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Title | Research Assistant for carbon program of Forest Trends' Ecosystem Marketplace |
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IMPORTANT: This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders. Other applicants need not apply.
Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace is seeking a full-time (35-40 hours/week) research assistant for our Carbon Program. The role will span an initial 3-month period, with potential for extension for an additional three months, with compensation provided at an hourly rate. Ecosystem Marketplace is an initiative of Forest Trends, a Washington DC-based international non-profit organization that works to promote the conservation of forested ecosystems and the lives of those who depend on them through markets and payments for ecosystem services. Ecosystem Marketplace’s Carbon Program produces a range of qualitative and quantitative analyses of the voluntary and forest carbon markets, as well as a suite of other mechanisms for financing forest conservation. Our products include original news articles, annual marketplace reports, periodic topical reports, news briefs, a resource library and tracking carbon offset projects. Additional activities occasionally include providing specialized market and policy consultative services, leading in-person and remote educational lectures and hosting regional to international events. Ecosystem Marketplace works to link practitioners and decision-makers with each other and advises companies, governments and other NGOs on voluntary carbon/forest carbon market developments, transparency, social and environmental co-benefits and other mechanisms. For more information about Ecosystem Marketplace, visit www.ecosystemmarketplace.com. Responsibilities include: MONTH 1 (January 2015):
MONTH 2-3 (Feb-March 2015):
ONGOING:
Qualifications:
Deadline:
Submit your resume and a cover letter by January 23rd. Early submissions encouraged as the work period will commence in mid to late January. Please send your materials to: Gloria Gonzalez, Senior Associate, Carbon Program, ggonzalez@ecosystemmarketplace.com. |