Southeast Asia Campaign Consultant 

Mighty Earth is seeking a part-time Southeast Asia Campaign Consultant to lead our corporate engagement campaign to stop deforestation and peatland development in Indonesia and Malaysia for palm oil, timber, and other commodities

This position includes leading our Rapid Response Forest Monitoring program which utilizes satellite imagery and supply chain analysis to file NDPE grievance with companies involved in the palm oil sector. Your work will also drive accountability for environmental and human rights violations in commercial supply chains.

Key responsibilities could include:

Lead campaign work to reduce the rate of deforestation and peatland conversion and increase the level of protection for forests and peatlands in Indonesia and Malaysia. This could include:

• Leading Mighty Earth’s Palm Oil Rapid Response project which monitors more than 3,500 oil palm concessions in Indonesia and Malaysia, covering about 21 million hectares.
• Conducting routine satellite monitoring using GIS and remote sensing to help identify and analyze recent and ongoing cases of deforestation, peatland development, and other environmental threats associated with commodity expansion.
• Working with the wider Forest Commodities team at Mighty Earth to develop campaigns targeting rogue corporate actors driving deforestation in the timber, pulp and paper, rubber or mining sectors; campaigns that leverage NDPE policies to be applied across commodities; and campaigns to increase forest and peatland conservation and restoration.
• Communicating with private sector companies, civil society organizations, and other important stakeholders in Southeast Asia.
• Participating on behalf of Mighty Earth in initiatives such as High Carbon Stock Approach, Accountability Framework Initiative and others when warranted. Developing and filing complaints with independent certification bodies like the Forest Stewardship Council and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil as needed.
• Coordinating with Mighty Earth’s communication team and engaging with journalists, as needed.
• Training other members of the Forest Commodity team in geospatial, supply chain analysis and conducting in-depth research on cases and building corporate ownership and control structures.
• Supporting Mighty Earth’s fundraising efforts, including participation in grant reporting.

Note: Responsibilities could vary based on your expertise and background and including some combination of the listed responsibilities.

Your qualifications and experience should ideally include:

10+ years of campaign and investigative experience working on stopping deforestation, peatland conversion and influencing groups involved in supply chains for palm oil, timber and other commodities. This could include experience in:

• Creating shapefiles, georeferencing plantation/concession boundaries, and working with external geospatial datasets.
• Using open GIS software such as QGIS, Google Earth Engine, Google Earth Pro, Python and R.
• Obtaining and analyzing landcover in SE Asia, deforestation alerts, supply chain datasets, shareholder documents and corporate group structures.
• Engaging with agribusiness corporate groups on deforestation, peatland conversion and human rights issues, including experience at engaging at director or owner level in the group. Existing connections/relationships are a plus, particularly with major actors in SE Asia.
• Leading campaign investigations and authoring NGO campaign publications.
• Working with lawyers to support or defend public campaign work.
• Working with high-profile media outlets to investigate or highlight campaign work.
• Highly developed written and oral communication skills for corporate engagement
• Working both independently and collaboratively within a diverse, inclusive, and globally minded team.
• Fluency in English is required.

If you have any combination of these qualifications, and not necessarily all, and are interested in the role, please apply. We would be interested in reviewing your application.

Details:

• This is a part-time position, with the expectation of working roughly 10 days/ per month.
• Consultants in this role can be based anywhere in the US or across the world.
• Consulting pay is calculated based on the consultant’s hourly rate.

To apply: Please visit the job posting and application here: https://www.mightyearth.org/jobs/ and scroll to the posting to submit your resume and complete our short application. Please let us know where you heard about the job. The application deadline for this role is Monday, April 6th, but please apply as soon as possible.

Note: Offers will be rejected if any illegal or corrupt practices have taken place in connection with the award, and all contracts executed under the project must state that Mighty Earth may terminate the contract if it finds that illegal or corrupt practices have taken place in connection with the contract award or execution.

More about Mighty Earth:

Our team: Mighty Earth is made up of people from various backgrounds, including people with backgrounds in nonprofit 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.

Approach and Culture: Consistent with our obsession with impact, Mighty Earth is results-focused, entrepreneurial, collaborative, and nimble – and we seek candidates who are excited to work in that culture. While remaining true to our public interest mission and commitment to movement-building, we have 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.

Read more about our approach in the following resources:

Appealing to Companies’ Better Angels (Eco-Business)

Fomenting a “Perfect Storm” to push companies to change (Mongabay).

How Pressuring Corporations Can Save the Amazon from Destruction (Yale Environment 360)

Mighty Earth is an equal opportunity employer; we strictly prohibit discrimination against any employee or applicant based on 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.

• This is a part-time position, with the expectation of working roughly 10 days/ per month.
• Consultants in this role can be based anywhere in the US or across the world.
• Consulting pay is calculated based on the consultant’s hourly rate.

Fluency in English is required.