- Minimum of a masters degree in natural resources management, environmental and trade law, forestry, or a related field.
- Eight or more years of relevant professional experience in international forestry issues such as forest product trade, forest product supply chain management, forest product procurement policies and practices, and/or forest trade legality and enforcement.
- Deep understanding of forest product supply chains, the role of technology in increasing forest product traceability, and policies aimed at improving the legality of international forest product trade (e.g., U.S. Lacey Act, EU Timber Regulation, EU FLEGT, Australia Illegal Logging Prohibition, etc.).
- Successful track record working with stakeholder processes and demonstrated ability to assert initiative and leadership.
- Private sector experience on forest issues.
- Proven project and team management skills.
- Excellent writing skills.
- Fluency in oral and written English. Fluency in another language relevant to global forest product supply chains is a plus.
- International work experience and outstanding cross-cultural and inter-personal skills.
- Demonstrated superb analytical and strategic thinking skills.
- A strong, proven ability to deliver real-world results.
- Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office and internet research.
- Willingness to travel 20-30 percent of the time.
Qualified applicants should apply online at www.wri.org/careers. All applications must be submitted online through this career portal in order to be formally considered.
The World Resources Institute (http://www.wri.org/wri) is an environmental and development research and policy organization that creates solutions to protect the Earth and improve people’s lives. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, it is WRI’s policy to recruit, hire, and provide opportunities for advancement in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, sexual preference, parental status, or disability. WRI’s global agenda requires a staff that is diverse – with respect to race, gender, cultural, and international background. Diverse perspectives and experience enhance the way WRI selects and approaches issues, as well as the creativity and applicability of WRI's policy research and analysis. WRI, therefore, encourages applications from U.S. minorities, persons from other countries (especially developing nations), and from women of all backgrounds.
About WRI
The World Resources Institute is a global environmental think tank that goes beyond research to put ideas into action. We work with governments, companies, and civil society to build solutions to urgent environmental challenges. WRI’s transformative ideas protect the earth and promote development because sustainability is essential to meeting human needs and fulfilling human aspirations in the future.
Established in 1982, WRI is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization respected globally by policymakers, NGOs, and corporate leaders because of the rigorous quality, balance, and independence of its work. With its think-tank roots, WRI values innovative ideas, working collaboratively, and thinking independently. WRI employees see the results of their hard work and have the satisfaction of making a significant difference in the world.
Currently a $50 million organization with an international staff of approximately 250, WRI works with more than 400 partners in 50 countries. WRI provides objective information and practical proposals for policy and institutional change that foster environmentally sound, socially equitable development.
Values
In its day to day work, WRI is guided by several core institutional values:
Innovation: To lead change for a sustainable world, WRI is creative, forward thinking, entrepreneurial, and adaptive.
Independence: WRI’s effectiveness depends on work that is uncompromised by partisan politics, institutional or personal allegiances, or sources of financial support.
Urgency: WRI believes that change in human behavior is urgently needed to halt the accelerating rate of environmental deterioration.
Independence: Our effectiveness depends on work that is uncompromised by partisan politics, institutional or personal allegiances, or sources of financial support.
Respect: Our relationships are based on the belief that all people deserve respect.
Approach
Everything WRI does is built on four key elements:
Focus on Results: WRI organizes all of its work to produce powerful and practical solutions, strategies and tools, policies and partnerships.
Analytical Excellence: WRI identifies problems, drivers of change, economic incentives, and consequences to arrive at comprehensive, incentive-based, practical solutions.
Partnerships: WRI works with scientists, governments, businesses, NGOs, and international institutions worldwide to create incentives and pressure for change.
Communications: WRI fosters change by disseminating their solutions and ideas to targeted audiences.
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