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Wales, United Kingdom (Hybrid) 1.29 miles
£41,232 per annum, pro-rata
Part-time (22.2 hours per week)
Contract (1 year)
Job description

About Climate Cymru (as hosted by the WCIA)

Climate Cymru is a movement of thousands of individuals and a network of over 380 organisations from all sectors in Wales, brought together by shared values and a recognition that the climate and nature emergencies require urgent, fair action. We believe that action should be guided by science and the voices of people across Wales.

Climate Cymru is hosted by the Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA). WCIA is a charity that inspires people in Wales to learn about and take action on global issues. WCIA’s vision is that everyone in Wales contributes to creating a fairer and more peaceful world.

Climate Cymru is impact-focused and a powerful vehicle for change in Welsh society. We do this by:

  • Putting pressure on those with power to take concrete action
  • Engaging productively with the Welsh Government
  • Making sure voices from across Wales are heard and represented
  • Inspiring and connecting our network
  • Amplifying and accelerating our partners' work
  • Sharing important information and opportunities with our network and the wider public
  • Learning from society in Wales, and beyond
  • Building broad public support for action
  • Representing Welsh voices and organisations nationally and internationally 

Summary of the Role

Wales receives less than half the UK’s per-person civil society funding, a situation worsened by COVID-19, EU funding loss, public cuts, and the cost-of-living crisis. This is having a crippling impact on community groups and charities' ability to do their critical work. Climate Cymru is action-focused, has a large reach across Welsh society and is on a mission to do something about this issue. This role leads this potentially transformative work.

The post-holder will engage directly with trusts, foundations, philanthropic funders and collaborative networks to unlock more funding for groups in Wales. They will also lead the development of innovative, practical solutions to improve how funding is distributed, particularly to grassroots, under-resourced and historically excluded communities. This includes rolling out pioneering models of shared capacity, developing a Wales-specific environmental funding database, and providing strategic guidance to groups seeking funding.

The Head of Funding Innovation will work to influence funders, reshape funding infrastructure, and build the capacity of the Climate Cymru movement to access the resources it needs. Working closely with the Head of Renewable Energy and the wider Climate Cymru team, this role will be central to ensuring that funding systems in Wales are fairer, more inclusive, and better able to meet the scale of the climate and nature crisis.

Additionally, the role involves communicating the compelling cases for investment in Wales, and working with Climate Cymru’s communication team to gather and share powerful stories to help shift narratives around Wales as a place for ambitious, high-impact funding.

Specific responsibilities for the role

Funding strategy & funder engagement

  • Develop and implement a strategy to increase the volume and accessibility of trust, foundation and philanthropic funding for climate, nature and social justice work in Wales.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with UK-wide and Wales-based funders, including trusts, foundations, philanthropic networks and collaborative funding bodies.
  • Actively engage with the Environmental Funders Network and other relevant groups to amplify Welsh perspectives and influence funder priorities.
  • Represent Climate Cymru and Wales in national funder conversations, advocating for funding approaches that meet the needs of community groups and organisations across Wales.

Capacity building, effective & fairer distribution

  • Refine and facilitate the roll-out of innovative distributive models piloted by Climate Cymru, which offer access to skills and supportive capacity for grassroots groups, helping to reduce duplicated effort and increase sector-wide efficiency.
  • Familiarise with available funding support, tools, templates, training providers and best-practice resources and signpost groups to the support they need.
  • Coordinate and deliver personalised funding consultations, offering strategic advice to community groups and organisations in the Climate Cymru movement.
  • Produce and maintain a Wales-relevant environmental funding database and ensure it is accessible, intuitively easy to use, regularly updated, and widely used across the sector.

Strengthening Wales’ funding infrastructure

  • Identify systemic barriers to equitable funding in Wales, and co-develop practical, creative solutions with funders, civil society partners, and policy experts.
  • Support trusts and foundations to design more accessible, inclusive grant programmes—especially those aimed at grassroots and marginalised groups.
  • Convene collaborative learning spaces to share insights, pilot new models, and promote a culture of innovation within the Welsh funding ecosystem.

Strategic funding events & communications

  • Work closely with the Climate Cymru communications team to produce inspiring written and visual content that supports a compelling case for funders to support Welsh grassroots action and organisations.

Additional Responsibilities

  • Track and evaluate the project’s impact on funder engagement and access to funding in Wales, providing regular insights and recommendations to improve effectiveness.
  • Undertake other duties as the line manager requires, to support the overall success of Climate Cymru’s initiatives. 

Person Specification

Applicants must demonstrate the following attributes by linking them with relevant experiences and achievements in the job application statement.

Essential requirements

  1. Demonstrated understanding of, and commitment to, Climate Cymru’s mission and WCIA’s vision for a fairer, more peaceful world.
  2. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft complex ideas into clear, compelling narratives for different audiences.
  3. An understanding of the funding landscape, including the current challenges and opportunities for civil society, environmental and grassroots groups.
  4. Strong organisational and project management skills, including the ability to manage databases, track engagement, and deliver high-quality work to deadlines.
  5. Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders, including funders, charities, and community groups.
  6. Excellent networking and relationship-building capabilities.
  7. A strong appetite for change and a proven ability to inspire change and drive strategic outcomes.

Desirable attributes

  1. Established professional relationships with relevant funders, philanthropic networks, or membership bodies within and outside of Wales.
  2. Understanding of the funding landscape in Wales, including established structural funding inequalities.
  3. Proven varied experience of securing funding from trusts, foundations and/or philanthropy.
  4. Varied professional experience working within trusts, foundations and philanthropy.
  5. Experience in environmental, climate and social justice work.
  6. Fluency in Welsh, with the ability to write and deliver communications in Welsh and bilingually.
  7. A strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with experience supporting people from diverse backgrounds to access funding.
  8. Familiarity with database creation or management, especially for monitoring funding trends and improving resource access.
  9. Experience designing or delivering support services or resources (e.g. funding consultations, toolkits, or databases) to build capacity across a network and sector. 

Ynghylch Climate Cymru (wedi'i letyga gan WCIA)

Mae Climate Cymru yn fudiad o filoedd o unigolion, ac yn rhwydwaith o gannoedd o sefydliadau o bob sector yng Nghymru, sydd wedi cael eu dwyn ynghyd trwy gyfrwng gwerthoedd a rennir, a chydnabyddiaeth bod yr argyfwng hinsawdd a natur yn gofyn am weithredu brys a theg. Rydym yn credu y dylai gweithredu gael ei lywio gan wyddoniaeth a lleisiau pobl ar draws Cymru.

Mae Climate Cymru yn cael ei letya gan Ganolfan Materion Rhyngwladol Cymru (WCIA). Elusen ydy WCIA, sy'n ysbrydoli pobl yng Nghymru i ddysgu am faterion byd-eang, a gweithredu arnynt. Gweledigaeth WCIA yw bod pawb yng Nghymru yn cyfrannu at greu byd tecach a mwy heddychlon.

Mae Climate Cymru yn canolbwyntio ar effaith, yn ddeinamig, ac yn gyfrwng pwerus dros newid yng nghymdeithas Cymru. Rydym yn gwneud hyn drwy’r ffyrdd canlynol:

  • Rhoi pwysau ar y rheini sydd â phŵer i weithredu’n gadarn.
  • Ymgysylltu'n gynhyrchiol â Llywodraeth Cymru
  • Gwneud yn siŵr bod lleisiau o ar draws Cymru yn cael eu clywed a’u cynrychioli
  • Ysbrydoli a chysylltu ein rhwydwaith
  • Ehangu a chyflymu gwaith ein partneriaid
  • Rhannu gwybodaeth bwysig a chyfleoedd gyda’n rhwydwaith a’r cyhoedd ehangach
  • Dysgu gan Gymdeithas yng Nghymru, a thu hwnt
  • Datblygu cefnogaeth gyhoeddus eang ar gyfer gweithredu
  • Cynrychioli lleisiau a sefydliadau Cymru yn genedlaethol ac yn rhyngwladol

Crynodeb o’r Rôl

Mae Cymru yn derbyn llai na hanner cyllid cymdeithas sifil fesul person y DU, sefyllfa a waethygwyd gan COVID-19, colli cyllid yr UE, toriadau cyhoeddus, a'r argyfwng costau byw. Mae hyn yn cael effaith ddifrifol ar allu grwpiau cymunedol ac elusennau i wneud eu gwaith beirniadol. Mae Climate Cymru yn canolbwyntio ar weithredu, mae ganddo gyrhaeddiad mawr ar draws cymdeithas Cymru ac mae ar genhadaeth i wneud rhywbeth am y mater hwn. Mae'r rôl hon yn arwain y gwaith trawsnewidiol hwn.

Bydd deiliad y swydd yn ymgysylltu'n uniongyrchol ag ymddiriedolaethau, sefydliadau, cyllidwyr dyngarol a rhwydweithiau cydweithredol i ddatgloi mwy o gyllid i grwpiau yng Nghymru. Byddant hefyd yn arwain y gwaith o ddatblygu atebion arloesol, ymarferol i wella sut mae cyllid yn cael ei ddosbarthu, yn enwedig i gymunedau ar lawr gwlad, heb adnoddau ac sydd wedi'u heithrio'n hanesyddol. Mae hyn yn cynnwys cyflwyno modelau arloesol o gapasiti a rennir, datblygu cronfa ddata cyllid amgylcheddol penodol i Gymru, a darparu arweiniad strategol i grwpiau sy'n ceisio cyllid.

Bydd y Pennaeth Arloesi Cyllid yn gweithio i ddylanwadu ar gyllidwyr, ail-lunio seilwaith cyllido, ac adeiladu gallu mudiad Climate Cymru i gael gafael ar yr adnoddau sydd eu hangen arno. Gan weithio'n agos gyda'r Pennaeth Ynni Adnewyddadwy a thîm ehangach Climate Cymru, bydd y rôl hon yn ganolog i sicrhau bod systemau cyllido yng Nghymru yn decach, yn fwy cynhwysol, ac yn gallu cwrdd yn well â graddfa'r argyfwng hinsawdd a natur.

Yn ogystal, mae'r rôl yn cynnwys cyfathrebu'r achosion cymhellol ar gyfer buddsoddi yng Nghymru, a gweithio gyda thîm cyfathrebu Climate Cymru i gasglu a rhannu straeon pwerus i helpu i newid naratifau ledled Cymru fel lle ar gyfer cyllid uchelgeisiol, effaith uchel.

Cyfrifoldebau penodol ar gyfer y rôl hon

Strategaeth cyllido ac ymgysylltu â chyllidwyr

  • Datblygu a gweithredu strategaeth i gynyddu cyfaint a hygyrchedd cyllid ymddiriedolaeth, sefydliad a dyngarol ar gyfer gwaith hinsawdd, natur a chyfiawnder cymdeithasol yng Nghymru.
  • Adeiladu a chynnal perthnasoedd cryf gyda chyllidwyr ledled y DU a Chymru, gan gynnwys ymddiriedolaethau, sefydliadau, rhwydweithiau dyngarol a chyrff cyllido cydweithredol.
  • Ymgysylltu'n weithredol â'r Rhwydwaith Cyllidwyr Amgylcheddol a grwpiau perthnasol eraill i ymhelaethu ar safbwyntiau Cymru a dylanwadu ar flaenoriaethau cyllidwyr.
  • Cynrychioli Climate Cymru a Chymru mewn sgyrsiau cyllidwyr cenedlaethol, gan eirioli dros ddulliau cyllido sy'n diwallu anghenion grwpiau a sefydliadau cymunedol ledled Cymru.

Adeiladu gallu, dosbarthiad effeithiol a thecach

  • Mireinio a hwyluso cyflwyno modelau dosbarthu arloesol a dreialwyd gan Climate Cymru, sy'n cynnig mynediad at sgiliau a gallu cefnogol i grwpiau ar lawr gwlad, gan helpu i leihau ymdrech ddyblyg a chynyddu effeithlonrwydd ar draws y sector.
  • Ymgyfarwyddo â'r cymorth cyllidol sydd ar gael, offer, templedi, darparwyr hyfforddiant ac adnoddau arfer-gorau a cyfeirio grwipiau at y cymorth sydd ei angen arnynt.
  • Cydlynu a chyflwyno ymgynghoriadau cyllido wedi'u personoli, gan gynnig cyngor strategol i grwpiau a sefydliadau cymunedol ym mudiad Climate Cymru.
  • Cynhyrchu a chynnal cronfa ddata cyllid amgylcheddol sy'n berthnasol i Gymru a sicrhau ei bod yn hygyrch, yn reddfol hawdd i'w defnyddio, yn cael ei diweddaru'n rheolaidd, ac yn cael ei defnyddio'n helaeth ar draws y sector.

Cryfhau seilwaith cyllid Cymru

  • Nodi rhwystrau systemig i gyllid teg yng Nghymru, a chyd-ddatblygu atebion ymarferol, creadigol gyda chyllidwyr, partneriaid cymdeithas sifil, ac arbenigwyr polisi.
  • Cefnogi ymddiriedolaethau a sefydliadau i ddylunio rhaglenni grant mwy hygyrch, cynhwysol - yn enwedig y rhai sydd wedi'u hanelu at grwpiau llawr gwlad ac ymylol.
  • Cynnull mannau dysgu cydweithredol i rannu mewnwelediadau, treialu modelau newydd, a hyrwyddo diwylliant o arloesi o fewn ecosystem cyllido Cymru.

Cyllido digwyddiadau a chyfathrebu strategol

  • Gweithio'n agos gyda thîm cyfathrebu Climate Cymru i gynhyrchu cynnwys ysgrifenedig a gweledol ysbrydoledig sy'n cefnogi achos cymhellol i gyllidwyr gefnogi gweithredu a sefydliadau ar lawr gwlad Cymru.

Cyfrifoldebau Ychwanegol

  • Olrhain a gwerthuso effaith y prosiect ar ymgysylltu â chyllidwyr a mynediad at gyllid yng Nghymru, gan ddarparu mewnwelediadau ac argymhellion rheolaidd i wella effeithiolrwydd.
  • Ymgymryd â dyletswyddau eraill fel sy'n ofynnol gan y rheolwr llinell, i gefnogi llwyddiant cyffredinol mentrau Climate Cymru. 

Manyleb Person

Rhaid i ymgeiswyr ddangos y priodoleddau canlynol trwy eu cysylltu â phrofiadau a chyflawniadau perthnasol yn natganiad y cais am swydd.

Gofynion hanfodol

  1. Dangos dealltwriaeth o genhadaeth Climate Cymru a gweledigaeth WCIA ar gyfer byd mwy teg, heddychlon, ac ymrwymo i hyn.
  2. Sgiliau cyfathrebu ysgrifenedig a llafar rhagorol, gyda'r gallu i greu syniadau cymhleth i naratifau clir, cymhellol ar gyfer gwahanol gynulleidfaoedd.
  3. Dealltwriaeth o'r dirwedd cyllido, gan gynnwys yr heriau a'r cyfleoedd cyfredol ar gyfer cymdeithas sifil, grwpiau amgylcheddol a llawr gwlad.
  4. Sgiliau sefydliadol a rheoli prosiectau cryf, gan gynnwys y gallu i reoli cronfeydd data, olrhain ymgysylltiad, a darparu gwaith o ansawdd uchel i ddyddiadau cau.
  5. Y gallu i gyd-weithio ag ystod eang o randdeiliaid, gan gynnwys cyllidwyr, elusennau, a grwpiau cymunedol.
  6. Galluoedd rhwydweithio a meithrin perthnasoedd rhagorol.
  7. Awydd cryf am newid a gallu profedig i ysbrydoli newid a gyrru canlyniadau strategol.

Gofynion dymunol

  1. Sefydlu perthnasoedd proffesiynol gyda chyllidwyr perthnasol, rhwydweithiau dyngarol, neu gyrff aelodaeth o fewn a thu allan i Gymru.
  2. Dealltwriaeth o'r dirwedd ariannu yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys anghydraddoldebau cyllid strwythurol sefydledig.
  3. Profiad amrywiol o sicrhau cyllid gan ymddiriedolaethau, sefydliadau a / neu ddyngarwch.
  4. Profiad proffesiynol amrywiol o weithio mewn ymddiriedolaethau, sefydliadau a dyngarwch.
  5. Profiad mewn gwaith amgylcheddol, hinsawdd a chyfiawnder cymdeithasol.
  6. Rhuglder yn y Gymraeg, gyda'r gallu i ysgrifennu a chyflwyno cyfathrebiadau yn Gymraeg ac yn ddwyieithog.
  7. Ymrwymiad cryf i amrywiaeth, tegwch a chynhwysiant, gyda phrofiad o gefnogi pobl o gefndiroedd amrywiol i gael mynediad at gyllid.
  8. Cyfarwydd â chreu neu reoli cronfa ddata, yn enwedig ar gyfer monitro tueddiadau cyllido a gwella mynediad at adnoddau.
  9. Profiad o ddylunio neu ddarparu gwasanaethau neu adnoddau cymorth (e.e. ymgynghoriadau cyllido, pecynnau cymorth, neu gronfeydd data) i adeiladu capasiti ar draws rhwydwaith a sector. 
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Welsh Centre for International Affairs View profile Organisation type Registered Charity
Posted on: 29 May 2025
Closing date: 05 June 2025 at 17:00
Tags: Communications, Climate Change, Community Fundraising

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