Director of Forest Campaigns

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Climate Advisers seeks a Director of Forest Campaigns. The ideal candidate will be based in Washington, D.C. , but an alternative might be considered for a highly experienced and exceptional candidate.

About Climate Advisers

Climate Advisers is a growing mission-driven policy and advocacy shop working to deliver a strong low-carbon economy. In the United States and around the world, Climate Advisers creates and implements large-scale, cost-effective strategies to strengthen climate action and improve lives. The firm conducts this work in partnership with leading philanthropies, think tanks, advocacy groups, international institutions, companies and governments.

Actions

Climate Advisers’ work includes meaningful interventions such as the following:

• It develops both high-impact corporate campaigns and insider C-suite engagement strategies to transform private-sector actors and develop responsible paths forward.
• It uses political, policy and diplomatic expertise to help clients shape global, national and local climate solutions.
• It catalyzes action and innovative financing to reduce climate pollution, particularly from forests and land.
• It creates climate solutions that accelerate sustainable development, spur economic growth, and fight poverty.

Impact

Climate Advisers is committed to the following overarching goals:

• Developing innovative policy solutions, which quickly move to the center of the debate.
• Working to expand the realm of the politically possible, creating and executing political strategies that turn good ideas into reality.
• Conducting transformative analysis that gives important context and spurs action.
• Presenting targeted and elite communications to change minds and set the agenda.

Team

The Climate Advisers’ team currently includes globally recognized thought leaders on climate policy and diplomacy, forests and lands, supply chain sustainability, energy, and sustainable development. The firm’s project staff is organized in two teams – policy and campaigns. The policy team works at a high political level and with influential constituencies to advance ambitious climate policies. The campaign team specializes in building movements and reaching pivot constituencies through consumer-facing corporate campaigns. While the two teams often work separately, many projects include both policy and campaign components.

Climate Advisers on Forests

For nearly a decade Climate Advisers has been one of the world’s leading climate policy organizations working to reduce emissions and promote resilience in the forest and land sector. Climate Advisers’ campaigns team directs the Forest Heroes project—a highly successful corporate campaign that played a major role dramatically increasing the share of global palm oil production covered by zero deforestation commitments, conducting grassroots campaigns backed by C Suite engagement with companies including Wilmar, Cargill and ADM. In 2014, Climate Advisers played a central role in brokering the New York Declaration on Forests at the UN Climate Summit—a pledge by more than one hundred and fifty countries, companies and NGOs to eliminate natural forest loss globally by 2030 after having cut it in half by 2020. Climate Advisers has worked closely with the World Economic Forum on climate and forest content in Davos and Climate Advisers’ CEO is a co-chair of the WEF’s Global Agenda Council on Forests.

Director of Forest Campaigns

Climate Advisers seeks a director of forest campaigns with the senior-level political network, strategic vision, high energy and winning attitude required to accelerate climate action, with a particular focus on climate policies that protect tropical forests. Working with the firm’s diverse clients and implementation partners (including several of the world’s leading philanthropies, influential non-profit organizations, globally important corporations, and strongest climate champions in governments), the Director of Forest Campaigns will develop, launch, and implement high-impact projects designed to build U.S. and global political will to tackle tropical deforestation and global climate change. Climate Advisers will give strong preference to candidates who can be based in Washington, DC.

This position offers an opportunity for the successful candidate to marshal existing networks of civil society, corporate leaders, policy makers and opinion leaders to achieve big climate results with a high degree of independence in a collegial and nimble organization. The successful candidate will be someone who cares deeply about forests as a critical part of international climate action, and is able to develop and promote innovative policy proposals that change the international response to global problems. Candidates with expertise in corporate campaigns and campaign design will receive special consideration.

The Director’s initial portfolio shall include working directly with the President/CEO and the Director of Strategic Communications to plan and execute new initiatives as part of the successful Forest Heroes Campaign, which the Director will oversee. The Director will have opportunities to contribute to the firm’s continued growth, and to expand his or her own role and compensation by building a client base and leading new initiatives. The Director’s ability to assume greater management and leadership roles will be limited solely by his/her talent, creativity and energy.

Candidates with extensive and exceptional experience may be considered directly for a Managing Director level position, still with a strong focus on forest campaigns.

Qualifications

The Director of Forest Campaigns should ideally possess the following set of professional qualifications and personal attributes:
Professional Qualifications:

• Deep commitment to the mission of Climate Advisers – strengthening climate action in the United States and around the world
• Truly exceptional record of achievement
• Ten to fifteen years practical experience advancing forest and ideally climate policy objectives through creative campaign design and implementation
• A proven track record of success instituting elite relationships with corporations, civil society institutions and governments
• Deep knowledge of global supply chain campaigns and commitments
• Extensive existing network of civil society and decision makers to mobilize in support of forest and?climate action
• Ability to secure financial resources from large foundations or governments, or an interest in developing this capacity
• Masters or other advanced degree preferred, bachelor degree considered if candidate has exceptionally high-level climate policy experience and political network.

Personal Attributes:

• Personal creativity and strategic vision, coupled with an ability to listen to others and learn from their best ideas – a sense of inquisitiveness and intellectual curiosity
• Articulate, high energy, intellectually inquisitive, and possessing impeccable integrity
• An ability to inspire trust
• Capability of gently taking command of a meeting with corporate executives and decision makers through tact, poise, confidence, interpersonal savvy, the quality of his/her ideas and the strength of his/her oral presentation
• Ability to convene, mediate and facilitate discussions among senior stakeholders
• A leader who can create consensus in complex and diverse coalitions
• An excellent teacher and strong mentor, with a passion for sharing knowledge with others and helping team members excel both professionally and personally
• Comfort with rapidly changing political circumstances, client priorities and business opportunities
• Comfort working in a small, non-traditional organization
• Demonstrated flexibility in problem-solving and ability to surge when projects demand
• Proven ability to work collaboratively and enjoys building relationships with diverse groups and?individuals
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills, with the established ability to educate and persuade
• Exceptional communication skills in English, both oral and written, and preferably knowledge of foreign languages (e.g. Spanish, French, Portuguese or Bahasa)
• Ability to manage, prioritize, and multi-task on multiple projects

B Corporation Status

Climate Advisers is proud to be a Certified B Corporation, a new kind of company that meets higher standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. Learn more about B Corporations at www.bcorporation.net.

Compensation and Benefits

Climate Advisers offers an excellent benefits package and highly competitive compensation compared to NGOs and other organizations dedicated to strengthening climate action, with the salary offered commensurate with experience.

Application Process

• Immediate opening; applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
• Please send a cover letter describing your interest and qualifications and your resume (in Word or pdf format) to: jobs@climateadvisers.com with the subject line:
  Director of Forest Campaigns – “Your Last Name”
• All expressions of interest will remain confidential.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Climate Advisers is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and strives to select the best-qualified person for each position in the organization. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, religion, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, disability, military service or veteran status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. Firm management is dedicated to ensuring the fulfillment of this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment advertising, pay and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.