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Title | Project Manager |
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FOREST TRENDS is an international not-for-profit forest conservation organization based in Washington, D.C., that works to achieve sustainable forest management and conservation by capturing market values for ecosystem services; supporting innovative projects and companies that are developing these new markets; and enhancing the livelihoods of local communities living in and around those forests.
Forest Trends’ Forest Trade and Finance Program focuses on forest governance actions critical to the effective development and implementation of markets, trade and finance for ecosystem products and services. The FTF Program helps governments, industry and other stakeholders to better govern natural resources and capture potential revenues for equitable national and local benefit. The FTF Program has been working to share experience and international best practice on forest governance, market incentives and equitable inclusion of forest-dependent communities. The FTF Program has a global scope, but focuses on key countries with either critical forest governance constraints, with policies and markets which have clear impacts on critical forest countries, or those which serve as a model for others. Since 2000, the FTF Program has had a clear focus on (a) the vital role that China and the Mekong plays in the global commodity chain for illegally sourced wood products and some of the largest ecosystem markets in the world and (b) the role of consumer markets in fueling unsustainable consumption of wood products.
Position We are seeking a Project Manager to work with the Forest Trade and Finance Director and other Forest Trends staff and consultants to manage a multi-year program which will track the expenditures of REDD+ financing in developing countries. The work will entail the overall design of surveys and databases, liaising with national REDD+ Focal Points and the REDD+ Partnership, partner civil society organization in up to 14 important REDD+ countries, drafting of country and global reports, and the development of training programs. The associate manager will be responsible for overall project work planning and budget management. In addition, she or he will manage a Junior Associate. Significant travel is expected.
In the future, the role of Associate Manager may also expand to include a program of work on forest law enforcement, illegal logging and associated trade. This work will focus initially on the work in Southeast Asia.
Roles and Responsibilities
Coordinate and manage the implementation Forest Trends’ REDD+ Fund Expenditures Initiative This will include, inter alia:
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