City Lead - Breathe Bangkok

City Lead - Breathe Bangkok

The Clean Air Fund is looking to recruit a City Lead - Breathe Bangkok to join their team in Bangkok. This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation whose mission is to use philanthropic grants to catalyse a reduction in air pollution.   

This role is an exciting opportunity to lead the development and implementation of the Breathe Cities strategy for Bangkok, in collaboration with partners at C40 Cities. This involves identifying local needs and developing, contracting and managing a diverse portfolio of grants with local and international stakeholders that deliver across the strategic pillars of the Breathe Cities theory of change.

Example grants you will be expected to scope and fund include expansion of local air quality monitoring networks, campaigns to raise awareness about air quality, and technical capacity building initiatives.

The postholder will be responsible for ensuring an adequate level of management and oversight for the delivery, monitoring and reporting of the cities’ grants. The role will work closely with staff from C40 Cities to ensure coordination with the participating city, as well as ensuring lessons learnt are identified and shared across the wider programme.

This position is part of a small team in Thailand and as such the role will need to work with independence. The role will be supported by a junior position on a matrix management system.

What We're Looking For

• A successful track record of organisational leadership working on air quality or other environmental or public health policies in civil society, academia, or within government institutions in Thailand, ideally in an area relating to the Breathe Cities strategy (across data, campaign and community engagement, and city governance)
• Experience of strategy-to-implementation of a major programme or initiative. Comfortable with making rapid decisions in response to new opportunities or changing circumstances without losing sight of the strategic goal.
• Understands social change in theory and practice and is able to articulate a theory of change and the assumptions behind it.
• Experience of engaging successfully and influencing political leaders, policy makers, regulators, elected officials, funders and others. Confidence and presence as a public speaker.
• Comfort in grant development, management and contracting.
• Experience of working in a range of cultural and socio-economic contexts, adapting style and approach appropriately alongside an ability to work collaboratively with partners located in multiple offices and time zones.
• Fluent in English and other relevant local languages, excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work remotely and independently in a location where immediate work mates may not be present.

For more information on this role, as well as the full person specification, please see the job description.

• Closing date – Friday 7th August 2026
• Salary – THB 1,950,000
• Type of employment - Full-time, fixed-term contract until 30th June 2029

At Clean Air Fund, we’re guided by purpose and grounded in evidence. Our culture combines clear structures and rigorous frameworks with space for fresh thinking and collaboration across diverse perspectives. We value curiosity, openness and a shared commitment to making a measurable difference.

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