Global Gas and Oil Network (GGON) Research
Coordinator Job Description
Position: Research Coordinator, Global Gas and Oil Network
Location: Remote, virtual (from/based in the Global South, must be able to occasionally meet virtually in alternative time zones).
Time Commitment: Four days per week/open-ended contract
Compensation: Approximately $50,000-$60,000 pro rata (dependent on experience & location). Our compensation range is competitive and reflective of the cost of living in different regions. It is determined based on the
candidate’s location, experience, and qualifications. GGON is committed to equity in compensation.
Reports to: GGON Program Manager
Target start date: September 2025 (position open until filled)
About the Global Gas & Oil Network
GGON is an international non-profit network of civil society organisations established to support global efforts to stop fossil fuel expansion and catalyse a just and equitable global phase-out of production in line with the internationally agreed climate target to keep global warming below 1.5°C. This must be achieved through a just transition, at an equitable pace for all countries, in a way that centres the needs of people, communities and biodiversity. Since its creation in 2017, the network has steadily grown to over 300 organisations across more than
60 countries on six continents, including many research focused organisations.
GGON provides movement infrastructure for this diverse group of members and partners through a variety of approaches, including convening critical conversations and strategy discussions, commissioning research and analysis, and providing communications tools and training. Where we are invited to, we provide coordination
support to a number of national and regional coalitions and directly coordinate issue-specific thematic global working groups. GGON operates with a lean secretariat, which is a fully virtual team based in several continents across multiple time zones.
GGON’s Research Work
Data and insights gathering, analysis, position papers, and other research is pivotal to ensure the movement succeeds to inform ongoing strategy and to provide insights and analysis needed to deliver successful campaigns.
Our ambition is to support and facilitate network members’ work to phase-out oil and gas. We have seen substantial success in this regard and now wish to scale up our capacity to do more, ensuring research is developed, distributed and used for maximum impact among the network. In particular, we are committed to correcting for the historic tendency for research to be overly focused in the Global North and have a key objective to enable more research outputs from members and allies in the Global South.
Position Summary
The Research Coordinator will be a facilitative leader, passionate about promoting social justice and a fair and equitable transition away from fossil fuels through a collaborative network approach. They will be responsible for:
reinvigorating and leading the Research Working Group, creating an engaging, inclusive space; coordinating joint research related projects among GGON members; and establishing the collaborative “GGON Research Hub” that
will support strategy level discussions and produce more movement focused research projects and be an accessible
“one stop shop” of data and insights for members and the GGON Secretariat.
The role will be based in the virtual GGON secretariat and work closely with the other secretariat team members to facilitate and support GGON partners. The successful candidate will believe in the power of networks to create change and enjoy working with a wide range of stakeholders (primarily NGOs, think thanks and academics). The Research Coordinator will report to the Program Manager, and be accountable to the wider network, for example, through the Research Working Group.
