The Pew Charitable Trusts/Europe or East Coast USA
Location: Europe or East Coast USA
Summary
This is an exciting senior campaign director position within one of the leading global environmental organizations as it continues to achieve significant results within the marine conservation sector. For example, Pew's team recently celebrated the creation of a Marine Protected Area around the Chagos Islands.
The Protecting the Deep Sea Campaign Director will develop and co-ordinate strategic and operational plans and functions for the campaign. The Director will be given the autonomy, support and resources necessary to build a winning campaign.
This position is based in Europe or on the East Coast, US and will report to the Director, International Marine Conservation, Pew Environment Group.
The Protecting the Deep Sea Campaign is designed as a two-year effort, subject to renewal by the (Pew Charitable Trusts) PCT board at the end of the second year. The position currently is approved for a 24 month term period through March 2012, although every effort will made to retain excellent staff members beyond this period - as has been evidenced elsewhere within the organization.
Protecting the Deep Sea Campaign
Building on Pew's strength in the United States and Europe, this project continues their efforts to protect the deep seas. It will concentrate on reducing deep sea bottom fisheries in the North Atlantic, where most high-seas bottom trawling takes place. Specifically, they will advocate that the European Union (EU), by far the largest high-seas bottom trawl fishing fleet in this region, takes the necessary measures to implement its obligations under the UN resolution, reduces the footprint of its vessels and reduces the total allowable catches (all species caught) and quotas for specific species that it sets for deep sea fisheries at the end of 2010. They will also build political momentum within other key countries that are members of the RFMOs in the North Atlantic to effectively implement the UN resolution of 2009 to require prior environmental impact assessment on vulnerable marine ecosystems, including impacts on non-target species.
Responsibilities
Leading the campaign team in identifying and setting highly measurable goals and targets as well as developing strategies, timelines and operational plans and functions for the campaign so as to achieve these goals and targets;
Evaluating project costs and designing budgets that are highly cost effective and monitoring budgets, hiring and overseeing other campaign staff as well as consultants;
Determining when goals are at risk of not being met, identifying the causes and, when needed, taking appropriate steps to fix any problems in ways that keep the project on course;
Representing PCT publicly at conferences, seminars and official forums as well as authoring articles for newspapers, magazines and peer-reviewed journals;
Working to ensure that communication and outreach is an essential component of the project;
In collaboration with PCT Donor Services, identifying, building and maintaining working relationships with current and potential donors for purposes of soliciting and sustaining financial resources needed to achieve program objectives as well as providing project partners/donors with regular updates on project advancements;
Organizing and hosting strategy sessions with NGOs and scientists;
Maintaining ongoing communications with stakeholders, and, as necessary, representing PCT with national, regional and international conservation organizations;
Initiating and, as possible, maintaining contacts with foundation sources, donors, and organizations who may not be strategic partners;
Responding to public inquiries about the Trusts' Protecting the Deep Sea work and other activities that fall under the purview of this initiative;
Assessing and reporting back as requested to the PCT board project results;
Contributing to and participating in tasks of the department as assigned, as well as broader Trust-related projects and activities as needed.
Requirements
10 years of experience in campaigning, especially within the international conservation arena.
Possesses a strong network of relevant contacts that can provide expert information and advance results. Able to leverage relationships to influence positive outcomes in the public, private and third sectors.
Demonstrated strong analytical skills. Ability to synthesize large amounts of information and to focus quickly on the essence of an issue/problem, determine whether it is ripe for intervention and identify the means to address it. A strong commitment to producing measurable results.
Able to set short- and long-term planning goals in line with program strategy. Ability to analyze budgetary information and assess organizational capacity. A task-oriented style, with focus on achieving clear and ambitious goals. Demonstrated ability to meet multiple deadlines by maintaining a high level of organization. Able to develop and move projects forward with a high degree of independence and autonomy.
Excellent written and oral communications skills, including an ease in briefly summarizing the essence of issues and means to address them. Strong oral, presentation, facilitation and written communication skills such that complex ideas, thoughts and concepts are clearly articulated for a general audience. Clear, effective writing style.
Strong interpersonal skills; able to develop and manage productive relationships with consultants, partners and others who contribute to the development of a project by anticipating possible outcomes. Excellent listening skills. Highly articulate.
Media-savvy and politically astute. Able to use effective marketing techniques and media exposure to communicate the impact of research on conservation needs. A strong connection with the conservation communities is highly desirable.
Exhibits skills of diplomacy. Able to work productively with a wide array of different people and institutions that frequently disagree with and are in competition with one another!
Strong understanding of how to manage by influencing others and the ability to read nuances of meaning accurately.
Seasoned judgment, able to make decisions, justify recommendations, and be responsive, clear and firm with colleagues and partners.
Able to adapt to a complex working environment in which influence is often exerted indirectly rather than through traditional chain of command hierarchies. Successful experience in leveraging ideas and creating projects that produce measurable results.
Excellent knowledge of the current trends, principal theories, leading thinkers and major concerns within environmental subject domains.
A Masters degree in a relevant area, or equivalent experience.
Compensation
Pew offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package, including a generous 401(k) plan, vacation and flexible benefit options. For more information about salary if a concern, please get in touch.
Travel National and international travel to manage campaign activities, including, as necessary, to PCT's Philadelphia office and other sites.
The Pew Environment Group
The mission of the Environment program is to promote policies and practices that protect the global atmosphere, preserve healthy forests and marine ecosystems.
For the past two decades, the Environment group of The Pew Charitable Trusts has been a major force in driving conservation policy in the United States, and increasingly internationally. The group's 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 wilderness ecosystems that contain a great part of the world's remaining biodiversity; and,
The destruction of the world's marine environment, with a particular emphasis on global fisheries.
The Environment Group's Marine Programme
For over a decade, the PCTs has played a major leadership role in successfully promoting policies, both in the United States and abroad, that protect the ocean environment and the life it contains. They have been instrumental in bringing about many of the major improvements in fisheries management and marine conservation that have occurred in the United States since the mid 1990's. These accomplishments include passage of the strongest conservation measures ever enacted by Congress to protect the nation's marine fisheries; issuance of court ordered restrictions on destructive fishing practices in millions of square miles of federal waters; creation of the world's largest marine reserve in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands; passage of the strongest restrictions ever enacted into law to protect sharks in U.S. waters; and internationally, adoption of severe restrictions on the use of highly destructive bottom trawls in approximately one-quarter of the world's high seas. In addition, they have sponsored a large number of groundbreaking research studies published in recent years that have fundamentally changed the way in which the scientific community, the public, policymakers and the media think about the world's marine environment.
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Location: Europe or East Coast USA
Summary
This is an exciting senior campaign director position within one of the leading global environmental organizations as it continues to achieve significant results within the marine conservation sector. For example, Pew's team recently celebrated the creation of a Marine Protected Area around the Chagos Islands.
The Protecting the Deep Sea Campaign Director will develop and co-ordinate strategic and operational plans and functions for the campaign. The Director will be given the autonomy, support and resources necessary to build a winning campaign.
This position is based in Europe or on the East Coast, US and will report to the Director, International Marine Conservation, Pew Environment Group.
The Protecting the Deep Sea Campaign is designed as a two-year effort, subject to renewal by the (Pew Charitable Trusts) PCT board at the end of the second year. The position currently is approved for a 24 month term period through March 2012, although every effort will made to retain excellent staff members beyond this period - as has been evidenced elsewhere within the organization.
Protecting the Deep Sea Campaign
Building on Pew's strength in the United States and Europe, this project continues their efforts to protect the deep seas. It will concentrate on reducing deep sea bottom fisheries in the North Atlantic, where most high-seas bottom trawling takes place. Specifically, they will advocate that the European Union (EU), by far the largest high-seas bottom trawl fishing fleet in this region, takes the necessary measures to implement its obligations under the UN resolution, reduces the footprint of its vessels and reduces the total allowable catches (all species caught) and quotas for specific species that it sets for deep sea fisheries at the end of 2010. They will also build political momentum within other key countries that are members of the RFMOs in the North Atlantic to effectively implement the UN resolution of 2009 to require prior environmental impact assessment on vulnerable marine ecosystems, including impacts on non-target species.
Responsibilities
Leading the campaign team in identifying and setting highly measurable goals and targets as well as developing strategies, timelines and operational plans and functions for the campaign so as to achieve these goals and targets;
Evaluating project costs and designing budgets that are highly cost effective and monitoring budgets, hiring and overseeing other campaign staff as well as consultants;
Determining when goals are at risk of not being met, identifying the causes and, when needed, taking appropriate steps to fix any problems in ways that keep the project on course;
Representing PCT publicly at conferences, seminars and official forums as well as authoring articles for newspapers, magazines and peer-reviewed journals;
Working to ensure that communication and outreach is an essential component of the project;
In collaboration with PCT Donor Services, identifying, building and maintaining working relationships with current and potential donors for purposes of soliciting and sustaining financial resources needed to achieve program objectives as well as providing project partners/donors with regular updates on project advancements;
Organizing and hosting strategy sessions with NGOs and scientists;
Maintaining ongoing communications with stakeholders, and, as necessary, representing PCT with national, regional and international conservation organizations;
Initiating and, as possible, maintaining contacts with foundation sources, donors, and organizations who may not be strategic partners;
Responding to public inquiries about the Trusts' Protecting the Deep Sea work and other activities that fall under the purview of this initiative;
Assessing and reporting back as requested to the PCT board project results;
Contributing to and participating in tasks of the department as assigned, as well as broader Trust-related projects and activities as needed.
Requirements
10 years of experience in campaigning, especially within the international conservation arena.
Possesses a strong network of relevant contacts that can provide expert information and advance results. Able to leverage relationships to influence positive outcomes in the public, private and third sectors.
Demonstrated strong analytical skills. Ability to synthesize large amounts of information and to focus quickly on the essence of an issue/problem, determine whether it is ripe for intervention and identify the means to address it. A strong commitment to producing measurable results.
Able to set short- and long-term planning goals in line with program strategy. Ability to analyze budgetary information and assess organizational capacity. A task-oriented style, with focus on achieving clear and ambitious goals. Demonstrated ability to meet multiple deadlines by maintaining a high level of organization. Able to develop and move projects forward with a high degree of independence and autonomy.
Excellent written and oral communications skills, including an ease in briefly summarizing the essence of issues and means to address them. Strong oral, presentation, facilitation and written communication skills such that complex ideas, thoughts and concepts are clearly articulated for a general audience. Clear, effective writing style.
Strong interpersonal skills; able to develop and manage productive relationships with consultants, partners and others who contribute to the development of a project by anticipating possible outcomes. Excellent listening skills. Highly articulate.
Media-savvy and politically astute. Able to use effective marketing techniques and media exposure to communicate the impact of research on conservation needs. A strong connection with the conservation communities is highly desirable.
Exhibits skills of diplomacy. Able to work productively with a wide array of different people and institutions that frequently disagree with and are in competition with one another!
Strong understanding of how to manage by influencing others and the ability to read nuances of meaning accurately.
Seasoned judgment, able to make decisions, justify recommendations, and be responsive, clear and firm with colleagues and partners.
Able to adapt to a complex working environment in which influence is often exerted indirectly rather than through traditional chain of command hierarchies. Successful experience in leveraging ideas and creating projects that produce measurable results.
Excellent knowledge of the current trends, principal theories, leading thinkers and major concerns within environmental subject domains.
A Masters degree in a relevant area, or equivalent experience.
Compensation
Pew offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package, including a generous 401(k) plan, vacation and flexible benefit options. For more information about salary if a concern, please get in touch.
Travel National and international travel to manage campaign activities, including, as necessary, to PCT's Philadelphia office and other sites.
The Pew Environment Group
The mission of the Environment program is to promote policies and practices that protect the global atmosphere, preserve healthy forests and marine ecosystems.
For the past two decades, the Environment group of The Pew Charitable Trusts has been a major force in driving conservation policy in the United States, and increasingly internationally. The group's 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 wilderness ecosystems that contain a great part of the world's remaining biodiversity; and,
The destruction of the world's marine environment, with a particular emphasis on global fisheries.
The Environment Group's Marine Programme
For over a decade, the PCTs has played a major leadership role in successfully promoting policies, both in the United States and abroad, that protect the ocean environment and the life it contains. They have been instrumental in bringing about many of the major improvements in fisheries management and marine conservation that have occurred in the United States since the mid 1990's. These accomplishments include passage of the strongest conservation measures ever enacted by Congress to protect the nation's marine fisheries; issuance of court ordered restrictions on destructive fishing practices in millions of square miles of federal waters; creation of the world's largest marine reserve in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands; passage of the strongest restrictions ever enacted into law to protect sharks in U.S. waters; and internationally, adoption of severe restrictions on the use of highly destructive bottom trawls in approximately one-quarter of the world's high seas. In addition, they have sponsored a large number of groundbreaking research studies published in recent years that have fundamentally changed the way in which the scientific community, the public, policymakers and the media think about the world's marine environment.
You can use this link to apply for this role.
http://bgt.catsone.com/...ls&jobOrderID=223682
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