[ES_JOBS_NET] Manager, Nature-based Climate Solutions, EDF

[christine.wiedinmyer.ucar at gmail.com]

https://careers-edf.icims.com/jobs/3194/job

 

Manager, Nature-based Climate Solutions

 


Overview


With world attention on both the environment and the economy, Environmental
Defense Fund (EDF) is where policymakers and business leaders turn for
win-win solutions. By focusing on strong science, uncommon partnerships and
market-based approaches, we tackle urgent threats with practical solutions.
We are one of the world's largest environmental organizations, with more
than two million members and a staff of approximately 700 scientists,
economists, policy experts, and other professionals around the world. We
operate in 22 geographies with unique projects running across four programs.
You will be part of a vibrant workplace where innovation and results are a
way of life.

 

EDF envisions a world in which people from all backgrounds and experiences
feel connected to the environmental challenges we face and are engaged in
creating durable, equitable solutions. We seek talented candidates who share
our
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Responsibilities


Manager, Nature-based Climate Solutions

 

Variable or Remote [San Francisco, CA, Austin, TX, New York, NY, Washington,
DC, Boston, MA, Boulder, CO]

 

 EDF's Nature-based Climate Solutions (NbCS) project addresses two of the
biggest barriers to effective carbon credit markets: lack of clear
scientific understanding and consensus on the realizable carbon storage or
removal potential of the vast array of natural carbon sinks, and lack of
market confidence in the integrity of carbon credits available for purchase.
EDF's NbCS team conducts research and convenes stakeholders to find
agreement on the science, and the measurement and accounting standards that
underpin high-integrity credits. The project focuses on natural climate
solutions where we can accelerate carbon storage most quickly because of the
scale of the potential storage and the current interest in those credits.
These include the management, use and protection of tropical and temperate
forests, agricultural soils and oceans.

 

 

Overall Function

The Manager will be responsible for implementing key aspects of this
project, including managing committees with outside partners, both academic
and corporate. S/he will develop partnerships and foster collaboration among
NGO's, companies, and academics and provide management support to a growing
project whose overall goal is understanding the realistic magnitude of
carbon storage in agricultural soil and changes in soil carbon over time.
Under the leadership of the Associate Vice President in the Office of Chief
Scientist, the Manager uses experience and knowledge to manage scientific
collaborations and processes involving multiple outside entities.

 

 

 

Key Responsibilities

*	Manage complex science-based projects that touch multiple EDF
programs, create project workplans and ensure that varied teams stay on
track to meet deliverables and objectives; develop and apply appropriate
means for measuring project success; work with program financial analysts to
track project budget.
*	Manage relationships, write and negotiate agreements and scopes of
work with technical vendors, academic partners, and corporate partners.
*	Support hiring new team members, including working with HR to post,
recruit and evaluate candidates.
*	Independently troubleshoot problems where precedents are not always
available using an original arrangement or interpretation of complex
information or activities to arrive at logical conclusions.
*	Identify and develop relationships with key stakeholders in
regulatory, academic, and non-profit sectors with the goal of fostering
relationships, gathering information, developing project ideas, recruiting
partners, and advancing the overall strategic vision of the project through
partnerships and collaboration.
*	Coordinate interdisciplinary teams comprised of staff from various
internal programs and external organizations, with members across multiple
time zones, including internationally. Set up and lead group meetings.
*	Serve as EDF representative in external settings such as
conferences, workshops, and partnerships. Communicate various project goals
and results to EDF leadership and staff, donors, companies, policymakers,
environmental groups, the media and the public through reports and other
methods.
*	Translate program and project needs into actionable items to advance
program decision-making and liaise with programs to facilitate information
sharing, identify synergies, and improve collaboration.
*	Participate in advancing EDF DEI goals in which people from all
backgrounds and experiences feel connected, included, and empowered to
address the environmental and organizational challenges in alignment with
EDF values. This includes fostering equitable systems and empowering diverse
constituencies both internally and externally.
*	Be an integral team player in the development of a vibrant and
entrepreneurial program by supporting fundraising efforts, evaluating and
recommending new project ideas, and  other relevant activities.
*	Be a part of the Office of Chief Scientist's growing project
management and operations team.

 

 

 

Qualifications

*	Bachelor's degree and at least six years program or related
experience, or advanced degree with at least 4 years of direct experience
required.  Experience or education related to environmental science a plus;
*	Experience in project management and exceptional personal
organization and attention to detail required;
*	Independent judgment required to plan, prioritize, and organize a
diverse workload;
*	Experience balancing the needs of multiple diverse stakeholders
including regulators and community organizations;
*	Strong ability to work on multiple projects concurrently, both
independently and as a member of multi-disciplinary teams in a dynamic,
fast-paced and creative environment;
*	Strong analytical skills and experience performing rigorous analysis
in support of highly visible work;
*	Ability to effectively communicate complex scientific, economic, and
technical information in an advocacy setting both to internal and external
audiences in writing and orally;
*	Strong oral presentation skills for both small and large audiences;
*	A high level of strategic thinking is required in order to
synthesize complex information to identify and deploy action plans;
*	Possess a high degree of diplomacy to influence and manage key
stakeholders and teams;
*	Demonstrated ability to independently recommend and determine
approaches to completing projects and managing processes where precedents
are not always available;
*	Demonstrates self-awareness, cultural competency and inclusivity,
and ability to work with and lead colleagues and stakeholders across diverse
cultures and backgrounds.
*	Willingness to travel.

 

Environmental Defense Fund is an equal opportunity employer where an
applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic
information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other
basis prohibited by law.

 

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