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The Manager, Responsible Mining & Energy (RM&E) is situated within CI’s Center for Environmental Leadership in Business (CELB), providing scientific and related project management expertise for RM&E projects and primarily supporting major corporate relationships for the program. Capacity is needed to innovate, demonstrate and share responsible business practices within the industry, in particular including biodiversity assessment; performance standards and safeguards and biodiversity offsets design and implementation; landscape values assessments and conservation planning; ecosystem services valuation; environmental and social impact assessment, planning, and monitoring; and GIS / spatial mapping.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Technical innovation and advising
- Advise internal and external stakeholders on leading industry biodiversity and ecosystem services practices, bringing key CI science and innovations to bear in major RM&E corporate relationships through strong collaboration with CI’s Science, Field Programs, and Ecosystem Finance Divisions.
- Support RM&E account leads responsible for major corporate relationships through provision of subject-matter expertise on issues, including biodiversity assessment; performance standards and safeguards and biodiversity offsets design; landscape values assessments and conservation planning; ecosystem services valuation; environmental and social impact assessment, planning, and monitoring; and GIS / spatial mapping.
- Regularly provide written technical analysis and input into key RM&E corporate partnerships aimed at demonstrating improved environmental management through the design and implementation of responsible mining & energy practices.
- Contribute technical content to major RM&E corporate partnerships & other funding concepts, proposals, and donor reports in collaboration with corporate account leads.
Project management
- Manage and collaborate with CELB & cross-institutional teams to ensure timely delivery of high quality, technically-focused project outputs in support of key RM&E corporate partnerships.
- Develop project work plans and track progress to ensure timely production of key technical deliverables.
- Manage and monitor project budgets, in coordination with CELB Finance & Operations team, and make adjustments as needed to keep to budget allocations.
- Write donor reports as needed for projects under direct management.
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Required:
- At least 5 years of experience relevant to environmental conservation and responsible development practices.
- Demonstrated applied experience in deploying technical knowledge to complex projects.
- Strong problem solving and output-focused analytical skills.
- Superior project management capabilities.
- Experience with proposal and budget development.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Masters in natural resource management, environmental policy or management, conservation biology or similar
Work Location:
- Position is based in the CI-Virginia HQ office.
- Requires domestic and international travel up to 40% of the time.
Preferred:
- Experience-based technical knowledge of business practices relevant to responsible mining, oil & gas development e.g. landscape planning; performance standards & safeguards; environmental & social impact assessment, planning and management; biodiversity offsets.
- Experience working directly with international partners from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
- Non-profit experience.
- Demonstrated passion for international conservation and development.
- MBA or similar degree.
- Foreign language proficiency e.g. French, Spanish, Portuguese.
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