Ecosystem Marketplace is seeking a paid part-time or full-time Research Assistant for our Carbon Program, to begin mid-February for a four- to six-month commitment. In return for this commitment, the Research Assistant will receive invaluable contacts and experience in liaising with international conservation NGOs, for profits and development multilaterals; executing survey research for an international market report; helping to plan/execute an international report launch event; and recommendations as merited. 

 

For more information about Ecosystem Marketplace, a leading source of information and analysis on environmental markets and payments for ecosystem services, visit www.ecosystemmarketplace.com.

 

 

Ecosystem Marketplace’s Carbon Program produces a range of qualitative and quantitative analyses on voluntary payments for carbon offset from energy, forestry and other types of projects – and other types of payments for ecosystem services. Our information products range from news articles on policy developments to annual market reports on transaction volumes and values. Along with publishing bi-weekly newsletters on the voluntary and forest carbon markets, we write the annual State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets and State of the Forest Carbon Markets reports.

 

In addition to these online references, the Ecosystem Marketplace Carbon Program also works to link market participants with each other and advises companies, governments and other NGOs on carbon markets.

 

 

The Research Assistant will be able to commit to approximately 20 (up to 40 as desired) hours per week to support the range of activities under the Ecosystem Marketplace Carbon Markets Program, with a focus on survey outreach for the 2013 State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets report. Research assistant time will likely be divided between carbon markets research (70%) and administrative support (30%).

 

 

Compensation: Paid

 

Location: Washington, D.C.

 

Submit: Resume (or CV), cover letter. Writing samples will be requested from final applicant pool.

 

Deadline: Submit your resume and a cover letter by January 31, 2013. Early submissions encouraged. Please send your materials to Molly Peters-Stanley at mpeters-stanley@ecosystemmarketplace.com.