Job ID :2016-4547
Location : US-DC-Washington
Department: Environment
Posted Date: 5/4/2016
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Overview:
The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the public interests.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Brussels and London and staff in other regions of the United States as well as Australia, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Environment
For the past two decades, Pew has been a major force in educating the public and policy makers about the causes, consequences and solutions to some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Our work is focused on reducing the scope and severity of three major global environmental problems:
- Dramatic changes to the Earth’s climate brought about by the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the planet’s atmosphere;
- The erosion of large terrestrial wilderness ecosystems that contain a great part of the world’s remaining biodiversity; and,
- The destruction of the world’s marine environment.
Environment
For the past two decades, Pew has been a major force in educating the public and policy makers about the causes, consequences and solutions to some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Our work is focused on reducing the scope and severity of three major global environmental problems:
Dramatic changes to the Earth’s climate brought about by the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the planet’s atmosphere; the erosion of large terrestrial wilderness ecosystems that contain a great part of the world’s remaining biodiversity; and the destruction of the world’s marine environment.
Project Summary
The environmental science division (ESD) works to generate and synthesize scientific research to inform conservation policy and frame solutions to global environmental challenges. ESD encompasses three programs: the Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation awards three year fellowships to outstanding individuals who undertake projects designed to develop and implement solutions to improve conservation of the sea; the Lenfest Ocean Program supports independent, peer-reviewed scientific projects to inform selected marine-conservation priorities; and the conservation science program which collaborates with Pew policy staff to develop scientific and economic research that helps to guide Pew’s policy objectives. ESD also includes a team that works across these programs focusing on the interface between science and conservation policy. Areas of work include helping to develop research projects that are useable or actionable by resource managers, disseminating our research results, and assessing the impact of our research and policy efforts.
Position Overview
ESD is committed to an ongoing process to better understand and improve our effectiveness at using science to inform conservation policy and management. The Officer will work within ESD’s crosscutting science-policy team to create and implement a more systematic assessment framework and to share knowledge among the Pew Marine Fellows and conservation community about how to develop and conduct “actionable” science projects. One focus of the position will be to develop, implement, and manage mentorships for Pew Marine Fellows that improve the conservation outcomes of fellowship projects, in particular by engaging decision-makers and resource managers throughout the research and project process, and by sharing lessons from the mentorships at the program’s annual meeting and in other meetings convened by ESD. It is expected that this position is for a term period through September 2016, with the possibility of an extension pending the success of the program, funding sources and board decisions on continued support.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, implement, and manage actionable science mentorships for Pew Marine Fellows, including leading program design, communicating with fellows, identifying mentors, disseminating materials, managing mentorship meetings, facilitating those meetings and coordinating follow-up activities.
- Design and implement a framework to assess the impact of the mentorships on the outcomes of fellows’ projects and their professional trajectories as well the conservation impacts of other ESD projects and to better understand the attributes of effective projects.
- Organize and participate in workshops, conferences and sessions at the annual Pew Marine Fellows meetings that share ideas and experiences about connecting science, decision-making, and conservation actions, as well as methods for measuring the success of efforts at the science-conservation interface.
- Disseminate ideas about the use of science to inform policy or resource management decisions, including by engaging with key science, policy, and stakeholder networks, and publishing in peer-reviewed journals.
- Contribute to policy outreach efforts for Pew marine fellowship projects.
- Manage selected consultants.
- Collaborate with other environmental science division staff to create innovative approaches to improve the impact of their grant-making and projects.
- Contribute to and participate in tasks of ESD, as assigned.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree in biology, environmental science or science and technology studies preferred.
- A minimum of 8 years of professional experience, with a preference for experience with impact assessment and evaluation approaches for science, marine science and policy, program management, and grant-making.
- Ability to innovate, including identifying new areas of work and critical networks of collaborators.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and build relationships with a variety of individuals, including ESD and other Pew staff, people from different scientific and other disciplines, and decision-makers.
- Capacity to develop and move projects forward with independence and autonomy, while working in a cooperative spirit in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Excellent written and oral communications skills and ability to share information competently with both scientists and non-scientists.
- Ability to analyze technical materials, review materials, and ensure accuracy of information and content.
- Excellent organizational skills, including attention to detail and ability to organize multiple projects and meet multiple deadlines.
Compensation
Pew offers a competitive salary and benefits package.
Travel
Occasional domestic and international travel required.
Pew is an equal opportunity employer.