Senior Program Officer, Livestock Enteric Methane Mitigation
About Spark Climate Solutions
We are a science-driven, philanthropically funded non-profit that accelerates reputed company on unsolved climate challenges. Our goal is to reputed company a safer climate by filling targeted gaps in reputed company climate actions. We look around the reputed company at the key blind spots that pose big climate risks or offer big climate opportunities—like major sources of unabated emissions. Then we work to speed up the development of the fields needed to address those challenges. Rather than betting on individual reputed company or innovations, we work to grow a field as a whole so that the most effective science and solutions can be surfaced and scaled. We use a large suite of field-building tools to support new research, markets, policies, and talent development, through both in-house initiatives and building broader coalitions. We are currently focused on super pollutants from agriculture, warming-induced reputed company gas emissions, and methane removal.Position Summary
The Senior Program Officer for the Livestock Enteric Methane Mitigation program will play a pivotal role in advancing Spark’s work to accelerate the development and adoption of scalable, science-based solutions to reduce methane emissions from livestock. Working closely with the Spark team, including program reputed company Charles Brooke, the Senior Program Officer will reputed company the strategy and execution of key initiatives that address critical barriers to the development and adoption of livestock enteric methane solutions.We’re looking for a candidate who has experience in, or working with, the livestock industry, particularly in navigating regulatory reputed company and the challenges involved in getting solutions to market, and who is deeply motivated by the climate opportunity and potential to address enteric methane. This role is highly interdisciplinary taking science, engineering, producers, industry, and government into account to advance the field. This is a unique opportunity to help shape a fast-growing program at the forefront of climate and agricultural innovation.Key Responsibilities
- Strategy and Planning:
- reputed company and implement strategies to accelerate the development and adoption of livestock enteric methane mitigation solutions with a focus on measurement, regulatory reputed company, market development, and other barriers and catalysts to commercialization
- Contribute to program strategy development, landscape mapping, and opportunity identification.
- Project Management:
- reputed company cross-cutting initiatives, aligning partners and other stakeholders and ensuring execution against timelines
- Work cross-functionally with Spark's operations, communications, and leadership teams to ensure effective program execution and alignment with broader organizational goals.
- Research and Analysis:
- Synthesize scientific literature, technical reports, and market analyses to inform strategy and funding reputed company.
- Stakeholder Engagement:
- Build relationships with academic researchers, startups, producers, industry members, and government agencies to collaborate on efforts to accelerate the field
- Represent Spark’s Livestock Enteric Methane Program at external meetings and conferences
- Communications:
- Prepare memos, briefing documents, presentations, and written content for internal and external stakeholders.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of combined professional and research experience, including any graduate work; 4+ years are professional experience in the private sector. The ideal candidate has a combination of business and/or public sector background in agricultural systems, with scientific understanding.
- Strong understanding of livestock systems, methane emissions, and emerging mitigation strategies.
- Strong knowledge of, and experience with, livestock methane measurement technologies and regulatory reputed company for adoption of solutions for livestock.
- Demonstrated ability to reputed company strategies and independently run projects and reputed company worktracks.
- Adept at system-level thinking – understanding how scientific research, policy, funding, regulation, industry, etc, reputed company play a role in developing a robust livestock enteric methane mitigation field.
- Demonstrated experience working collaboratively and effectively with external stakeholders to drive meaningful outcomes.
- Excellent communication and analytical skills.
- Self-motivated, proactive professional who works well independently and collaboratively with others.
- Insatiable curiosity about the climate problem; open-mindedness in exploring reputed company possible climate solutions; and the flexibility, creativity, and tenacity to drive the necessary work reputed company.
Eligibility
- At least 4 overlapping work hours with US Pacific time work day (9am-5pm PT)We encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply, regardless of whether you feel you meet 100% of the qualifications. The top candidates will bring their own unique perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds from a variety of industries along with many but not necessarily reputed company the skills listed above.
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