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The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability (SDSS) strives to create a future where humans and nature thrive in concert and in perpetuity. The school is made up of a three-part structure to drive global impact: Our academic departments and programs educate students and create new knowledge across areas of research that are crucial for advancing the long-term prosperity of the planet; our institutes bridge scholarship at Stanford and beyond, bringing multiple viewpoints to bear on urgent challenges; and the Sustainability Accelerator drives new policy and technology solutions that can move beyond the University and scale to address global sustainability challenges, in collaboration with a worldwide network of partners. The school is dedicated to creating and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, and to creating solutions that benefit all people, particularly those most affected by environmental damage and climate change.
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The SDSS Sustainability Accelerator seeks a full-time Managing Director - Policy to lead policy programs across all of the organization’s focus areas — our Flagship Destinations and Cross-Cutting Platforms. Flagship Destinations are ambitious and aspirational goals that guide the Accelerator’s investment in and technology and policy solutions that can have impact on a global scale. The Cross-Cutting Platforms support the Flagship Destinations. Under the direction of Accelerator Faculty Director Yi Cui and Executive Director Charlotte Pera, the Managing Director of Policy will lead the strategy, development, and implementation of a new Policy Impact Fellows program, which engages postdoctoral scholars and/or policy fellows to pursue high-impact policy work in the Accelerator’s focus areas. In addition, we are open to important policy ideas that don’t fit squarely into one of our focus areas.
This role requires working closely with Stanford faculty, the Accelerator team, and other internal stakeholders while also engaging external stakeholders such as policymakers, regulators, and NGOs to develop policy solutions with the potential to create impact at scale. Responsibilities will include helping to track evolving policy issues, opportunities, whitespaces, and barriers across the flagship destinations, managing the Accelerator Policy Impact Fellows cohort, overseeing policy aspects of the grantmaking process, and selectively supporting Accelerator-funded research teams.
The Managing Director - Policy will collaborate with flagship Managing Directors to develop Stanford’s connections with the global flagship ecosystem. This will include organizing workshops and convenings, outreach, and partnership development. The Managing Director must have existing relationships and experience working with a wide range of policy stakeholders from academia, industry, government, and NGOs. We seek someone highly motivated, excited about leading change in difficult-to-solve climate challenges, and comfortable with a dynamic, start-up-like environment in a University setting.
Job Purpose
Deliver policy impact at scale across Accelerator flagship destinations and cross-cutting platforms through direct programs or functions of university-wide coordination in consultation with senior leadership.
Core Duties
* - The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
To be successful in this position, you will need:
In addition, our preferred qualifications include:
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The expected pay range for this position is $173,103 to $225,000 per annum.
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