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Title | Associate Vice President, Agriculture Sustainability |
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With world attention focused on both the environment and the economy, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is where policymakers and business leaders turn for win-win solutions. This leading green group, with programsfrom Boston to Beijing, has tripled in size over the past decade by focusing on strong science, uncommon partnerships, and market-based approaches. You can be part of a vibrant workplace that welcomes diverse perspectives, talents, and contributions, where innovation and a focus on results are a way of life. EDF is committed to including all segments of society in developing durable solutions to environmental challenges and to ensuring diversity among our staff, board, and supporters. Having a diverse team broadens our perspective and strengthens our work, and we are dedicated to developing and maintaining a workforce that reflects the diversity of the constituencies we serve.
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The Ecosystems Program & Agricultural Sustainability Initiative Ecosystems is one of four major programs within EDF. The program has bold goals to reach by 2020 that are centered around reversing habitat loss on working lands, restoring and protecting coastal communities, revitalizing working rivers and their ability to provide a resilient water supply, and ending fertilizer pollution. This last goal is the focus of EDF’s Agricultural Sustainabilityinitiative. EDF’s Agricultural Sustainability initiative has emerged from over a decade of work and is designed to address the environmental degradation caused byagriculture, especially food production. EDF is working with major retailers, like Walmart, to increase the sustainability of their supply chains that depend on agriculture, and with actors in the emerging agricultural greenhouse gas markets to improve environmental outcomes. Farmers and ranchers respond to markets; getting the market signals right could result in fast and comprehensive advances towards sustainable intensification. EDF has built relationships with an extensive and diverse network of collaborators to drive sustainable practices across the agricultural landscape. Through these collaborations, EDF has become a trusted resource and partner to many in the scientific community, grower associations, state and federal agencies, conservation partners, and a growing roster of corporate partners in the agricultural supply chain. We believe that our commitment to rigorous science, sound economics, and strong partnerships is key to effecting the lasting change we need to meet human needs and improve the health of our ecosystems. EDF and our partners have already secured private sector sustainability commitments across more than 20 million acres; formed breakthrough collaborations with agribusinesses across the supply chain; developed an independent, science-based program that measures the efficacy of fertilizer management tools; and helped California open its carbon market to farmers who implement climate-friendly practices. Associate Vice President, Agricultural Sustainability The AVP, Agricultural Sustainability will provide the overall vision, strategy,and leadership on agricultural sustainability initiatives, identifyingopportunities, developing and implementing projects, and managing advocacy efforts relating to the initiative. The AVP will directly manage EDF’s teams working on several core programs including the Sustainable Sourcing Initiative (SSI) and Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Markets (Ag GHG). The AVP will work closely with EDF’s Corporate Partnership Program (CPP) on agriculture initiatives that pertain to the supply chain. S/he will both work independently and support the Senior Vice President of Ecosystems in a number of aspects of his leadership. As a member of the Ecosystems leadership team, the AVP will collaborate with peers in the Ecosystems Program and across the organization.
This role requires a keen strategist with expert leadership, communication, and management skills, and the ability to develop meaningful relationships with EDF’s staff, board, funders, and external partners. This is an outstanding opportunity for a politically-savvy, innovative leader with fundraising experience and a passion for improving agricultural sustainability. The AVP will report directly to the Senior Vice President of Ecosystems.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities The AVP, Agricultural Sustainability will perform the following and other duties as assigned:
Strategic Vision and Leadership
External Relations and Partnerships
Organizational Management
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