Forest Campaigner

ForestEthics is looking for a skilled and innovative forest campaigner to join our B.C. coastal team. The successful candidate will help protect coastal rainforests, transform logging practices, and build a healthy and vibrant future for local communities based on ecologically sustainable economic activities.

Who is ForestEthics?

ForestEthics has helped pioneer a new approach to environmental activism by focusing its efforts on the marketplace. This bi-national organization works to educate US and Canadian consumers, large corporate purchasers and distributors of forest products so they are aware of the environmental impacts and ethical dimensions of their purchasing decisions. Our goal is to harness this market power to stop the destructive activities of certain logging companies while encouraging a shift toward environmentally preferable products.

In endangered forest regions, such as British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest, we utilize this market power in negotiations with the logging companies, government and other stakeholders to develop solutions that include protection of forests and new forest practices. We also assist First Nations and impacted communities in their transition toward more sustainable forest economies.

Our work has led to major progress in the Great Bear Rainforest over the past few years, but much work remains to be done. It is challenging, exciting, occasionally frustrating, but always innovative and creative work.

For more information review:
www.forestethics.org
www.savethegreatbear.org

Scope of Responsibilities

• Work with the BC Coast Campaign team and others at ForestEthics to develop and implement a strategy to increase conservation on the north coast, central coast and Haida Gwaii regions.
• Work directly with the forest industry, First Nations, BC government and other environmental groups to advance ecosystem-based management of coastal forests and conservation-based economic development.
• Report to the ForestEthics Director of the BC Coast Campaign.

Qualifications

• Passionate commitment to protecting forests
• Relevant post-secondary degree (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
• Experience with an environmental organization or similar employer
• Strong interpersonal skills, experience negotiating/communicating with influential decision-makers preferred
• Experience working with First Nations communities
• Innovative entrepreneurial attitude
• Self-starter capable of working both independently and in groups
• Comfortable working in an ever-changing environment
• Excellent communication skills
• Proven advocacy and negotiation skills
• Budgeting and planning abilities
• Prior experience with media relations preferred
• Knowledge about forest issues

Compensation

Minimum $50,000 CDN/year depending on experience; competitive vacation/benefits package.

Closing Date

November 30, 2004Tentative start date is January, 2005.

To Apply

Please send a cover letter and rsum via emailas separate attachments, named as follows:

Forest-[lastname]-Cover.doc and

Forest-[lastname]-Resume.doc.

In your cover letter, be sure to highlight aspects of your experience that are relevant for this job, including volunteer service, and explain why you are interested in working with this organization.

No telephone calls, please. Only those who will be interviewed will be contacted.