About the Job
The IIRR Senior Sustainability Specialist acts as a voice for rural communities in her network and will utilize her creativity and innovation to represent our mission in person and online. You will help drive engagement and activation of IIRR’s mission and work through communications, events, stakeholder connections and campaigns. The position will provide mutual benefit by building greater brand awareness and enriching the specialist’s cultural knowledge.
About the Organization
The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction [IIRR] is one of the world’s leading rural development NGOs with a 60-year record of empowering rural communities to overcome poverty through people-centered sustainable approaches with country offices in Africa and Asia. To date, IIRR has built economic opportunities for 15 million people in 46 countries by by improving their health, education, and environment through an integrated approach that incorporates environmental management, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation, capacity development, wealth creation as well as policy advocacy into a system orientation.
Key Responsibilities
- Represent the organization at events such as podcasts, webinars and conferences.
- Maintain a public profile by promoting the organization and its new initiatives on social media (newsletters, platform or blog posts, or virtual hangouts)
- Receive weekly updates on IIRR and its progress in ongoing programs and new rollouts
- Be available to participate in bi-weekly meetings and offer a new perspective to help make the specialist program as effective as possible
- Become an integral member of the IIRR team in an advisory capacity
- Work closely with the team to ensure adequate understanding and representation of IIRR’s mission.
Qualifications
- Relevant experience – we want you to participate in internal and external, dynamic conversation; experience and knowledge in or adjacent to ONE of the following fields: Food Security Health Economic Empowerment Education *Environment
- 15+ years of experience in ONE of the above sectors plus a PhD or equivalent
- Master’s degree and 20+ or Bachelor’s and 25+ also encouraged to apply
- Experience in publications strongly preferred
- Exceptional public speaker – be able to specify examples of previous features, appearances, etc.
- Passion for curing the world’s inequalities – we follow the un SDG’s closely; having similar priorities is critical for your success
- Creative thinkers – we’d love to work with you if you’re excited to find new and innovative ways to reach others
- Prior experience with charitable foundations a plus
Salary
- Hourly
How to apply
Please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected] | Include “Senior Sustainability Specialist” in the Subject Line.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
No calls, please. If you have not received a response from us in two weeks, you should assume that your application was not successful on this occasion.
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