August 2022 CLIMATE DIRECTOR,CAMPAIGNNETHERLANDS
• Concerns waarschuwen Brazilië om ontbossing: bezorgd burgerschap of stoere praat? (nos.nl) Our Culture Mighty Earth is results-focused, entrepreneurial, collaborative, and nimble – and seek candidates who are excited to work in that culture.
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Mighty Earth is a global environmental advocacy organization working to defend a living planet. We are obsessed with impact: Our goal is to protect half of Earth for Nature and secure a climate that allows life to flourish. We aspire to be the most effective environmental organization in the world.
While remaining true to our public interest mission and commitment to movementbuilding, we’ve sought to apply the best of business to our organization. A resource that has informed our approach to culture is the book No Rules Rules and the famous Netflix culture deck Mighty Earth is made up of people from various backgrounds including people with a background in non-profit organizations, election campaigns, government, the private sector, and legislative offices, at a range of experience levels. We pride ourselves on being a welcoming place for people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, parents, empty-nesters, and more.
Through our proven “perfect storm” model of driving change, we have played a leading role in persuading the world’s largest food and agriculture companies to act against deforestation, land-grabbing and human rights abuse, and driven adoption of multi-billion-dollar shifts to clean energy. We work to support Indigenous communities, communities of color, and low-income communities through these efforts.
• How Pressuring Corporations Can Save the Amazon from Destruction (Yale Environment 360)
Read more about our approach and our campaign in the following resources;
• Fomenting a “Perfect Storm” to push companies to change: Q&A with Glenn Hurowitz (Mongabay).
ABOUT MIGHTY EARTH
3Mighty Earth | Climate Campaign Director, Netherlands THE ROLE Role: Climate Campaign Director Location: Candidates can be based anywhere in the Netherlands and should be prepared to work remotely. The position involves some international travel. Contract: Full-time Reporting: You will report to our Global Protein Director and will work with other team members around the world. You will have counterparts in the UK and Brazil to share learning with. Salary: €68,000 - €86,000 (depending on candidate experience)
Building on our success in transforming other agricultural sectors, we are working to break the link between the meat industry and deforestation, drive a shift to regenerative agriculture, and support growth in alternative plant-based and cultivated protein.
Mighty Earth is looking for a Netherlands-based Climate Campaign Director for our initiative to transform the global meat industry and advance Nature and community solutions to climate change. Animal agriculture drives more climate pollution than all the cars, trucks, ships, and planes in the world, and is the leading cause of rainforest destruction, water pollution, and a key contributor to the displacement of Indigenous communities.
If you are passionate about nature and climate change, want to transform global agriculture to create a more sustainable food system, and work at a nimble and high-impact organization, please apply.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Mighty Earth | Climate Campaign Director, Netherlands
The Netherlands has outsized potential when it comes to curbing deforestation and driving action to transform global agriculture and create a more sustainable food system. Dutch companies such as Ahold Delhaize are leading customers for the world’s biggest agribusinesses and have the influence to drive global change. Dutch banks and pensions funds are leading players in financing deforestation and other unsustainable agricultural ventures but have also shown the capacity in the past to influence companies to stop deforestation and pollution.
As the Climate Campaign Director, you will focus on achieving gigaton-scale climate action by transforming the agricultural industry to end deforestation and make climate-friendly food systems the norm. In the Netherlands, you will build and lead our campaigning to persuade corporations, financial institutions, and government officials to implement strong environmental and human rights policies.
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5Mighty Earth | Climate Campaign Director, Netherlands RESPONSIBILITIES •
Playing a critical role in an international campaign to transform the meat industry to end deforestation, adopt regenerative agricultural practices, and shift to plant-based protein. and implementing effective plans and strategies to achieve campaign goals, integrating communications, online, field and grassroots into a highly strategic campaign. Engaging with senior executives and government officials. Building relationships with civil society and other key constituencies in the Netherlands. Recruiting volunteers and developing leadership to help build the campaign across the Netherlands. campaign actions and press events. media attention through report releases, events, press conferences in key media markets, through a strategic media plan and building relationships with journalists. on additional Mighty Earth campaigns as needed.
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Mighty Earth | Climate Campaign Director, Netherlands
• You have an international orientation. You have experience with and are committed to working with people from a variety of backgrounds, including different ethnic, racial, sexual, and religious communities.
• You are a good writer and can take complex information to distill into understandable products such as press releases, reports, and letters.
• You are comfortable operating in highly dynamic environments where changes in politics, economics, and other external events regularly create opportunities and challenges on a regular basis
• You are comfortable working with various internal and external stakeholders and can network and build coalitions across diverse constituencies.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
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• You have a minimum of 7 years of experience, with a background in issue advocacy campaigning or grassroots organizing.
• You are passionate about protecting the environment and advancing a more just society.
• English and Dutch fluency are required.
• Expertise in deforestation and agricultural issues is a plus, but not required.
Additional language skills, including Portuguese, Spanish, German, or other European languages or Chinese a plus, but not essential.
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
• You have experience developing and implementing campaign strategy and detailed plans, communicating with corporate executives and/or elected officials, and figuring out how to move decision makers. You are an excellent networker.
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Equality Statement
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Selection Process All candidates will receive an update regarding their application after the closing date. We advise candidates to add the role email to their safe senders list and regularly check their spam folder.
Timeline Closing Date: 3 October. (While a closing date is specified, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis).
All correspondence, at this stage, should be via Oxford HR. To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button on the job advert page, complete our online application form, and submit your CV and cover letter in two different documents, which should be prepared before applying as they will be considered in the application process. The cover letter should be no more than two pages long and explain why you are interested in this post and how your skills and experience make you a good fit. The documents should be saved in MS Word in the following format: Your First Name-Your Last Name-Document Name-Date (mmyy) e.g., PatJones-CV082022-MIGHTY.
Mighty Earth is an equal opportunity employer; we strictly prohibit discrimination against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or expression and any other characteristic protected by law. Women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ community are strongly encouraged to apply.
Mighty Earth | Climate Campaign Director, Netherlands TO APPLY
First stage interviews: Interviews with Oxford HR will be ongoing Second stage interviews: October – to be confirmed.
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