[ES_JOBS_NET] EDF High Meadows Post-Doc Fellow, Carbon Storage, Remote or Washington, D.C. Fellowship

[Fahad Huq]

Hello,

Environmental Defense Fund is looking to hire a Post-Doc Fellow in carbon cycling or climate science to work on a new project. Please see attached and below for a job description. This is a two-year Fellowship that can be based anywhere in the United States. We are looking to hire someone for an October, 2020 start.

Please apply here: https://www.edf.org/jobs/high-meadows-post-doc-fellow-carbon-storage

Job Description
Solving the climate crisis requires a suite of strategies, including efforts to increase carbon held within natural systems like forests, soil and oceans while reducing greenhouse gas emissions from these systems. The potential magnitude of these pools has led to a variety of bold proposals with varying levels of scientific-standard integration for evaluating the scale, efficacy or potential tradeoffs involved. The situation risks under-delivering on the climate benefits possible by drawing attention and investment to efforts with limited or even damaging impacts.

EDF intends to develop a neutral, curated on-line platform where suites of global experts on specific nature-based solutions for carbon storage can share and build the natural and social evidence that defines realistic scales for each pool.  The platform would be dynamic and subject to ongoing review and updating, potentially run like a curated wiki, ensuring that the community at large debates assumptions based on best available data. Such a process would make both positive and negative claims more transparent, as they would have to address the current best assumptions as captured on the platform and justify any reasons for disagreement. The intent of this project is to accelerate the effective evaluation of assumptions, constraints, and measurements of carbon dioxide removal and greenhouse gas emissions mitigation in natural ecosystems as well as agricultural and forestry systems. The resulting syntheses and conclusions will then be the basis for sound policy development to enable global net zero emissions by 2050.

OVERALL FUNCTION

Environmental Defense Fund seeks a recent Ph.D. recipient to help design and coordinate content and curation of a neutral, transparent evidence platform on which data and knowledge from experts across diverse scientific communities can be integrated and synthesized. The fellow will identify and convene experts to develop specific questions for analysis, analyze datasets, and develop estimates of the realistic scale of nature-based solutions. The fellow will also be responsible for working with a web developer on design specifications for the platform.

KEY RESPONSIBILIITES

  *   Help design the nature-based solutions program and oversee its implementation;
  *   Identify and coordinate scientists, economists, and social scientists in developing the design of a platform focused on transparent and dynamic discussion on the factors that determine the scale of realistic implementation of nature-based climate solutions;
  *   Oversee the development of the web-based platform to meet identified criteria;
  *   Foster input and help curate the data, synthesis, and discussion on the platform to resolve current disparities in estimates of carbon dioxide removal possible in various natural pools;
  *   Use analytics to integrate and synthesize the input received, focused on catalyzing data-driven science and advocacy;
  *   Write papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals, and reports/fact sheets/blog posts for general audiences on the realistic versus theoretical potential of nature-based climate solutions;
  *   Maintain and build ties to the academic/research communities, through outreach, presentations at workshops and conferences, informal contacts, etc.;
  *   Pursue projects and collaborations in her/his own areas of interest;
  *   Participate in EDF's professional development program for post-doctoral fellows.

QUALIFICATIONS

  *   A recent Ph.D. in carbon cycling or climate science with interest in working at the interface of science and policy
  *   Strong analytical, statistical and synthetic skills
  *   Demonstrated record of scientific work
  *   Superior oral and written communication and networking skills
  *   Familiarity with nature-based climate solutions
  *   Interest in and demonstrated capacity for translating scientific theory into real-world applications and practice
  *   Ability to work with and communicate effectively with researchers and non-scientists
  *   Ability to work as a member of a highly collaborative team in a fast-paced environment

Location
This Fellowship will preferably be based in EDF's Washington, D.C. office, but is open to other locations and remote postings.

Term

This position is a two-year post-doctoral fellowship.

Application Materials

Please apply to this position using a CV, a letter of interest, and any publications relevant to the above project. Please apply at: https://www.edf.org/jobs/high-meadows-post-doc-fellow-carbon-storage

Thanks,

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Fahad Huq
Intern and Fellowship Programs Lead

Environmental Defense Fund
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