Country Director, Republic of Korea

**Position Overview**

The Country Director, Republic of Korea will report to Pacific Environment’s Climate Campaign Director, Asia, and will be part of Pacific Environment’s global climate team.

**Location and Travel**

This position has a flexible work location within South Korea, with a preference for Seoul due to frequent in-person meetings with stakeholders. The position will include regular domestic, and some international travel is required. Pacific Environment is sensitive to COVID-19 and other potential obstacles to safe travel.

**Responsibilities**:

- _Leads PE’s climate campaign in RoK, including but not limited to:_
- Cultivating partnerships and coordinating closely with partner organizations, policymakers, and shipbuilding industry stakeholders, to accelerate the industry’s decarbonization with a local to international strategy
- Planning and conducting events on shipbuilding, shipping and government of the shipbuilding industry to decarbonize actively
- Producing advocacy materials, directly or via supervision of contractors, to move the needle on shipping decarbonization in RoK
- Supporting coordination with other members of the climate campaign
- Supervise teams in Republic of Korea
- Oversee PE’s Offshore Wind work in RoK
- Support funder relationships with RoK funders
- Managing campaign budget
- Other tasks as assigned by the Climate Campaign Director, East Asia

**Key Qualifications**:

- At least 10 years of work experience in relevant field (NGO administration, government relations, advocacy, campaigns, research, corporate sustainability, climate, etc.). Direct experience in renewable energy, heavy industry, or shipping decarbonization is a plus.
- Demonstrated experience and expertise in climate/energy issues and policies, including in shipping, ports, and/or other heavy industry sectors.
- A record of accomplishment of achievement in managing and winning regional or international campaigns.
- Experience and expertise in advocacy, listening, consensus-building, coalition-building, and leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to work collegially and collaboratively with other staff, organizations, and diverse communities.
- Experience managing a team and external consultants.
- Direct experience with event coordination.
- Ability to work independently and exceptional management skills, of both projects and team.
- Skill and comfort in building relationships with diverse audiences, including with policymakers, coalition partners, community leaders, and members of the media.
- Experience in energy or pollution analysis a plus.
- Korean cultural fluency, awareness and familiarity with Korean business practices, and an understanding of how climate issues are perceived in the Republic of Korea are crucial.
- English proficiency (ability to conduct everyday organizational business in English).
- Advanced degrees are a plus (tell us about yours).
- Passion for solving the climate crisis.

**Physical Requirements**
- Pacific Environment is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage people from communities harmed by environmental degradation and from backgrounds underrepresented in the environmental movement to apply. We welcome diversity to do our best work and believe that creating teams in which everyone can be their authentic self is key to the change we seek._
- No phone calls, please._