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Consultant as Climate Finance and Sustainability Specialist

Consultant as Back-End Developer

Climate and Energy Senior Research Analyst

<h2>Overview</h2><p><em>Put your passion and skills to work for the planet. Climate change is the most urgent issue of our time, and we need people like you to help us build a vital Earth — for everyone.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>We’re Environmental Defense Fund, a fast-paced nonprofit with a growing staff of more than 1,000 people in nearly 30 countries. We deliver game-changing solutions that cut climate pollution and strengthen people’s ability to thrive despite the effects climate change is already having. We work wherever we can have the most impact, from local communities to top companies to governments worldwide, and even in space.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Our culture, </em><em>values</em><em> and </em><em>commitment to diversity</em><em> make EDF an exciting and meaningful place to work. Every job here makes a difference. Won’t you join us?</em></p><h2>Responsibilities </h2><p><strong>Program/Department Overview</strong></p><p> </p><p>The Climate-Smart Agriculture Policy Team analyzes, develops, and advocates for public policy that can help accelerate the adoption of agricultural practices that reduce GHG emissions and build on-farm resilience. The CSA team works closely with farmers, ranchers, foresters and policymakers to create responsible public policy that delivers incentives, removes barriers, and advances science to better utilize working lands for natural climate solutions.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Overall Function</strong></p><p>This intern will provide research, policy, and administrative support to the Climate-Smart Agriculture and Federal Affairs teams to execute their strategy to deliver a climate-smart Farm Bill in 2024. They will report to the Director of Federal Affairs for Agriculture Policy and work closely with the Federal Affairs Manager for Agriculture Policy on EDF’s Federal Affairs team.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><p>Tasks will include but are not limited to:</p><ul> <li>Conduct research and analysis of agriculture policy proposals at aimed at helping farmers, ranchers, and foresters adopt climate-smart practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build resilience to a changing climate.</li> <li>Participate in regular congressional and stakeholder engagement and advocacy training to gain exposure on lobbying and influencing agriculture policy.</li> <li>Collaborate with internal EDF staff, external consultants, and multistakeholder coalitions focused on promoting climate-smart agriculture.</li> <li>Perform literature reviews on EDF reports from the Climate-Smart Agriculture team to centralize key findings and create quick reference materials.</li> <li>Prepare background materials on Members of Congress and their districts/states with relevant metrics to assist lobbyists in targeted advocacy efforts.</li> <li>Track legislative developments and provide regular updates to the team on congressional activities related to the Farm Bill, including relevant hearings, amendments and events.</li> <li>Assist in regularly reporting Federal Affairs agriculture policy staff activities to the Climate-Smart Agriculture Team, Political Affairs, and other internal audiences.</li> <li>Contribute to developing a cohesive advocacy strategy that  accomplishes the goal of enacting a climate-smart Farm Bill.</li> <li>Participate in advancing EDF Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (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.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><ul> <li>Enrolled in an undergraduate degree program and/or has demonstrated interest in environmental, agricultural, conservation or rural energy policy.</li> <li>Coursework in agricultural studies, environmental science, or natural resources conservation recommended.</li> <li>Experience in farming, agriculture policy, environmental protection, and/or conservation of natural resources/wildlife/habitat</li> <li>Work experience for a state/federal legislator preferred.</li> <li>Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)</li> <li>Excellent written and oral communication skills.</li> <li>Must be well organized, motivated, and detail-oriented.</li> <li>Ability to multi-task, prioritize and meet deadlines.</li> <li>Ability to work in a team setting and work independently when projects are due.</li> <li>Demonstrate self-awareness, cultural competency and inclusivity, and ability to work with colleagues and stakeholders across diverse cultures and backgrounds.</li> <li>Demonstrate initiative and problem-solving skills.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Location</strong></p><p>Hybrid out of Washington, DC or U.S. Remote</p><p> </p><p><strong>Term</strong></p><p>Summer 2024 (June – August)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Hours</strong></p><p>Full-time (35 hr/week)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Compensation</strong></p><p>This internship would involve compensation for work paid at a rate competitive with leading non-profits at $17/hr.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Application Materials</strong></p><p>Interested applicants should attach their cover letter and resume to the EDF application.</p><h2>Pay Ranges</h2><p>We offer a strong total rewards package encompassing competitive salary, robust benefits, and professional development opportunities consistent with a modern global organization. We take into account factors such as candidate experience, skills, training, internal team equity and local norms.</p><p>The pay range for this role is shown below.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that pay ranges are country specific. As a result, the stated currency is not meant be converted into any other currency.</p><p> </p><h2>Minimum Salary</h2>USD $17.00/Hr.<h2>Maximum Salary</h2>USD $17.00/Hr.<h2>EEO Information</h2><p><strong>Environmental Defense Fund</strong> 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.</p>

Leading the way in environmental solutions with strong science, partnerships, and practical approaches for a sustainable future.

Agriculture Policy Intern

<p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>Who we are and what we do?</strong></span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">WRI India, an independent charity legally registered as the India Resources Trust, provides objective information and practical proposals to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable development. WRI India’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. Through research, analysis, and recommendations, WRI India puts ideas into action to build transformative solutions to protect the earth, promote livelihoods, and enhance human well-being. </span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">We are inspired by and associated with World Resources Institute (WRI), a global research organization. Currently over 250 researchers are working with WRI India in our offices at Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. </span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>About your role</strong></span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">WRI India is looking for a Senior Program Manager – Industry Decarbonisation to join the Energy team which works on projects spanning energy governance, energy access, and energy transitions. The Senior Manager will play an important role in: (a) leading engagements with hard to abate industries, SMEs, policymakers and other relevant partners, (b) leading research and implementation of assigned projects, (c) draw important insights and provide recommendations to meet the goals and create impact, and (d) facilitate on-ground partner-oriented activities at the state or group level. (e) Support the Program leadership in fundraising, donor relationships and team management.</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"> The Senior Manager will provide support for the project, financial, and administrative tasks and help achieve WRI’s outcomes by delivering research and outreach on clean energy for MSMEs, Hard to abate Industries, Industrial parks/associations and Commercial &amp; Industrial (C&amp;I) consumers in India.</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>How your day will unfold:</strong></span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">The Senior Manager will engage with Large Industries, MSMEs, MSME Associations, group leaders. policymakers and facilitate on-ground activities in different states.</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"> • Build relationships with Industries, Ministries, SMEs, state governments, international agencies, MSME organisations, educational institutions, associations, and communities we work with projects.</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">• Lead, conduct, and guide research, develop reports on decarbonisation trends, technology assessment, tools and business models at C&amp;I customers, SMEs, and hard to abate industries.</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">• Bring knowledge of industrial processes, abatement technologies, and energy needs to help develop a targeted strategy to accelerate systems change within the sector. Assess the most promising levers of change and design projects and research to maximise progress.</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">• Stay informed about industry trends, policy landscape and sectoral developments.</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">• Participation in partner dialogues, advocacy communicate with civil society, policymakers, business and government partners and multilateral actors active in India’s energy transition and represent WRI India publicly on perspectives related to the Industrial decarbonisation strategy.</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">• Document implementation of the project and assist with project-relevant blog posts and other communication documents. Ensuring submission of deliverables and regular reporting</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">• Lead coordination and sharing of capacity building activities. Help with organizing of internal and external meetings, workshops, conferences, and other sharing activities.</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>Qualifications and Requirements we seek:</strong></span>  </p><ul><li style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">Master’s degree with a specialisation in engineering/science/management/economics or related field</span>  </p></li><li style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">10-12 Years of relevant full-time work experience in the energy/industries sector,</span>  </p></li><li style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">Prior Experience with renewable energy and energy efficiency of industries.</span>  </p></li><li style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">Experience excellent project management</span>  </p></li><li style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">Excellent qualitative and quantitative research and writing skills.</span>  </p></li></ul><ul><li style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">The ability to work with teams of individuals and colleagues.</span>  </p></li><li style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">Prior Experience in writing policy briefs/publications and delivering presentations.</span>  </p></li><li style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">Preferably BEE Certified Energy Manager/Auditor</span>  </p></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>Salary and Benefits:  </strong>21,00,000 INR to 25,00,000 INR<strong> </strong>CTC Per annum<strong><br><br></strong>Salary shall be commensurate with experience and skills. WRI offers a generous and comprehensive benefits package.</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>Duration: 1 year<span> as term hire (extendable based on performance and project requirements) </span></strong></span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>Location</strong>: Delhi/ Bangalore </span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>Start date:</strong> As soon as possible.<br></span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>List of Documents to be attached:</strong></span>  </p><ul><li style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>Cover Letter</strong></span></li><li style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong> Resume</strong></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview purpose. </span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong><em>Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) @WRI India</em></strong></span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><em>WRI India values and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion across all areas of our work and workforce. Integrating these values into our actions fosters a progressive and collaborative culture and can also enhance our impact.  It is our responsibility to create a welcoming working environment for people of diverse cultures, backgrounds and experience to learn together. We are responsible for fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where questions, concerns and information about diversity, equity and inclusion are part of our ongoing dialogue and development.</em></span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong><em>Learn more about WRI India’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). </em></strong><a href="https://wri-india.org/about/diversity-equity-and-inclusion"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></span>  </p><h2><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>People-centric to the core:</strong></span></h2><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">We keep our people at the centre of everything we do - from a welcoming work environment to benefits and a culture that encourages staff to stay healthy, happy, engaged, and growing.</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>Some of the non-monetary benefits that our staff get:<br></strong><strong><br>Health benefits: </strong>We cover health insurance for you and your loved ones for up to INR 8 lakhs</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>Term Insurance: </strong>Our term insurance policy covers life coverage of 50 lakhs per staff<strong> </strong>member</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>Employee Assistance program: </strong>Promoting mental well-being and supporting staff in achieving a satisfying work-life balance</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>Health &amp; Nutrition:</strong> Personalized diet recommendation from a certified dietitian based on the physical health condition and lifestyle</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>Flexible work schedule: </strong> Alternative work arrangements for all who are eligible by nature of their job</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>Learning culture</strong>: Workshops and trainings to empower staff, encourage new learning opportunities</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>Rest and Recharge weeks:</strong> We encourage staff to take time off to rest, rejuvenate, upskill, and pursue their interests.</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>Our leave policy:</strong> Avail personal time off at 36 per year, along with public holidays, maternity, paternity, and adoption leaves.</span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;">Click here to know more about our benefits <strong><a href="https://wri-india.org/careers">Careers | WRI INDIA (wri-india.org)</a></strong></span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><strong>Equal employment @WRI India</strong></span>  </p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size:12.0pt;"><em>We believe in equal employment, it is our policy to recruit, and provide opportunities for advancement in all job classifications without regard to caste, religion, sex, age, marital status, sexual preference, parental status, or disability.</em></span>  </p>

Senior Program Manager- Industry Decarbonisation

Consultant as Communications Specialist for Forest and Peat Monitoring

<p>The Southern Environmental Law Center is hiring a new Climate Campaign Associate in either our Birmingham, AL. or Charleston, SC. offices, although other SELC offices can be considered. SELC&rsquo;s strategic plan has three core pillars: Climate Change reversal, Environmental Justice and producing national solutions from our work protecting the South. This individual will join our Climate Initiative, reporting to our Climate Initiative Leader. At its core, the focus of this position will be defining and driving forward climate policy campaigns and advancing climate policies in target States. This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly successful, nationally recognized organization that is effectively addressing some of the most pressing and challenging environmental issues throughout the South and the nation.&nbsp;</p>
<p>SELC has a hybrid work model that offers employees the flexibility to work remotely up to two days per week.&nbsp; This is a full-time, exempt, three-year term position. All employees must reside in our region. SELC will provide relocation reimbursement for those relocating for an SELC position.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<li>Create state opportunity landscape assessments to advance climate policies in target states, mapping existing and potential partner organization capacity and related priorities, key stakeholders and decision makers, potential new partners, leverage points, resonant messaging, target audience strategies, and more.   &nbsp;</li>
<li>Develop one to two potential climate campaign concepts with recommended strategy and tactics in the target states. Each concept will be developed in partnership with state teams to determine whether and how to move forward.  &nbsp;</li>
<li>Provide project management support for target campaigns. In some instances, participate in and directly manage the resulting advocacy.  In others, coordinate with the state program advocates and coalition partners primarily handling that advocacy. &nbsp;</li>
<li>Explore opportunities for additional research on climate-related topics to support campaign goals and elevate issue visibility and SELC thought leadership, working with program teams and Communications.   &nbsp;</li>
<li>Advise program staff in state offices on climate priorities and opportunities.  &nbsp;</li>
<li>Participate as a thought partner with program staff in developing advocacy strategies. Possible areas of policy work include decarbonization of TVA, implementation of federal climate funding and incentives, defense against regional gas growth, state and local resilience policies, and clean transportation.  &nbsp;</li>
<li>Identify new partnerships and build and participate in coalition efforts to support climate goals. &nbsp;</li>
<li>Build and cultivate strong relationships with key decision-makers including public officials and staff, partners and other external stakeholders. Coordinate externally with partner organizations and allies to advance climate campaign objectives.  Attend and represent SELC in meetings among partner groups as appropriate.   &nbsp;</li>
<li>When appropriate, chronicle and analyze campaign activities to capture and share lessons learned for the benefit of future strategic campaigns. &nbsp;</li>
<li>Support SELC&rsquo;s collegial, collaborative, inclusive approach in advancing climate solutions.  &nbsp;</li>
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<h3 id="h-required-qualifications-nbsp-nbsp" class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Required Qualifications:&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;</h3>
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<li>5+ years of relevant work experience with at least some issue or political campaign work.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Strong commitment to addressing the causes and consequences of climate change and advancing clean, sustainable energy resources in the South. &nbsp;</li>
<li>Familiarity with the Inflation Reduction Act and other major federal climate programs. &nbsp;</li>
<li>Ability to think strategically and manage concurrent fast-paced projects.  &nbsp;</li>
<li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to build and maintain effective relationships with diverse clients and partners, legislators, regulators and business leaders. &nbsp;</li>
<li>Strong independent initiative and the ability to contribute effectively and collaborate as a team member. &nbsp;</li>
<li>Oral advocacy experience and comfort speaking in varied settings. &nbsp;</li>
<li>A strong personal commitment to SELC&rsquo;s mission. &nbsp;</li>
<li>Strong commitment to equity-centered policy work. &nbsp;</li>
<li>A genuine interest in and commitment to helping SELC create and foster a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. You engage in ongoing personal learning and are eager to contribute to our organizational efforts in this area. &nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="h-desired-qualifications-nbsp-nbsp" class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Desired Qualifications:</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;</h3>
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<li>Significant issue or political campaign experience. &nbsp;</li>
<li>Prior experience working in one of SELC&rsquo;s six states. &nbsp;</li>
<li>Media, brand management, or crisis communications experience. &nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="h-about-selc-nbsp-nbsp" class="wp-block-heading"><strong>About SELC:</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</h3>
<p>The Southern Environmental Law Center is one of the nation&rsquo;s most powerful defenders of the environment, rooted in the South. With a long track record, SELC takes on the toughest environmental challenges in court, in government, and in our communities to protect our region&rsquo;s air, water, climate, wildlife, lands, and people. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, the organization has a staff of over 200, including more than 130 legal and policy experts, and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA, with offices in Asheville, Atlanta, Birmingham, Chapel Hill, Charleston, Nashville, Richmond, and Washington, DC.&nbsp;</p>
<p>At our core, we are place-based, rooted in our region, and connected with the communities and clients we serve. We believe in an equitable and inclusive workplace that reflects the rich racial and cultural diversity of our region and allows diverse perspectives to come to the forefront. We approach our work with the highest level of integrity, holding ourselves to high standards with an emphasis on honesty, accountability, and thoughtfulness. We value collaboration and camaraderie, realizing we are strongest when we work together and knowing that everyone has a critical role to play. We strive for impact through a strategic, bold, pragmatic, and ambitious outlook that is dedicated to achieving powerful results. We believe in these values and in the power of SELC. We hope you consider joining us. Learn more at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.southernenvironment.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.southernenvironment.org/</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<h3 id="h-compensation-amp-benefits-nbsp-nbsp" class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Compensation &amp; Benefits:</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</h3>
<p>SELC offers salaries competitive with other leading environmental nonprofits nationally and provides an excellent benefits package. The starting salary range for this position is $70,000- $90,000 commensurate with experience. For more details about our benefits package, please visit our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.southernenvironment.org/about-selc/careers/benefits" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Careers page</a>.&nbsp;</p>
<p>SELC is a PSLF (<a href="https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Public Service Loan Forgiveness</a>) eligible employer.  &nbsp;</p>
<p>SELC will also provide relocation reimbursement for those relocating for an SELC position, up to a specific dollar amount and contingent on the move being at least 50 miles from the current primary address.&nbsp;</p>
<h3 id="h-to-apply" class="wp-block-heading"><strong>To Apply:</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</h3>
<p>To apply, click on the &lsquo;Apply Now&rsquo; button below to be directed to an online application where you may upload your application materials. Applicants must submit a cover letter, resume, a writing or work sample (an advocacy-oriented sample is preferred, however any sample that well-represents your writing/work is sufficient), and three references. The initial deadline for receipt of complete applications is Wednesday 5/15/24. However, applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Please state&nbsp;<a href="https://www.southernenvironment.org/about-us/offices/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SELC office</a>&nbsp;preferences in your cover letter, if not Birmingham, AL. or Charleston, SC. &nbsp;</p>
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<p><em>SELC is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace environment. We are eager to welcome new team members who share this commitment. We still have much progress to make, but our goal is to create and maintain a staff that, at every level, reflect</em><em>s</em><em>&nbsp;the rich racial and cultural diversity of the communities where we work and the clients that we serve. Persons of all backgrounds&mdash;including people of color, women, people with disabilities, veterans, and LGBTQ candidates&mdash;are strongly encouraged to apply.</em>&nbsp;</p>

Leading Southern environmental organization advocating for clean energy, justice, and nature protection. Solutions start here.

Climate Campaign Associate

Communications and Social Media Specialist for Air Quality

<div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Join Cascade Climate, a new global nonprofit accelerating progress in interventions, technologies, and markets that harness earth’s natural systems to stabilize our climate. Since our launch last summer we have assembled a stellar founding team, and lined up large initial investments from philanthropic backers including the Grantham Foundation, Quadrature Climate Foundation, and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. After kicking off our first set of field-building initiatives in enhanced rock weathering (ERW), Cascade is starting to expand into a broader set of open-system climate intervention pathways. In 2024, we are excited to begin working on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) pathways–ocean alkalinity enhancement and direct ocean removal in particular.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">We are looking for an Ocean Scientist to help us build out our in-house technical expertise in the marine realm; help establish and foster relationships with a network of collaborators and partners across mCDR; and help lead a range of Cascade’s initial mCDR programmatic initiatives.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">We’d love to hire an ocean scientist who is both well-versed in the (bio)geochemistry or physical oceanography underpinning mCDR pathways and a versatile relationship builder and big-picture thinker. This role will put you in an unusually high-leverage position to help advance mCDR knowledge creation and field development holistically—and yet is not a research role per se. The day-to-day responsibilities in this role will involve heavy doses of relationship building, deep listening and stakeholder management—across academia, industry, NGO partners, and more. The role will also involve a great deal of zoomed-out thinking and programmatic strategy development. We are looking for someone who can structure, diagnose and distill complex problems and chart a path forward.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">We hope this is an exciting fusion for someone who sees themselves as a scientist, a stakeholder communicator, and a strategic thinker. In addition, you will be joining Cascade at a pivotal time when you can shape our most important programs and our broader strategy to accelerate progress across open-system CDR pathways—from advancing the science of CDR quantification and developing a community system for rigor and consistency in MRV, to developing frameworks for environmental risk analysis, to federal policy advocacy.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">We care as much about you—your character and mindsets—as we do about your scientific training and background. Do you consistently show up with humility and contagious curiosity? Do you love to build new relationships and work with lots of collaborators? Do you independently learn new things quickly and eagerly? Can you operate without a fully-developed roadmap that’s been handed to you—tackling ambiguous problems and imposing your own structured plan? </span></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size:11pt;">About Cascade</b></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Cascade coordinates and resources ambitious initiatives across scientists, industry, and governments to overcome the core bottlenecks that are hindering progress in the most promising open-system climate interventions. As a species we are already—unintentionally and haphazardly—manipulating Earth’s climate system in ways that produce disastrous consequences for ourselves and the biosphere. Decarbonization must be our top priority but on its own cannot solve the climate emergency. We must embrace the need to harness Earth’s natural systems in the service of avoiding deeper harm. This will mean intervening in soils, rivers, oceans, glaciers and more—but doing so with great deliberation and care.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Our initial focus is advancing the development of a healthy market for enhanced rock weathering (ERW), underpinned by its scientific evidence base and its potential for gigaton-scale, durable carbon dioxide removal. As commercial activity in ERW ramps up, it is essential that we collectively steer toward a healthy, virtuous market cycle wherein large-scale deployments become a powerful engine for public scientific learning and growing public trust, along with declining uncertainties and costs. Over the course of 2024, we are looking to expand into mCDR as mCDR gradually shifts into progressively larger field research and deployment scales.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">For more context, you can read our </span><a href="https://cascadeclimate.org/foundations-for-a-healthy-erw-market-cycle" style="font-size:11pt;">blog post</a><span style="font-size:11pt;"> about the outlook for the ERW market or our broader thoughts on </span><a href="https://greatunwind.substack.com/p/leveling-the-playing-field-for-open" style="font-size:11pt;">leveling the playing field</a><span style="font-size:11pt;"> for open-system carbon dioxide removal.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">In the coming 3-6 months, you will be the science lead driving our stakeholder listening tours and strategic bottleneck diagnosis process as we expand in the mCDR space. You will collaborate closely with other Cascade team members and colleagues at other field building organizations in the space to define the initial set of programmatic initiatives and, over time, lead the execution of these initiatives.</span></div><br><br><h3>Role and primary responsibilities </h3><ul><li>Mapping out and building relationships with key stakeholders in the mCDR space (suppliers, buyers, public agencies, researchers, NGOs, funders)</li><li>Leading the recruitment of core staff members and contributing scientists to Cascade’s mCDR team and maintaining a strong extended network of subject matter experts</li><li>In collaboration with other Cascade team members, diagnosing key bottlenecks in the mCDR space, and developing and sharpening the vision of Cascade’s initial initiatives in mCDR field development</li><li>Emergent from the above, articulating Cascade’s priorities, capabilities and unique roles in mCDR to a range of collaborators and stakeholders</li><li>Supporting the build out of Cascade’s policy priorities in mCDR and becoming a key liaison with federal and state agencies pivotal for mCDR R&amp;D, deployment, and scaling.</li><li>Leading and co-leading early Cascade initiatives in mCDR to a high degree of execution.</li><div><br></div><div><b>Irrespective of the specific subset of projects you are working on at any given time, your specific responsibilities will often include the following:</b></div><li>Managing and monitoring the execution of complex projects that involve multiple strands (both scientific and operational) </li><li>Building new individual relationships (e.g., with specific researchers) and organizational partnerships for Cascade</li><li>Whiteboarding new ideas with colleagues and facilitating group problem-solving on knotty substantive and process questions</li><li>Leaning into difficult conversations with partners who have concerns about how some of the systems or projects Cascade is spearheading are playing out in the real world</li><li>Reviewing and helping craft various documents—to help Cascade colleagues or partner organizations—that need scrutiny or input from a trained scientist</li><li>Representing Cascade as a participant in multi-organization meetings and various collaborations, and attending relevant conferences</li><li>Taking the lead on or contributing to reports and other writing deliverables</li><li>Helping Cascade build and deepen its organizational culture, brand, and community trust</li></ul><h3>Desired Skills and Experiences   </h3><ul><li>PhD in a relevant discipline (chemical, physical or biological oceanography, marine (bio)geochemistry, or similar) or equivalent research/professional experience in specific subject areas relevant to abiotic marine CDR.</li><li>Appetite and ability to build a trusted rapport with a wide range of stakeholders. Empathetic communicator with strong listening skills. Effective, eager networker and relationship builder</li><li>Strong technical thinker and scientific communicator</li><li>Strong zoomed-out thinking and creative problem solving skills, and ability to structure and diagnose complex problems, distill simplicity from complexity, and make informed decisions in dynamic, evolving situations</li><li>Skilled written communicator and group facilitator</li><li>Track record of independently and effectively managing moderately or highly complex projects—juggling many balls simultaneously without letting them drop</li></ul><h3>More generally, we think this role could be a good fit if you are:</h3><ul><li>Excited about the sometimes-complex project management and stakeholder management involved in the kinds of system-engineer / market-shaping initiatives outlined above—and feel you could enjoy and thrive in a role with this flavor</li><li>Consistently experienced by others as humble, kind and empathetic</li><li>Good at building new relationships across a wide variety of people grounded in trust, deep listening and mutual vulnerability</li><li>Comfortable working under uncertainty and a lack of any clear right answer. </li><li>Intensely curious, hungry and self-driven in your learning about new topics </li><li>An open-minded, flexible, and sharp thinker who thrives in highly collaborative problem-solving environments</li></ul><br><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">If this broadly describes you, we think you’ll feel at home here, and will join a team of experienced and very like-minded people who will take great care to support you and your continued growth. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">No one will perfectly meet everything in the description above. We encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply, regardless of whether you feel you meet 100% of the qualifications. The top candidates will bring their own unique perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds along with many but not necessarily all the skills and characteristics listed above. We offer professional learning and training opportunities to help you develop skills you may not have had the opportunity to cultivate yet.   </span></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size:11pt;">Location    </b></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Cascade is headquartered in Boston with small hubs in Washington DC, New York, and the Bay Area. For this role, we have a strong preference for candidates who are based in one of these hubs or willing to relocate there. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">We love seeing each other in person.  We gather regularly (often in Boston) for team time like retreats, learning experiences, and whiteboarding sessions.  Be ready to travel at least once per month—and occasionally a bit more as needed—for conferences, team gatherings, and partner meetings. </span></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size:11pt;">Diversity     </b><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">At Cascade, our mission is to dramatically accelerate progress across a range of open-system climate interventions in order to ensure a healthy, livable Earth for all humanity. Recruiting, hiring, mentoring, and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve is critical to our success.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Cascade is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.</span></div>

Cascade Climate is an independent, nonprofit field-building NGO whose mission is to dramatically accelerate progress across a range of open-system climate interventions.

Ocean Scientist

<div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Join Cascade Climate, a new global nonprofit accelerating progress in interventions, technologies, and markets that harness earth’s natural systems to stabilize our climate. Since our launch last summer we have assembled a stellar founding team; lined up large initial investments from philanthropic backers including the Grantham Foundation, Quadrature Climate Foundation, and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative; and established Cascade as both the leading international field-building organization for Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) and a trusted voice in open system climate interventions more broadly. We are now looking for an ERW Scientist to help us deliver on Cascade’s flagship efforts to accelerate scientific progress in ERW and shape a healthy market for ERW deployment. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">We’d love to hire a versatile and passionate geoscientist who can help steward some of our most important initiatives that sit at the intersection of Cascade’s scientific and programmatic work. This role will put you in an unusually high-leverage position to help advance ERW science holistically—and yet is not a research role per se. The day-to-day responsibilities in this role will involve heavy doses of project management and stakeholder management—across academia, ERW suppliers and buyers, NGO partners, and more. You will neither be pigeonholed as a scientist nor as a project or relationship manager: for the right person, this role will be an exciting fusion of these, and a chance to join Cascade at a time when you can shape our most important programs and our broader strategy to accelerate progress across the ERW field. In the coming 12 months, you will be the primary technical force behind our work to build a rigorous, trusted and independent review system for the quantification of carbon removal via ERW, while contributing across our ERW programmatic initiatives – from R&amp;D orchestration to federal policy advocacy.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">We care as much about you—your character and mindsets—as we do about your scientific training and background. Do you consistently show up with humility and contagious curiosity? Do you love to build new relationships and work with lots of collaborators? Do you independently learn new things quickly and eagerly? Can you operate without a fully-developed roadmap that’s been handed to you—tackling ambiguous problems and imposing your own structured plan? Please help us spread the word far and wide! Candidates should fill out the short application questionnaire below, and are encouraged to include a resume and a note re: why they’re excited about the role and organization. </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>About Cascade</b></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Cascade coordinates and resources ambitious initiatives across scientists, industry, and governments to overcome the core bottlenecks that are hindering progress in the most promising open-system climate interventions. As a species we are already—unintentionally and haphazardly—manipulating Earth’s climate system in ways that produce disastrous consequences for ourselves and the biosphere. Decarbonization must be our top priority but on its own cannot solve the climate emergency. We must embrace the need to harness Earth’s natural systems in the service of avoiding deeper harm. This will mean intervening in soils, rivers, oceans, glaciers and more—but doing so with great deliberation and care.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Our initial focus is advancing the development of a healthy market for enhanced rock weathering (ERW), underpinned by its scientific evidence base and its potential for gigaton-scale, durable carbon dioxide removal. As commercial activity in ERW ramps up, it is essential that we collectively steer toward a healthy, virtuous market cycle wherein large-scale deployments become a powerful engine for public scientific learning and growing public trust, along with declining uncertainties and costs. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">For more context, you can read our </span><a href="https://cascadeclimate.org/foundations-for-a-healthy-erw-market-cycle" style="font-size:11pt;">blog post</a><span style="font-size:11pt;"> about the outlook for the ERW market or our broader thoughts on </span><a href="https://greatunwind.substack.com/p/leveling-the-playing-field-for-open" style="font-size:11pt;">leveling the playing field</a><span style="font-size:11pt;"> for open-system carbon dioxide removal.</span></div><div><br></div><div>In the coming 12 months, you will be the science lead driving our work to build a rigorous, trusted and independent review system for the quantification of carbon removal via ERW, stemming from the development of a rigorous <a href="https://cascadeclimate.org/introducing-the-cqs">Community Quantification Standard</a> (CQS). This will be the first industry-wide MRV standard for any carbon removal pathway. We expect the CQS to be published in June. You would contribute to the final stages of the development of the standard and become a leading contributor of the team within Cascade working to operationalize the standard and execute a companion initiative enabling data access from both commercial deployments and research studies.</div><br><br><h3>Role and primary responsibilities </h3><ul><li>Developing an R&amp;D roadmap for accelerated progress on the most critical, high-priority scientific uncertainties in ERW</li><li>Helping design and orchestrate specific ERW field studies and research campaigns</li><li>Contributing to the formulation and execution of Cascade’s regranting strategy, whereby we raise philanthropic dollars to regrant to research and other field-advancing efforts</li><li>Collaborating on the development of new community tools, models, and other novel resources that can accelerate the scientific community’s pace of progress</li><li>Co-authoring major reports and seminal intellectual contributions to the ERW field</li><div><br></div><div><b>Irrespective of the specific subset of projects you are working on at any given time, your specific responsibilities will often include the following:</b></div><li>Managing and monitoring the execution of complex projects that involve multiple strands (both scientific and operational) </li><li>Building new individual relationships (e.g., with specific researchers) and organizational partnerships for Cascade</li><li>Helping chart Cascade’s ERW strategy - identifying and prioritizing key gaps, and evaluating potential new initiatives</li><li>Whiteboarding new ideas with colleagues and facilitating group problem-solving on knotty substantive and process questions</li><li>Leaning into difficult conversations with partners who have concerns about how some of the systems or projects Cascade is spearheading are playing out in the real world</li><li>Reviewing and helping craft various documents—to help Cascade colleagues or partner organizations—that need scrutiny or input from a trained scientist</li><li>Representing Cascade as a participant in multi-organization meetings and various collaborations, and attending relevant conferences</li><li>Recruiting and hiring talented people to Cascade and/or to new systems or entities (such as the Community Review Board) that we are helping establish</li><li>Taking the lead on or contributing to reports and other writing deliverables</li><li>Helping Cascade build and deepen its organizational culture, brand, and community trust</li></ul><h3>Desired Skills and Experiences   </h3><ul><li>5+ years of work experience, inclusive of graduate study.</li><li>PhD in a relevant discipline (geochemistry, geosciences, etc.) with research/professional experience in specific relevant areas of geochemistry such as weathering, biogeochemical cycling, reactive transport, critical zone processes, etc.  </li><li>Track record of independently and effectively managing moderately or highly complex projects—juggling many balls simultaneously without letting them drop</li><li>Effective, eager networker and relationship builder</li><li>Strong reputation as a scientific thinker and collaborator</li><li>Skilled written communicator and group facilitator</li><li>Strong aptitude for creative problem solving, and ability to make informed decisions in dynamic, evolving situations</li></ul><h3>More generally, we think this role could be a good fit if you are:</h3><ul><li>Excited about the sometimes-complex project management and stakeholder management involved in the kinds of system-engineer / market-shaping initiatives outlined above—and feel you could enjoy and thrive in a role with this flavor</li><li>Consistently experienced by others as humble, kind and empathetic</li><li>Good at building new relationships across a wide variety of people grounded in trust, deep listening and mutual vulnerability</li><li>Comfortable working under uncertainty and a lack of any clear right answer. </li><li>Intensely curious, hungry and self-driven in your learning about new topics </li><li>An open-minded, flexible, and sharp thinker who thrives in highly collaborative problem-solving environments</li></ul><br><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">If this broadly describes you, we think you’ll feel at home here, and will join a team of experienced and very like-minded people who will take great care to support you and your continued growth. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">No one will perfectly meet everything in the description above. We encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply, regardless of whether you feel you meet 100% of the qualifications. The top candidates will bring their own unique perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds along with many but not necessarily all the skills and characteristics listed above. We offer professional learning and training opportunities to help you develop skills you may not have had the opportunity to cultivate yet.   </span></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size:11pt;">Location </b></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Candidates must be based in the United States or be willing to relocate to the US. Cascade is headquartered in Boston and has small hubs in Washington D.C., New York City, and the Bay Area, so we have preference for candidates who are either based in or willing to relocate to these hubs. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">We love seeing each other in person.  We gather regularly (often in Boston) for team time like retreats, learning experiences, and whiteboarding sessions.  Be ready to travel at least once per month—and occasionally a bit more as needed—for conferences, team gatherings, and partner meetings. </span></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size:11pt;">Diversity     </b><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">At Cascade, our mission is to dramatically accelerate progress across a range of open-system climate interventions in order to ensure a healthy, livable Earth for all humanity. Recruiting, hiring, mentoring, and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve is critical to our success.  </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Cascade is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.</span></div>

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