Forests director – São Paulo/SP

São Paulo
Efetivo (CLT)
Engenheiro Agrônomo
Engenheiro Florestal

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze current initiatives, develop and implement strategies that drive the national, subnational and international agenda, working closely with WRI’s Global and Latin American offices allowing WRI Brasil to continue to be a leader in the landscape restoration sector while broadening WRI Brasil’s mandate to include land use , including sustainable food production, protection of native ecosystems and other land use dynamics
• Keep the WRI Brasil’s Land Use, Agriculture and Forests Program and its initiatives focused on critical issues and high-impact opportunities where WRI’s tools, analyses, and partnerships are value-add and can lead to real results.
• Ensure the strategy’s “theories of change” are robust and a monitoring/evaluation system is in place.
• Ensure WRI Brasil’s Land Use, Agriculture and Forest Program has a compelling vision, strong research foundation, and coherent engagement strategy that provides social and environmental benefits.
• Ensure programmatic initiatives lead to transformative change in sustaining forest ecosystems and enhancing forests’ role in development, with special focus on decreasing inequality, climate change and sustainable land use.
• Foster a culture of excellence and diversity in all aspects of the Program.
• Inspire and engage the team of professionals to implement WRI Brasil strategy.
• Among other activities

Requisitos e Qualificações necessárias

• Masters or PhD degree in the natural or social sciences with relevance to forests and agriculture is desirable.
• Minimum of 15+ years’ experience in leadership positions and working in fields relevant to forest conservation, sustainable agriculture/land use management, and restoration and 15+ years of program management and/or project implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully motivate and manage large teams to reach their full potential and achieve on-the-ground results.
• Strong team player with ability to work across institutional departments/programs.
• Ability to manage effective partnerships with multiple actors (especially the private sector).
• Proven ability to provide vision and superb strategic thinking skills.
• Demonstrated capability to secure funding from donors on a large scale.
• Outstanding ability to communicate clearly, passionately, and compellingly to a wide range of audiences, especially high-level decision-makers from government, private sector, media and civil society.
• Proficiency in oral and written communications in English and Portuguese. (e.g., research briefs, blogs, proposals)
• Strong network of relationships and partners at the national and international levels
• Experience overseeing and managing budgets.
• Ability to travel, nationally and internationally
• Flexible individual who can work independently, under minimal direction and supervision.
• Resourceful, ability to think out of the box, deal with ambiguous situations and come up with solutions where there are none apparently visible
• Ability to make solid decisions based on available information.
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to lead in an environment of transitions and changes
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking capabilities.