YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
City Advisor
About the role
• Serve as the main point of contact for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and Breathe Cities
• Provide day-to-day engagement and coordination with city officials across departments and district offices
• Represent Breathe Cities across all pillars and communicate city priorities to Breathe Cities/C40 teams
• Develop working relationships with technical staff across Bangkok departments and lead political and technical relationship management
• Co-lead programme development and delivery with the Clean Air Fund City Lead
• Monitor political priorities and adapt programme support to emerging needs
• Convene and coordinate the city government project team, including city staff, C40 technical teams, and Breathe Cities partners
• Deliver the phase 2 work plan through project committees and working groups
• Lead C40-managed policy, technical assistance, and knowledge-sharing activities, including consultant oversight
• Ensure city administration oversight of technical outputs and regular stakeholder updates
• Facilitate meetings, workshops, and discussions and create reports, presentations, and summaries
• Plan and deliver activities and events involving the Governor and executive team
• Prepare briefings, presentations, talking points, communications/media collateral, and other materials for senior officials
• Update the Breathe Cities team on city priorities, political dynamics, implementation barriers, and funding opportunities
• Engage agencies, NGOs, and development agencies working on air quality in Thailand
• Connect Breathe Cities with related C40 work in Bangkok
• Contribute to knowledge products including white papers, articles, and presentations
• Perform other duties appropriate for the grade
• Experience working in air quality management, sustainable urban/transport planning, climate action planning, public health, or similar relevant experience
• Experience working in or with city, regional or national governments in Thailand
• Experience working in, and existing networks, in Bangkok on air quality policies, sustainable transport, urban planning or relevant initiatives preferred
• Knowledge and experience related to air quality management in multiple sectors and/or air quality monitoring preferred
• Technical experience in developing, implementing, advising on, and/or evaluating municipal policies and programs to improve air quality and sustainability indicators
• Experience authoring sections of public-oriented documents, such as air quality management plans, public outreach materials, policy documents or similar
• Experience convening teams to strategically work towards implementation of projects
• Strong skills in network creation and stakeholder engagement
• Experience developing or facilitating webinars and workshops highly desired
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• Strong English and Thai written and verbal communication skills
• Applicants must already have the right to work in Thailand
• Moderate travel required
• Generous paid time off
• Company shutdown weeks
• Parental leave
• Flexible working
• Comprehensive benefits package designed to support employee well-being and work-life balance
• Moderate travel as part of the role