Dedicated to supporting a prosperous, resilient, and sustainable future for Asia.

Across Asia, communities and ecosystems are already facing the impacts of climate change, from more frequent extreme weather events to rising sea levels and increasing pressure on natural resources. As one of the world’s most economically dynamic and emissions-intensive regions, Asia’s pathway to a low-carbon future will be central to global climate progress. However, philanthropic funding for climate mitigation remains significantly underdeveloped, particularly for solutions focused on Asia.

The organisation is an Asia-based philanthropic entity focused on accelerating climate action and strengthening the conditions for a just and resilient transition. It works across Asia Pacific with a distributed team and collaborates with a range of philanthropic partners, implementing organisations, technical experts, and regional stakeholders.

Its approach includes grantmaking, partnership development, convening, and knowledge-sharing, with an emphasis on enabling practical climate solutions and stronger collaboration across the field. Over time, the organisation has expanded its partner network, regional footprint, and grantmaking activity, supporting a broad range of initiatives across Asia Pacific.

“Across Asia, communities, economies, and ecosystems are already experiencing the growing impacts of climate change. More frequent and intense extreme weather events, rising sea levels, prolonged heat, water stress, biodiversity loss, and increasing pressure on natural resources are affecting lives and livelihoods—especially in places where rapid growth, urbanisation, energy demand, and development needs overlap with high climate risk exposure.

Asia’s role in the global climate response is critical. With a large share of the world’s population and economic activity, the region’s development pathway will shape global emissions, energy systems, land use, food security, and resilience outcomes. While countries balance growth and development priorities, there is an urgent need for coordinated, practical, and locally relevant climate solutions.

Despite this urgency, philanthropic funding for climate action in Asia remains underdeveloped relative to the scale of the challenge, particularly for mitigation and the enabling conditions needed for a just and resilient transition. Philanthropy can address key funding gaps by supporting early-stage innovation, local leadership, evidence-building, capacity and policy engagement, and cross-sector collaboration—helping accelerate progress toward a low-carbon and resilient future for Asia and beyond.”

This is a rare opportunity to shape how a high-impact climate organisation grows, operates, and takes care of its people. As Head of Human Resources, you won't just be managing HR processes, you'll be building the foundation that allows a passionate, globally distributed team to do their best work on one of the most urgent challenges of our time. At a moment when the organisation is entering its next phase of growth, the people and systems you put in place will have a lasting impact on its culture, capability, and long-term success.

Reporting directly to C-level leadership, you'll be both a strategic thought partner and a hands-on leader; designing the people systems, talent practices, and organisational culture that enable the organisation to attract, develop, and retain exceptional talent as it scales. But equally, you'll bring rigour to the engine room: the HR operations, compliance frameworks, documentation, and administrative processes that keep a complex, multi-country organisation running smoothly. You'll work closely with leaders across functions and geographies, translating organisational priorities into people strategies that are both ambitious and grounded in operational reality. Here, the art of people leadership and the science of HR operations are valued equally because one cannot thrive without the other.

We're looking for someone who is as comfortable shaping a talent strategy as they are designing a compliant onboarding process; someone who moves fluidly between the big picture and the fine print, and who takes as much pride in a well-built system as in a well-supported team.

If you're an experienced people and culture leader who is as energised by the mission as you are by the craft, and you're ready to bring your full expertise to a dynamic, fast-growing international organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

The organisation will be supported in its search for this appointment by the executive search firm, Perrett Laver. To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter, detailing how you fulfil the role description and specification, to Perrett Laver quoting reference 8501.

The deadline for applications is 09.00BST on Monday, 6th July 2026.

The salary is commensurate with the seniority of the appointment. The successful candidate will be based in Asia. 

To confidentially get in touch about this role, or for advice on your application please email George Hourmouzios at George.Hourmouzios@perrettlaver.com

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