<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><b>Lead Scientist--Soil Sciences</b></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">Soil
management decisions made in coming years will strongly influence
climate trajectories and climate adaptation potential in crop and
pasture
lands. These critical decisions will directly affect crop and livestock
yields and our ability to meet food, fiber, fuel and water demands
without expanding the global agricultural footprint and creating
environmental impacts.
</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The
Nature Conservancy seeks a scientific thought leader with a proven
record of success in soil sciences to drive a high-impact, global
research agenda on improving soil health.
S/he will lead development of this exciting new field within the
Conservancy, testing and demonstrating work at scale across Conservancy
and partner landscapes. Through a rigorous, global soil science research
initiative, the Conservancy seeks to explore scientific
evidence for the role of improved soil health as a component of natural
climate solutions that mitigate a significant proportion of anticipated
greenhouse gas emissions, a key to thriving soil biodiversity, and a
critical input to agricultural production.
As a member of the Global Lands team, the Lead Scientist will
synthesize and create evidence addressing sustainable agriculture,
including the role of improved soil management to cost-effectively
sequester and store carbon at scale.</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black" lang="EN-GB">As
a member of the Science Cabinet, a collaborative group of all
Conservancy Lead Scientists, the Lead Scientist will contribute topical
expertise to cross-cutting science issues for the organization, and
represent the organization in professional society conferences,
university partnerships, and high-level events around critical
conservation issues. Mid- to advanced-career scientists with expertise
in related fields (</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">including
soil microbiology,
agronomy, biogeochemistry, climatology, pedology, edaphology, rangeland
management) are encouraged to view the full position description and
apply online at
</span><a href="http://www.nature.org/about-us/careers" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">www.nature.org/about-us/careers</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. Application
deadline is <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">May 8, 2016</span></span>.For more information about this exciting opportunity, please contact Kelley Morsman at</span><a href="mailto:kmorsman@tnc.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">kmorsman@tnc.org</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Please see attached for more information.<br></span></p></div>