Global Climate and Land Use Consultant

Location:  Washington, DC, DC  

Salary Range:  TBD 

Sector: Non Profit 

Organization URL:http://climateandlandusealliance.org/

Experience: Mid Career  

Last Date To Apply  Jan-12-2012 

Date Posted  Dec-10-2011 

Description

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Introduction

The Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA) is seeking a consultant to join its Global Climate and Land Use Team for a period of one-year beginning February 1, 2012 (10-15 days/month; may be renewed).

About CLUA
The Climate and Land Use Alliance is a collaborative initiative of the ClimateWorks Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Ford Foundation and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. CLUA’s mission is to catalyze the potential of forested and agricultural landscapes to mitigate climate change, benefit people and protect the environment.

CLUA’s Global Climate and Land Use Initiative includes five strategies:

• Promoting sustainable land use practices by the private sector;
• Supporting community ownership and management of forests;
• Ensuring that REDD+ policies and financial instruments support substantial, permanent and additional reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from land use;
• Building consensus on design and implementation of social and environmental safeguards for land use related climate policies; and
• Ensuring land use related climate policies benefit indigenous peoples and other local communities by recognizing their basic rights to informed consent and benefit sharing, and enhancing local livelihoods;

The Global Climate and Land Use Team is staffed by all four, member foundations.  They meet monthly by teleconference, and roughly quarterly, in person.  The team is co-led by Dan Zarin, CLUA’s Director of Programs, and Peter Riggs, Ford Foundation’s Climate Program Officer.

Scope of Work

The consultant will be a member of CLUA’s Global Climate and Land Use Team, and in that capacity will serve as point of contact for approximately 10 CLUA grantee organizations in the US and EU. The consultant should be based in the Washington DC area.  S/he will:

-        Conduct CLUA grantmaking to those grantee organizations within the Global Climate and Land Use Initiative, under the supervision of CLUA’s Director of Programs, including:

o   Support grantees in the development of proposals consistent with CLUA strategy, objectives, and priorities;

o   Prepare CLUA grant summaries for internal review;

-        Monitor project implementation by CLUA grantees;
-        Participate in CLUA Global Climate and Land Use Team meetings and work closely with other team members;
-        Advise and assist the team with strategy revisions, quarterly reporting, and monitoring and evaluation;
-        Represent CLUA to grantees and other external organizations;
-        Travel domestic and international travel as needed.

Qualifications

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Qualifications Sought
-        Background in global climate and land use policy issues;
-        Advanced degree preferred:  M.S or Ph.D.;
-        Minimum 5 years relevant professional experience – previous non-profit experience preferred, grantmaking experience a plus;
-        Ability to work well both independently and as part of a virtual team;
-        Excellent written and oral communication skills;
-        Poise and competence to interact well with both senior and technical staff in non-governmental organizations and governmental agencies.

Contact Details

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Contact: JUDITH HENLEY

Telephone: 4154330566

Email: judith.henley@climateworks.org

Application Instructions

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Application Guidelines
Submit application materials to Judith.Henley@climateworks.org , including:
1.     A letter of application that describes your experience relevant to the Scope of Work and the Qualifications Sought.
2.     A statement of the dates your availability, your salary history (provide salary references with contact information), the daily rate you are requesting, and a description of any relevant conflicts-of-interest, including any CLUA grantees (list attached) with which you or an immediate family member are employed or are contracted, or which you serve as a board member.
3.     A CV, including a minimum of 3 professional references (with contact information) of those that can provide substantive comments relevant to the qualifications listed.

Selection Process and Timeline
January 5, 2012 - Conference Call at 2pm Eastern to address questions from interested applicants:

877-848-7030

Passcode:  7037163

January 12, 2012 - Application materials due to: Judith.Henley@climateworks.org
January 16-20, 2012 - Finalists notified, interviews scheduled and conducted
January 23-27, 2012 - Consultant selected (and others notified); Contract finalized
February 1, 2012 - Start date.