The candidate will be responsible to make sure that both the EU projects and the Advocacy-related tasks are as much as possible integrated, creating synergies and win-win approaches. The person will be included in the Etifor Forests Program and his activities should be coordinated with the International Project Development Unit.

‘Forest and Climate Policies Advocacy’ activities:

• Monitoring policy, legislative and standard setting initiatives on forest and climate change and leading Etifor’s outreach.
• Contribute to the policy and business positioning of Etifor through participation and organization of events as well as building and maintaining relationships with relevant EU Institution and stakeholders;
• Representing and pitching Etifor at public events and meetings across the EU.
• Developing content, such as narrative documents, position papers, and presentation materials for engaging with decision-makers.
• Identifying and support the development of business opportunities in relation to EU and international climate and environmental policies
• Conveying updates to the Etifor team on EU relevant topics, e.g. EU Green Deal; Taxonomy; Forest strategy; Carbon Farming, certification initiatives, etc.;
• Provide the communication team with updates for the website and social media
  

‘Project Management’ activities:

• Support the International Project Development Unit within the identification, development, management and implementation of EU R&D, networking, training, and dissemination projects. In particular, the candidate will be involved in the following main projects, that deal with forest carbon certification and landscape resilience:
  > EU LIFE Climate Positive, as technical leader. Therefore, the person will have the responsibility of: (i) the technical coordination of all project partners,(ii) the organization and the animation of the various events organized in the context of the project; (iii) the support to the various public authorities involved in the project in the implementation of specific plans for monitoring the impacts of responsible forest management;
  > EU Horizon ResAlliance, as technical collaborator, through: (i) a support in the preparation of training material that will be used in the courses that will be organized in the context of the project; (ii) a support for the development of technical networks for preparing strategies to prevent the impacts of the ongoing climate crisis in the agro-forestry sector.

Qualifications, experience and skills required

Educational background

Master’s degree requirement in environmental fields, such as, for example:

• Master’s degree in Forestry and Environmental Sciences;
• Master’s degree in Environmental Sciences;
• Master’s degree in Environmental Economics.

Other qualifications may also be considered, based on the candidate’s work experience and passions.

Experiences

At least 2 years’ experience in at least one of the following roles:

• Advocacy Manager, Engagement Manager, Policy Advisor other roles for public outreach.
• Researcher/collaborator of research institutions with regard to environmental and forestry issues;
• Management and / or technical support in European projects (LIFE, Horizon, Erasmus).
  

Skills

• Fluent Italian, excellent knowledge of English (spoken and written). Candidates with knowledge of other languages are positively evaluated;
• excellent problem solving attitude;
• excellent interpersonal skills to interact with local and international partners
• good public speaking, reporting and advocacy skills
• basic knowledge of forestry policies and forestry certifications, especially those relating to the carbon market;
• strong personal and professional interest on issues of contrasting / adaptation to the climate crisis in progress;
• excellent knowledge of the Office package and Google Suite