Principal Associate, Coastal Wetlands and Coral Reefs

The Environmental Portfolio at The Pew Charitable Trusts 

For greater than twenty-five years, Pew has been a serious power in educating the general public and coverage
makers in regards to the causes, penalties, and options to a number of the world’s most urgent
environmental challenges. The environment work spans all seven continents with almost 250
professionals working full-time on the native, nationwide, and worldwide ranges to scale back the
scope and severity of worldwide environmental issues, such because the erosion of huge wilderness
ecosystems that include a terrific a part of the world’s remaining biodiversity, and the destruction
of the marine atmosphere.

Pew has labored in the US and Canada since 1990 to guard huge stretches of
unspoiled wilderness and extra lately expanded our land conservation efforts to Australia’s
Outback and Chilean Patagonia. Preserving these locations affords a possibility to preserve
wildlife habitat, shorelines and pristine landscapes for future generations. Our work depends on
the sciences of conservation, biology, and financial system to advocate for sound options to the loss
of biodiversity.

Within the sea, reforms to how our oceans are managed are important to handle overfishing,
air pollution, and lack of habitat. Pew started its oceans program in the US, specializing in
ending overfishing and defending fragile marine habitat. Since 2005, Pew’s Ocean conservation
program has expanded around the globe and has performed a major position in reforming marine
fisheries administration within the European Union and on the excessive seas. Our work is grounded within the
greatest out there science and our aim is to reverse the decline of ocean life starting from sharks
and tunas to penguins and whales, and the habitat on which they rely.

Venture Overview

Coastal wetlands resembling mangroves, saltmarshes, and seagrasses discovered alongside shorelines
worldwide, are among the many most vital components of the bigger ocean ecosystem that should perform
cohesively to make sure the ocean’s well being. Whereas comparatively small in space, these habitats are
massive by way of ecosystem significance, forming a vital interface between the land and sea.
Identified for harboring wealthy biodiversity, supporting native economies, and delivering precious
ecosystem companies, these ecosystems have turn out to be much more related as the results of local weather
change are felt more and more across the globe. They buffer shorelines from extreme storms,
erosion, and sea degree rise, and might help mitigate local weather impacts by appearing as vital
carbon sinks.

Nations are more and more recognizing the position that safety of coastal wetlands can play as
nature-based options inside their revised nationally decided contributions (NDC) to the
Paris Settlement. Within the first section of the Coastal Wetlands and Coral Reefs Venture, Pew labored
immediately in three international locations – Costa Rica, Belize and Seychelles – to assist the governments’
purpose to incorporate coastal wetland protections inside their up to date NDCs. Drawing on key learnings
from the primary section of the Venture, a second and expanded section commenced in April 2022. In
this second section the undertaking, the Coastal Wetlands staff will assist implementation efforts
inside its authentic three nation partnerships and set up not less than 5 new nation
partnerships within the East Africa and the Latin America and Caribbean areas in assist of the
subsequent NDC replace.

Place Overview

The Principal Affiliate will assist handle a large-scale seagrass mapping undertaking within the Western
Indian Ocean international locations of Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Madagascar. The place can even
assist the inclusion of seagrass and different coastal wetlands into NDCs and interact in analysis
and coverage actions throughout the Venture’s portfolio of nation partnerships as wanted. The
place could also be situated in Pew’s Washington, DC, or London workplaces and can take part in
Pew’s core in-office days on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with flexibility to do business from home the
the rest of every week. The Principal Affiliate will report back to the Senior Officer of the
Coastal Wetlands staff who is predicated within the Washington, DC workplace.

Candidates have to be legally approved to work within the nation for which they’re searching for
employment with out visa sponsorship.

Tasks

• Assist the Senior Officer in managing the portfolio of in-country analysis initiatives,
  partnerships, and undertaking engagement with particular person scientists and/or analysis establishments in
  East Africa for the Western Indian Ocean seagrass mapping undertaking.
• Help with the administration, logistics, and technical analysis wants, for complicated subject
  campaigns in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Madagascar, supporting regional undertaking nodes at
  Oxford College and the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Affiliation.
• In partnership with the Regional Coordinator based mostly on the Western Indian Ocean Marine
  Science Affiliation, assist assist particular person nation analysis initiatives to make sure that
  deliverables and outcomes are met in a well timed method. Be sure that undertaking companions are engaged
  and dealing collectively, shortly establish any rising boundaries to undertaking success and assess
  options.
• Lead the event of analysis statements, papers, and communications for the Coastal
  Wetlands and Coral Reefs Venture for each inner and exterior audiences.
• Assist the Coastal Wetlands’ coverage staff with in-country and regional coverage engagement,
  working towards the incorporation of seagrass maps and knowledge into NDCs and different related coverage
  frameworks.
• Develop and keep a broad information of the science, insurance policies, and politics of coastal
  wetlands and NDCs.
• Assist the Senior Officer in grant improvement, and undertaking reporting. Help in drafting
  deliverables, contracts, and related budgets.
• Interact with Pew’s Analysis High quality and Assist (RQS) workers on analysis initiatives to make sure
  that every one inner processes for analysis evaluation are met all through every stage of the undertaking.
• Coordinate the event and implementation of contracts for in-country initiatives associated
  to the Western Indian Ocean seagrass mapping undertaking . Work with Venture workers and companions to
  draft work plans and procurement paperwork, talk with consultants and grantees, handle
  the approval course of with different items of the Trusts, and monitor ongoing grants and contracts.
• Symbolize The Pew Charitable Trusts and the marketing campaign at related conferences, occasions and in
  the media as needed to construct consciousness, assist, and momentum for coastal wetlands and NDCs.
• Foster a piece atmosphere that’s various, equitable, inclusive, and accessible and in line
  with Pew and the undertaking’s associated targets.

Necessities

• Bachelor’s diploma or equal expertise required, superior diploma in environmental
  sciences, marine sciences, and/or expertise with GIS strongly most popular.
• No less than six years of relevant undertaking administration expertise within the worldwide
  conservation area. Venture administration expertise in East Africa strongly desired, however not
  required.
• Demonstrated expertise proactively managing logistically complicated analysis initiatives with
  a number of analysis companions with a excessive diploma of independence.
• A task-oriented fashion, with expertise in motivating companions to satisfy particular targets and
  timelines.
• Superior oral and written communications abilities. Successfully synthesizes materials and
  communicates complicated concepts for a normal viewers.
• Fluency or proficiency in both French or Portuguese (or each) strongly desired, however not
  required.
• Efficient interpersonal abilities; expert at creating and managing productive relationships
  with consultants, companions and others who affect undertaking outcomes. Wonderful listening
  abilities. Extremely articulate. Snug working collaboratively throughout cultures.
• Reveals diplomacy abilities. Works productively with a wide selection of various individuals and
  establishments that steadily disagree with and are in competitors with each other.
• Wonderful analytic and problem-solving abilities, and extremely outcomes oriented.
• Seasoned judgment; decisive, responsive, and clear with colleagues and companions.

Journey 

Worldwide journey anticipated as much as 20% of the time.

Whole Rewards

We provide a aggressive wage and profit program, together with: complete, inexpensive well being care by way of medical, dental, and imaginative and prescient protection; monetary safety with life and incapacity insurance coverage; alternatives to avoid wasting utilizing well being financial savings and versatile spending accounts; retirement advantages to assist put together for the longer term; and work/life advantages to take care of a great stability.

The Pew Charitable Trusts is an equal alternative employer, dedicated to a various and inclusive office. Pew considers certified candidates for employment with out regard to age, intercourse, ethnicity, faith, incapacity, marital standing, sexual orientation or gender identification, army/veteran standing, or some other foundation prohibited by relevant legislation.

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