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JOB OPENING

Associate – Life Cycle Assessment

Greenhouse Gas Protocol

Climate and Energy Program
World Resources Institute

Position summary

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol at the World Resources Institute is looking for a highly motivated person to help in the development of new guidelines for supply chain and product life cycle greenhouse gas accounting. The Associate will work closely with the GHG Protocol team in the development and implementation of these guidelines. Additional tasks may include assisting with other projects related to corporate greenhouse gas accounting.

The GHG Protocol (www.ghgprotocol.org) is the most widely used international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions. The GHG Protocol, a decade-long partnership between the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, is working with businesses, governments, and environmental groups around the world to build a new generation of credible and effective programs for tackling climate change.

Major responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise on existing standards, technical resources, and studies on:
• Life cycle assessment (LCA),
• Product-level carbon footprinting, and
• Corporate supply chain accounting and disclosure.
• Provide summaries and analysis on key LCA issues and challenges
• Draft white papers on key LCA accounting issues
• Draft and edit sections of the new GHG Protocol standards
• Manage and facilitate 1-2 technical working groups developing new guidelines on product life cycle GHG accounting, by preparing technical inputs, convening meetings and conference calls, preparing meeting agendas, preparing meeting summaries, etc.
• Coordinate multi-stakeholder engagement in standard development process, including frequent communication with a wide range of stakeholders
• Coordinate document review processes including compiling and synthesizing comments from a wide range of stakeholders
• Assist in fundraising activities including preparing funding proposals
• Assist in organizing workshops
• Assist with day-to-day project management tasks, such as coordinating team meetings and conference calls

Qualifications

• At least 3-5 years of professional work experience related to life cycle assessment.
• Masters degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience
• Knowledge and strong interest in greenhouse gas accounting and the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard
• Excellent research, writing, analysis, and communications skills
• Attention to detail and high level of organization
• Interest in and knowledge of climate change and energy issues
• Excellent English-language written and oral communication skills
• Proficient with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to self-motivate, stay organized, and work both independently and as part of a team
• Ability and willingness to travel as needed

Salary and benefits

Salary is commensurate with experience. WRI offers a generous, comprehensive benefits package.

About WRI

World Resources Institute (WRI) is an environmental think tank that goes beyond research to create practical ways to protect the planet and improve people's lives. Our mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth's environment for current and future generations.

• People and ecosystems. Reverse rapid degradation of ecosystems and assure their capacity to provide humans with needed goods and services.
• Climate change. Protect the global climate system from further harm due to emissions of greenhouse gases and help humanity and the natural world adapt to unavoidable climate change.
• Markets and Enterprise. Harness markets and enterprise to expand economic opportunity and protect the environment.
• Access. Guarantee public access to information and decisions regarding natural resources and the environment.
• Institutional excellence. Support and enhance WRI's ability to achieve results.

In all of its policy research and work with institutions, WRI tries to build bridges between ideas and action, meshing the insights of scientific research, economic and institutional analyses, and practical experience with the need for open and participatory decision-making.

WRI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is WRI's policy to recruit, hire, and provide opportunities for advancement in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, sexual preference, parental status, or disability. WRI only accepts resumes for current vacancies.

Qualified applicants only.
Candidates please send cover letter and curriculum vitae/resume to:

World Resources Institute
Attn: David Rich
10 G Street, NE (Suite 800)
Washington, DC 20002
fax: 202-729-7610
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Please, no phone calls.