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Fungi and Climate Project Lead
United States · Senior · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 days ago
Machine LearningProject ManagementStrategic CommunicationsHRISResearchLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- This is a senior role requiring someone who can work independently across our organisations, sectors and disciplines and who has a proven track record in project leadership and delivery in the climate and/or biodiversity space.
Responsibilities
- Work across our organisations to build a project identity and strategy
- Manage the project's strategic communications together with our organisation teams
- Identify and manage emerging opportunities across scientific and political arenas
- Manage high-level administrative duties, including the preparation of detailed minutes and executive summaries for strategic meetings.
- Partnership and relationship building and management
- Cultivate, seek, and maintain strategic relationships with key allies, whether government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), or scientific partners to foster collaboration.
- Lead initial conversations to determine alignment and suitability
- Design and implement partnership frameworks and agreements
- Track and maintain strategic relationships
- Manage budget and liase with finance lead
Requirements
- 3-5 years' experience in climate and/or biodiversity space
- Proven track record of project leadership and delivery
- Ability to tailor messaging for diverse audiences
- Ability to understand and successfully communicate complex policy and science concepts
- First language English, proficiency in Spanish
- Fungal expertise is welcome but not required
- We aim to lay the legal, regulatory, and scientific groundwork required to write fungi into global climate and conservation agendas.
Nice to have
- Experience working at the intersection of scientific research and policy
- Familiarity with biodiversity conservation frameworks and climate commitments (e.g., UN CBD, UNFCCC, Paris Agreement)
- Understanding of Indigenous rights and community-based conservation approaches
- Existing network in conservation and climate change work ecosystems
- Experience with international partnerships and strategic relationships between organisations
- Experience evaluating or implementing environmental data platforms or technologies
- 3-year consultancy role as a contractor with initial 3-month trial period
- Working environment
Skills
- This is a joint project housed between the Fungi Foundation and the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN)
- Fungi Foundation is an international environmental non-profit dedicated to conserving the world's fungi.
- SPUN's mission is to map and protect the mycorrhizal fungal networks that regulate Earth's climate and ecosystems.
Compensation
- Location & Compensation
Benefits
- Have a vision for how the project is implemented and communicated
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