世界资源研究所招聘| Research Associate, Food & Natural Resources WRIChina

• With guidance from the Director of Food and Natural Resources Program, you will be providing leading roles to conduct researches (policy research, stakeholder mapping, etc) to develop/optimize and implement WRI’s strategy on greening soft commodity supply chains

• Develop and maintain trust-based stakeholder relationships on soft commodity supply chains, with focus on relationships between governments/policy thinktanks (MOFCOM, MARA, MEE, SFGA, etc.), financial institutions, prioritized businesses, other NGOs, and industry associations, etc;

• Lead the project implementations of greening soft commodity supply chains and ensure projects are delivered with high impact, contributing to WRI China’s visions and meeting funders’ expectations;

• Provide mentorship and performance review of other team members, and maintain healthy team build-ups and growth together with directors of Food and Natural Resources Program

• Develop, author or co-author WRI knowledge products, such as reports, issue brief, working paper, blog etc, both in English and Chinese;

• Representing WRI China’s soft commodity supply chain projects, conduct external communications, such as participate and present at conferences and other type of external events;

• Help organize external events, workshops, conferences, and other project dissemination or capacity building activities, including developing event objective, agenda, and invite critical speakers and participants, etc.

• Together with director of Food and Natural Resources Program, prepare, draft and review fundraising proposals for soft commodity supply chain related projects

• Conduct other tasks to generally support director of Food and Natural Resources Program

• 8~10 years of highly relevant, full-time work experience in agriculture/food/environment/water/land use/nature resources or related fields. Knowledge and networks on soft commodity supply chain fields is a plus.

• Master’s degree in agriculture/food/environment/land use/nature resources or related fields. PhD degree is a plus.

• Strong stakeholder engagement and external communication skills

• Impact-oriented problem solver and team collaborator

• Entrepreneurial for driving environmental conservation

• Excellent research skills, with strong quantitative analytical skills

• Fluency in written and spoken Mandarin and English, and outstanding inter-personal skills.

• Strong academic ethic

• Strong team spirits, and ability to handle multiple priorities, take initiative, and deliver under tight deadlines.

Please indicate if a cover letter and/or additional application materials are required.

Applicants must apply through the WRI Careers portal to be considered. 

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The final candidate will be required to take a writing test.