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Title  

Amazon Investigator (Forests)

Reference     (Please mention Stopdodo/Environment Jobs in your application)
Sectors   Sustainability, Climate, CSR, EMS
Location   England (London & Greater) - UK
Salary   £43,971
Type   Temporary / Contract / Seasonal
Status   Full Time
Level   Senior Level
Deadline   15/05/2019
Company Name   Global Witness
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Website   Further Details / Applications
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Description  

In the face of climate change, misuse of power, and increasing disregard for human rights, our work has never been more urgent. Join Global Witness as an Amazon Investigator to help us stop the destruction of climate critical forests.

About us

Global Witness protects human rights and the environment by confronting corruption and challenging the systems that enable it. We’ve been creating change for over 20 years, from alerting the world to blood diamonds to stopping forest destruction.

About the role

Our climate-critical tropical forests are being destroyed and the financial sector is playing a key role by ignoring the unsustainable practices of the agricultural commodities driving deforestation.

With an initial focus on the Brazilian Amazon and agricultural commodities in the region you will deliver and publish investigations to raise awareness globally about the rapid destruction of the world’s remaining tropical forests. These investigations will support our advocacy objectives and shape campaigns that target the role of private finance in driving deforestation.

About you

Fluent in Portuguese and English with a journalistic or investigative background in climate change or deforestation and ideally knowledge of agricultural supply chains in the Amazon. You will bring experience of conceiving, planning and carrying out investigations coupled with the ability to work collaboratively with a diverse range of people and perspectives.

Working for us

We aim to be a diverse and inclusive place to work. We value new perspectives, original ideas and different ways of working. We believe that diverse views and experiences improve the way we do our work. We do our best to make our jobs accessible to all regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation or identity.

We offer an excellent benefits package including a competitive salary and 25 days holiday (exc. Bank holidays), pension, private medical insurance and flexible working arrangements.

This role is based in London, UK with occasional travel overseas.

Applying

When you are ready to apply please send in your CV and a covering letter which tells us why you’d be a great fit for this role, taking into account each of the person specification requirements, to:

Recruitmentcampaigns@globalwitness.org with Amazon Investigator in the subject heading and where you saw the role advertised by 9am 15 May 2019.

The interviews will be held the week of 20 May 2019.

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