPORTS

Chief Impact Officer Senior Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Advisor

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DEPARTMENT LOCATION

Executive Office London, UK, is preferred. Candidates must have existing

right to work.
LENGTH OF CONTRACT
Candidates in locations where CAF has
Permanent offices will be considered (India, Ghana)

ROLE TYPE SALARY

Global Job level Director £90,000 - £110,000

TRAVEL INVOLVED

Occasional. International travel

REPORTING TO

Executive Director
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JOB PURPOSE
This is a role for a leader with a vision for how evidence can drive decisions,
practice and impact in a fast-paced, evidence-based and applied
environment. The post holder will be pragmatic, ensuring that CAF’s impact
is driven by rigorous evidence on the interventions funded or directly

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implemented to deliver clean air for all as fast as possible. The Chief Impact
Officer will also provide expertise, set standards and guide colleagues and
external evaluation partners on the design and development of measures,
metrics and data systems that are rigorous and consistent.

SCOPE OF THE ROLE

The Chief Impact Officer facilitates the organisation to set strategy, including
for specific themes or geographies of grant-making. The post holder
expands, creates and embeds the process by which organisational impact
is measured, managed and informs future strategy and innovation. The post
holder works with and within the SLT and wider team to set ambitious targets
and determine a baseline and how we will measure progress against them.

Due to CAF’s position in the field, the post holder will be encouraged to lead
and coordinate both philanthropic and grantee efforts to define approaches
for monitoring and evaluation of clean air projects, drawing on and
supporting the development of partner expertise in this area.
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KEY WORKING
RELATIONSHIPS
This role sits on the Senior Leadership Team and internally works

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closely with the Board, Directors, and Heads of area. Externally, the
post holder will partner with MEL departments of funders and with
likeminded organisations and bring to CAF the learning gained from by
organisations in the sector organisations and their approaches. The
role is highly collaborative with all stakeholders.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
STRATEGY
• Lead regular cycles of review, redefinition and refinement
of CAF’s strategy – informed by analysis of global and
national trends, advances in science, and changes in
philanthropy and society
• Identify, analyse and synthesise data necessary for
strategic choice-making and assessment of tradeoffs.
Surface open questions, critical choices, hypotheses and
assumptions
• Support team members to develop specific theories of
change for thematic or geographic strategies (Champion
standards for and consistency in effective strategic
planning across the team)
• Provide strategy and analytical input to theories of
change and monitoring frameworks (e.g. KPIs) for key
projects across the organisation, including internal
projects.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
• Define the metrics and indicators of success for CAF’s
headline goals and work with team members to define
these for thematic or geographic programmes. Ensure
that specific grants and projects have appropriate
objectives, indicator metrics, targets, and outcomes
• Determine how metrics, indicators and overall
performance of programmes will be analysed,
synthesised, reported on, and discussed within CAF and
with governing bodies such as the Board and Grants and
Charitable Activities Committee. Oversee the production
of recommendations for further action
• Provide technical expertise and help identify areas for
research or evaluation that pushes the boundaries of
current work to address the gap in the AQ systems
• Lead the search for expert external evaluation partners,
commission them and steward relationships with them.
Offer guidance on design, methodology, and strategy,
ensuring alignment with programme goals, verifying
that milestones and objectives are met and that work
products are held to the highest standards.
LEARNING
• Support ongoing reflection, sense-making, and learning
from the work within CAF to inform potential shifts in
strategy when necessary. Bring data and learning to
bear on strategic conversations. Champion a culture of
transparency, candour and evidence-informed decision
making
• Improve performance by making data and evidence
on successes, challenges and implications for the
future clear and actionable. Work with the Head of
Communications to package insights and learnings for
use by external stakeholders
• Distill insights from CAF work and the field for use by the
organisation, and work with the Head of Communications
to present them in suitable formats for example in donor
reporting, and external communications
• Provide thought leadership in the field of air quality.
Represent the charity at events on impact and evaluation
methodology.
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LEADERSHIP OF A FUNCTION AND MEMBERSHIP OF SLT
• Act as an internal leader and drive initiatives that inform
CAF’s Theory of change
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• Line manage members of the Impact team and matrix
manage team members from other departments on
specific projects
• Provide coaching and mentoring support to colleagues,
as required, to help build skills, confidence and capability
in particular areas, processes or procedures
• Ensure all impact and evaluation resources, budgets and
projects are efficiently and effectively executed.
GRANTEE AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
• Own the relationship with our donors’ MEL teams. Lead
an MEL advisory group comprised of Clean Air Fund
donors and external experts to gather intelligence
from and ensure buy in to approaches from donor MEL
representatives
• Lead coordination of monitoring and evaluation for
philanthropic investment into air quality, across fellow
funders and grantees. Bring together partners to jointly
review methods and work through challenges and gaps
in the evidence and research required for effective
monitoring and evaluation of clean air projects.

PERSON SPECIFICATION
ESSENTIAL TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
• Significant experience of formulating and delivering
strategy
• Significant experience in impact measurement and
management
• Significant experience in development and application
of evaluative frameworks, analytics, metrics and
impact assessment in an international NGO context
• Proven leadership including senior management
experience in and management of a department or
function
• Significant experience building knowledge networks,
leveraging key learning and continuous improvement
in international NGO context
• Strong data management and evaluation skills, with
a focus on identifying areas of critical interest and
effective presentation for senior stakeholders.
DESIRABLE TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
• Experience of planning and managing budgets
• Expertise in Air Quality and /or climate change
systems.
CLEAN AIR FUND: CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER
ESSENTIAL BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
• Strategic and analytical thinker. Able to facilitate
production of and articulate the strategy at all levels
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of the organisation
• Strong interpersonal skills, collegial with high
integrity with a naturally collaborative approach and
proven ability to develop and own relationships for
a purpose. Proactively builds relationships with a
wide network of internal and external people building
broad-based relationships, support and intelligence
• Excellent leadership and management skills, able
to lead, motivate and develop multi-disciplinary
teams across professional, scientific and academic
disciplines
• Highly developed communication and influencing
skills, with diplomatic approach across cultures and
world views
• Results-focused. An innovative thinker with a
pragmatic and solution-oriented mindset.
DESIRABLE BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
• Proven ability to act as a role model in promoting
organisational values, all aspects of organisational
culture and values diversity.

HOW TO APPLY
Please provide a CV and cover letter in two different documents,
which should be prepared before applying as they will be considered
in the application process.
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EQUALITY STATEMENT
Equality and diversity are at the core of the Clean Air Fund’s values.
Staff are expected to work collectively and individually to promote

The cover letter should be no more than two pages long and
explain why you are interested in this post and how your skills and
experience make you a good fit.
The document should be saved in MS Word or PDF in the following
format: Your First Name-Your Last Name-Document Name-Date
(mmyy)-CAF. For example: Pat-Jones-CV-012022-CAF or Pat-Jones-
CoverLetter-012022-CAF.
TIMELINE
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a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of
backgrounds, where the work of others is valued and respected.
QUERIES
If you have any queries on any aspect of the appointment process,
need additional information, or would like to have an informal
discussion, please email in the first instance: cleanairfund-cio@
oxfordhr.co.uk.

Closing Date. 11th March 2022

First Interviews with Oxford HR Week of 28th March 2022
Second Interviews with CAF Week of 19th April 2022

SELECTION PROCESS

All candidates will receive an update regarding their application

after the closing date. We advise candidates to add the role email
to their safe senders list and regularly check their spam folder.
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ABOUT OXFORD HR
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development and charity sectors. We carry out retained executive
search mandates at board and senior management levels. We also
offer human resource and organisational development consultancy.

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Oxford HR has many years of experience in search as well as an
extensive network of international development, social sector,
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designed to meet the specific needs of our client.
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