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Title

Program Director

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Sectors Sustainability, Climate, CSR, EMS
Location District of Columbia - America North
Town/City Washington DC
Type Fixed Term and Permanent Roles
Status Full Time
Level Senior Level
Company Name World Resources Institute
Contact Name Human Resources
Website Further Details / Applications
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Directory Entry : The World Resources Institute is a global environmental think tank that goes beyond research to put ideas into action.
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IMPORTANT:  This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders.  Other applicants need not apply.

 

The World Resources Institute (WRI) is seeking a Director to lead its Institutions and Governance Program (IGP).  IGP works with networks of analysts and advocates around the world to empower people and support institutions to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable decision-making. 
   
By partnering with governmental and non-governmental organizations in more than 50 countries, IGP’s current staff of 23 promotes greater transparency, inclusiveness, representativeness and accountability in decisions regarding natural resources and the environment.  Its FY11 budget was USD 4.6 million.  IGP’s current projects promote systemic improvements in access to information, public participation, and access to justice; improve governance in the electricity sector and in forest management in the context of low carbon development; strengthen the environmental and social standards and safeguards of international financial institutions, including those based in emerging economies; and promote the sound management and equitable distribution of benefits derived from natural resources, particularly in Africa. 
 
The IGP Director will provide strategic and intellectual leadership to each of these initiatives by leading fundraising, program-level strategy development, and management. The Director will be expected to grow the size and influence of the Program by building upon existing projects and strategies and/or leading the development of new areas of governance work. The Director will also promote work on governance that cuts across and strengthens the effectiveness of WRI’s other programs on climate change and energy, people and ecosystems, markets and enterprise and sustainable cities; as well as WRI’s national level institute-wide strategies in emerging economies. 
 
A successful candidate will be a recognized expert in environmental and natural resource governance, and will have a demonstrated track of high quality project design and implementation, policy research and publication, and of influencing policymaking at the national and/or international level. He or she will have excellent skills and experience in strategic leadership, management, fundraising, and communication.   
 
The position is located at WRI's headquarters in Washington, D.C. and reports to the Managing Director.

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