Senior Fellow

~ Drawdown is a non-profit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is developing a book, open-source database, and digital platform describing how one hundred solutions deployed at scale can alter the composition of our atmosphere and help forge a path toward temperature decline. ~

Drawdown is developing a detailed, rigorously researched description of "state-of-the-shelf" technologies and practices that are currently in use, and the impact they will have assuming significant adoption within thirty years.

This comprehensive range of solutions include technological solutions such as renewable energy and energy efficiency measures; social solutions that require behavior change like lowering consumption of material goods; and ecological solutions that restore carbon in soils and plants by bio-sequestering CO2. The list represents "no regrets" initiatives, solutions that should be implemented whether or not the threat of climate change existed. These are solutions that improve lives, protect the environment, and mitigate climate change.

Central to the success of this project are our coalition members who help research and communicate our work throughout the world. This coalition is the bedrock on which Project Drawdown is possible. This project represents the collaborative input of over 200 researchers, professionals, students and future changemakers from across the globe.

About the Position

Senior Fellows will work as part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers that will build out the second phase of research, analysis, and modeling of Drawdown solutions.  

Senior Fellows will work collaboratively to oversee the augmentation of initial research conducted by Research and Junior Fellows, to supervise additional data collection as needed, and to refine and integrate individual solution models. Senior Fellows will also represent Drawdown as the principal point-of-contact for their subject area. 

We are currently recruiting for the following subject areas:    

• Energy Infrastructure
• Transportation Efficiency      
• Building Efficiency      
• Material Reduction      
• Data Modeling and Analytics 

This is a part-time, temporary contract, and will require a minimum of 20 hours per week:   

• Start date: Ongoing from 02/01/2016 - 04/01/2016 
• Length of contract: 6 months minimum 
• Location: Work may be conducted remotely worldwide or on-site at the Drawdown offices in Sausalito, CA USA. 

Responsibilities 

• Manage the work of Drawdown fellows.
• Revise technical reports authored by Drawdown Fellows and lead additional data collection in specific subject areas.
• Create "cluster models" for related solutions.
• Work with a team of Senior Fellows to integrate cluster models into a comprehensive, global solutions model that will demonstrate potential drawdown of atmospheric CO2.
• Serve as a point of contact for public inquiries into the subject matter of Project Drawdown's research.
• Represent Project Drawdown at events and make presentations on research and findings.  

Qualifications 

• Ph.D., equivalent doctoral level degree, or equivalent work experience in a field relevant to the subject area applied for. ABD candidates will be considered. If ABD, candidates will be required to complete the doctoral degree by the start date.
• Demonstrated data modeling and model design expertise, and experience in environment, climate, finance, or interactions between human and natural systems using Excel or other modeling software.  
• Education or experience in data analytics is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability and commitment to conduct research and produce scholarly work.
• Ability to effectively and patiently supervise the work of other researchers.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other researchers while working remotely. Comfort with teleconferencing technologies. Flexibility to work with team members in different time zones.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• Experience in public speaking and public engagement.
• A strong network in candidate's field of expertise. 
• The ideal candidate will have experience in interdisciplinary science and modeling and a desire to build on this as a researcher.
• The candidate will also be creative in linking scholarship with practice.
• Candidates should be vitally interested in climate solutions.  

Compensation: Senior Fellows receive a prorated stipend commensurate with experience.