Restoration Science Lead & Advisory Chair

Skoll Foundation; United States; Sur place; USD 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Conservation X Labs is seeking a Technical Expert to anchor the restoration science behind the Accelerated Restoration Grand Challenge, an open-innovation program focused on post-fire forest restoration across the Amazon, Pantanal, and Chiquitano regions. You will help refine restoration bottlenecks and shape the program's scientific direction, reporting to the Open Innovation Director.

The role requires deep restoration ecology expertise, experience setting technical criteria, and the ability

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in ecological restoration or fire-affected landscapes.
• Experience setting technical criteria and judging projects on merits.
• Ability to convene senior experts and chair an advisory group.
• Working English; willingness to travel to field sites in South America.
• Spanish and/or Portuguese a plus; field experience in Amazon, Pantanal, or Chiquitano forests preferred.

Responsabilités

• Anchor the restoration science and refine bottlenecks into challenge topics.
• Stand up and chair the Technical Advisory Committee.
• Develop evaluation criteria and rubrics for projects.
• Recruit and brief outside judges for assessments.
• Provide technical oversight of field-testing alongside the Accelerator Program Manager.

Description du poste

Conservation X Labs is seeking a Technical Expert to anchor the restoration science behind the Accelerated Restoration Grand Challenge, an open-innovation program focused on post-fire forest restoration across the Amazon, Pantanal, and Chiquitano regions. You will help refine restoration bottlenecks and shape the program's scientific direction, reporting to the Open Innovation Director.

The role requires deep restoration ecology expertise, experience setting technical criteria, and the ability