8/24 - Candidates and Careers in Climate
Climate Statistics : According to the World Bank, European countries spend 5% of their gross domestic product on building and maintaining their infrastructure, while the U.S. spends 2.3%.
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Job Seekers:
Ricardo Alarcon
Greatest Accomplishment: Obtaining a promotion after 3 years of being a maintenance supervisor, and improving KPIs after 2 years of being a Manager.
Skills: Renewable Energy (PV) Project, Maintenance Management, Leadership
Negotiation, Data Science (in progress)
Looking for Next: I'm looking to develop in Renewable Energy areas, managing people and making data driven decisions.
Patrick Marchman
Greatest Accomplishment: Founding and leading an industry-leading in climate migration with monthly webinars from global experts while volunteering with the American Society of Adaptation Professionals.
Skills: Program management, climate adaptation, planning, climate risk, communications.
Looking for Next: Looking for either full-time or consulting opportunities in sustainability and climate risk, climate adaptation, or disaster risk reduction.
Geoff Skigen
Greatest Accomplishment: I founded, managed, and grew a full service creative advertising/marketing boutique for a decade that serviced global and national clients, won industry awards–from scratch.
Skills: Creative Strategy, Creative Direction, Creative Concepting, Brand development, Brand evolution, Voice and Tone, Account Management, Project Management, Copy Style Guidelines, Copywriting, Omnichannel Campaigns, Web, Social, Out of Home, Unconventional tactics, Strategic partnerships and alliance development, Business development, Broadcast and Video, Storytelling, Creative Writing, Tagline development, naming, Budget and Timeline development and management, Team building, Team management, Mentoring, Microsoft Office, Copyediting, Production, Events, Collateral (brochures, take ones), Swag, and more.(whew!)
Looking for Next: Merge my environmental activism, nonprofit volunteerism, and 20+ years of successful advertising/marketing experience into a full time role with a company or organization dedicated to reversing climate change.
Victor Roussseau
Greatest Accomplishment: Finished a PhD in 3 years.
Skills: Python (Machine & Deep Learning), NCL, Fortran, Launching and post-processing of climate simulations.
Looking for Next: To tackle climate change and / or help everyone to be more resilient to climate change.
Open Roles:
Senior Software Engineer @ Angaza
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
We're looking for experienced full-stack/backend engineers who are excited to join a collaborative team.
Lead Software Engineer (Unity) @ Carbon Counts
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
Professional Mobile Games Development Experience.
Director of Business Development, East Coast and Canada @ Shifted Energy
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
Passionate about climate change and the equitable transformation of the green energy economy.
Many! Software engineers, electrochemists, process engineers, automation engineering, and non-technical roles as well. @ QuantumScape
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
Resourcefulness!
Job Postings:
Senior Project Manager, Resource Watch @ World Resources Institute.
Multiple Openings @ Radient Nuclear
Multiple Openings @ Terraformation
Technical Roles @ Branch Energy
Director of Climate Policy @ Niskanen Center
Marketing and Community Engagement Associate @ Joules Accelerator
Multiple VC Openings @ Australia
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