Manager, Climate Innovation Challenge Fund

Application deadline: January 28, 2026

The Nordic Development Fund (NDF) is now recruiting a Manager for the Climate Innovation Challenge Fund to join NDF Headquarters in Helsinki, Finland.

The Manager’s main responsibilities will be to coordinate the establishment and management of a new challenge fund, named the Climate Innovation Challenge Fund (CICF), set-up as a multi-donor trust fund. CICF will be managed by a combination of NDF staff and external service providers and is expected to become operational during 2026.

Key responsibilities include leading the inception phase for the establishment of the fund, overall managment, donor relations and fund raising within the Nordic countries, representing the fund in external events.