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Michigan State University(MSU) Specialist - Outreach-Fixed Term in East Lansing, Michigan

Position Summary

Position description: The Department of Forestry at Michigan State University invites applications for a full-time, 12-month Academic Specialist focused on forests, forest carbon and climate change to act as the Assistant Director of our Forest Carbon and Climate Change Program (FCCP).

The successful candidate will lead strategic efforts to enhance the FCCP's impact and presence in positioning forest contribution to climate solutions, with a special focus on activities and projects in the United States and Canada.  This position is crucial for elevating FCCP's thought leadership, increasing internal coordination, and driving new development to expand and scale our work in the climate change sector both domestically and abroad.  The Assistant Director position reports directly to the FCCP Director.

The mission of the FCCP is to meet the educational needs of professionals and the public on forest carbon and its relationship to mitigating climate change.  The position will consist of Teaching (5%), Curriculum Development (20%), Administration (25%), Research (20%) and Outreach/Public Service (30%).  This is a fixed-term position with annual renewals available depending on satisfactory performance and continued funding availability.  The position is supported by MSU and a coalition of external partners from industry, conservation and government.  Some international/domestic travel may be available.

This role is a unique opportunity to shape an important and timely disciplinary intersection of forest management, conservation, forest products and global climate change.  The Assistant Director will:

Outreach/Public Service:

  • Represent FCCP at key conferences and engage in international consortia related to nature climate solutions
  • Build relationships with partners with a view to enhance donor-base
  • Support policymakers and natural resource decisionmakers
  • Encourage cross-collaboration and communication across FCCP and MSU, promoting thought leadership and innovation
  • Convene key staff to implement FCCP's core values
  • Publish blogs/articles and host webinars to highlight FCCP's thought leaders externally

Administration:

  • Pursue funding for program operations
  • Support implementation of the FCCP 2030 strategic plan, including cohesive service offerings and objectives
  • Contribute to Project Management Office (PMO) design and implementation, including establishing PMO strategy, and defining reports, procedures, processes and tools
  • Monitor and report on sponsored activities
  • Increase project management internal capacity and provide direct project support through mentorship, workshops and QA/QC for projects
  • Lead opportunity qualification, capture and pursuit for selected opportunities including through venture and spin-off developments
  • Develop a portfolio of projects under existing flagship initiatives with a focus on catalyzing investments into high-integrity nature climate solutions
  • Support capture through engagement in technical design and solutions
  • Expand and scale FCCP's carbon and sustainable finance capabilities in target sectors and locations
  • Contribute to the increase of non-grant-related revenue

Curriculum development:

  • Develop and implement training and educational material for professionals focused on identifying opportunities and barriers to investment in nature climate solutions from different perspectives ranging from investors, buyers, regulators and project developers
  • Knowledge sharing and technical capacity building to ensure nature climate solutions reach their full potential in abating climate change through sustainable finance and carbon and biodiversity markets

Research:

Track science and policy in forest carbon and climate topics<

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