Washington, D.C.
Employment Status: Full-Time
Location: Washington, D.C.
Candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible; applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
RESOLVE, a non-profit organization with headquarters in Washington, D.C., is seeking an Associate to support our Conservation Solutions Program. We are particularly interested in candidates who have a passion for working on complex social, conservation, and/or sustainability challenges and who understand the interplay between these issues. Familiarity with and interest in environmental dispute resolution, consensus building, and landscape-level adaptive management programs is a plus.
Organization Overview
RESOLVE is an independent organization focused on forging sustainable solutions to critical social, health, and environmental challenges by creating innovative partnerships where they are least likely and most needed. We are a team of collaborative leaders, mediators, policy experts, strategists, scientists, and facilitators. We bring a unique combination of expertise to our work: mediation and process design; solutions-focused strategies and programs; and a capacity to create and launch self-sustaining social enterprise. As a nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization (NGO), we work across sectors, borders, and political lines to engage with business, government, foundation, NGO, and community leaders. Our projects focus on healthy communities, conservation, and sustainable resources.
Our headquarters are in Washington, D.C., with staff and partners across North America, Africa, and Europe. We work on local, regional, national, and global projects.
Program Overview
The Conservation Solutions Program designs and supports collaborative solutions needed to establish and sustain conservation efforts. We work to protect and connect biologically and culturally important landscapes, restore and rewild critical habitats and species, and establish and demonstrate how we can meet ambitious global targets. We recognize that a resilient and thriving planet is only possible if people from across the globe have the motivation and capacity to work towards this vision. As such, our initiatives focus on ensuring people have the tools, resources, and capacity to work together to protect and restore nature to ensure better outcomes for biodiversity, climate, and people.
Position Overview
The Associate position holds a comprehensive role in RESOLVE’s program management framework, assisting in planning, executing, and assessing various initiatives. The Associate works with project leadership to ensure smooth and successful completion of various projects. This position supports project planning and management, fundraising and communications, research and analysis, writing, as well as general administrative activities for projects and the overall program.
As a member of the Conservation Solutions Program, the Associate will work across program-specific projects. An initial, primary role is on the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC) project, a multi-stakeholder collaborative effort to implement an adaptive management plan that balances the needs of endangered species and the social, cultural, and economic needs of basin stakeholders. As a member of the RESOLVE team, the Associate will provide a wide range of support across the organization, working with other programs and to help meet organizational needs.
Position Responsibilities
Personnel Management
No management responsibilities
Education and Experience
Travel
This position requires approximately 25% international and domestic travel.
Technical Competencies
Behavioral Competencies:
Salary and Benefits
Salary is commensurate with experience and education, in the range of $48,600 to $65,760 USD for this position. RESOLVE offers excellent benefits, including: medical and dental insurance; retirement contributions (after 1 year, RESOLVE contributes 6% of salary, with an additional 3% employee matching option); generous family, vacation, and sick leave; and long-term disability.
Inclusion
Inclusion is fundamental to RESOLVE’s mission. In all our work, we strive to promote respectful engagement across diverse perspectives and backgrounds. Our 45+ year record demonstrates that diversity of voices – and inclusion of those who have often been excluded – drives innovation and development of lasting and equitable solutions to critical social, health, and environmental challenges.
RESOLVE takes a broad view of diversity, recognizing that our differences – whether visible or not –contribute to strength. We are also conscious of gaps in our own composition, and we are resolute in our commitment to actively and intentionally cultivating an environment where equal opportunities for employment, advancement, and influence are available to all.
To Apply
Please email your resume and cover letter to jobs@resolve.ngo, with “Conservation Solutions Program Associate” in the subject line. Please do not email staff or inquire about opportunities by phone. Applications sent via other means or platforms will not be evaluated.
At RESOLVE, we’re here to tackle the toughest global challenges. The ones nobody else wants to touch. Where people are in conflict and planet problems are stuck. We’re here to unstick them. It’s not easy. It takes grit and ingenuity. And finding and working with the right partners. But we’re not called RESOLVE for nothing.
