Benefits: various opportunities for flexible working, generous time off policies, and other sector-competitive benefits.
Are you passionate about catalysing the transition to a just and regenerative food system in Asia?
Forum for the Future is looking for a Principal Strategist to bring their expertise and experience to shaping and driving how Forum can contribute to transformational change in food systems especially – but not exclusively – in Asia. This role will include conceptualising and designing work programmes, project direction and management, and nurturing relationships with others within the ecosystem to enable Forum to act collaboratively in achieving its goals.
About us
Forum for the Future is an independent, international non-profit with a purpose to accelerate systems change for a just and regenerative future. We have a 25 year track record in partnering with pioneering companies who recognize that social and environmental issues are already shaping their business context today, and want to actively create the conditions for their future success. In addition to working with these organisations one on one, we bring companies, NGOs, government representatives and others together to create action-oriented coalitions on particularly urgent and complex sustainability challenges.
Examples include The Protein Challenge 2040, designed to contribute towards a goal of feeding up to 10 billion people with sustainable protein in the future; Cotton 2040, which is working to mainstream sustainable cotton; and the Responsible Energy Initiative which is supporting market actors in the energy system to ensure the production and deployment of renewable energy is ecologically safe and socially just. As a charity, we publicly share our learnings from this work through communications, events, and our School of System Change.
Forum has offices in London, New York, Mumbai and Singapore. We are a multicultural team of 80+ people and we operate as a global team, delivering both international and local projects.
Our work environment
We are inspired by the world in which we live and those with whom we share it. We celebrate the indivisibility of all life forms on Earth, are committed to the pursuit of equity, and seek to act justly in all we do. These values help build our common culture, shape our shared purpose and guide us in all actions and decisions. We believe in being courageous, adaptive, inquisitive, respectful, empathetic and playful.
We enjoy working in teams, collaborating, and learning from each other. We are a dynamic, flexible and supportive team of people who care about each other’s well being and the world around us.
At Forum, we aspire to foster positive team spirit and to provide the best possible working environment for all our staff; one that is based on the highest standards of ethics, honesty, integrity, openness and transparency.
We are an inclusive organisation that encourages applications from across our diverse communities. We’re committed to building a team of capable and thriving people from all walks of life.
Together we can reinvent the way the world works.
About you
Our ideal candidate is someone who will thrive in and contribute to Forum through their shared belief in our purpose and values and, will bring their expertise, experiences, skills and commitment to tackling complex sustainability challenges and inspiring and equipping people and organisations to join in these endeavours
To thrive in this role you will:
- have a deep understanding of the role sustainable food systems will play in delivering a just and regenerative future and the relevant experience to support Forum’s work in this field;
- be adaptable and resilient in the face of complexity and uncertainty that we often work with;
- have experience of applying tools, methodologies or working processes that create systems change. This might include applied systems thinking, design, futures, transformational learning, social innovation, collaboration, sustainability transitions;
- be inspired by and committed to Forum for the Future’s mission in tackling complex sustainability challenges through systems change approaches.
Application process – please read before applying
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Application deadline is 11.59 pm SGT, 30 May 2021
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Please note:
All Forum employees are currently working remotely; once the offices re-open, we will return to working from our Singapore office.