Opportunities in Sustainability

Opportunities in Sustainability
12 May 2021

Dear colleagues,

Welcome to our first May 2021 installment of "Opportunities in Sustainability" - our twice-monthly email round-up of relevant opportunities from and within the sustainability community delivered straight to your inbox!

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Highlighted Announcement

START Vacancy: EPIC-Asia Network Coordinator, START International (Remote) Deadline Extended to 15 May!

START is seeking applicants for the role of "EPIC-Asia Network Coordinator" to contribute towards the establishment and growth of the Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities (EPIC-Network Asia-Pacific) network, and assist the EPIC network leads in the successful coordination and implementation of an EPIC Asia-Pacific strategy. The Regional Network Coordinator will liaise with EPIC and START to coordinate activities in Asia-Pacific following an Asia-Pacific regional training workshop in May 2021.

Job and fellowship opportunities

Flood Modeller, Mott MacDonald (Various, India) Deadline: 13 May
Consultant: Digital Earth Africa | Development of a Sustainable Funding Strategy, Group on Earth Observations (GEO) (Africa - Not Yet Specified) Deadline: 16 May
Consultant: Technical support in promoting water governance at country level - English and French, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) (Remote) Deadline: 20 May
Programme Specialist (Water & Climate Resilience), Global Water Partnership - Southern Africa (GWP-SA) (Pretoria, South Africa) Deadline: 28 May
Program Manager (Imagine H2O Asia), Imagine H2O (Singapore) Deadline: ASAP
Research Fellow (Groundwater), National University of Singapore (NUS) (Singapore) Deadline: ASAP
Waste Water Network Modeller, Mott MacDonald (Mumbai, India) Deadline: ASAP
Project Environmental Consultant (Environment - Water Management), AECOM (Hong Kong, China) Deadline: ASAP
Research Associate (Climate and Water Research Cluster), National University of Singapore (NUS) (Singapore) Deadline: ASAP
Partnerships Manager, Africa, Wetlands International (Dakar, Senegal or Nairobi, Kenya; Various) Deadline: ASAP
Asia Pacific Policy Lead, Conservation International (CI) (Various) Deadline: ASAP

Training opportunities, courses, and calls for submissions

Webinar: Water Tenure Monday - Dubravka Bojic - Water Governance Assessment, FAO (17 May, 11:00AM GMT)
Webinar: “African cities acting for nature,” ICLEI Africa (18 May, 12:00PM GMT)
Webinar: Water Tenure Monday - Jessica Troell - Whose Water?, FAO (24 May, 11:00AM GMT)
RISE Africa Action Festival 2021, ICLEI Africa (24-28 May)
Online Course: Urban Resilience Intensive Training 2021, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) (19-30 July) Deadline for Applications: 31 May
Virtual Conference: Restoring Africa’s Drylands: Accelerating Action On the Ground, GLF Africa (2-3 June)
Virtual Workshop: Tackling Technical Challenges in Land Data Assimilation, The AIMES Land Data Assimilation Working Group (14-16 June, 1:00pm-4:00pm GMT)
Webinar: “Where the two meet: lessons from the planned and unplanned city,” ICLEI Africa (15 June, 12:00PM GMT)
Webinar: “Climate research and evidence for development: How transformative capacities can shape sustainable futures,” ICLEI Africa (15 June, 12:00PM GMT)
Webinar: 1st African Forum on Urban Forests (AFUF), FAO and UN-Habitat (5-9 July)
Webinar: Climate research and evidence for development: How transformative capacities can shape sustainable futures, ICLEI Africa (6 July, 12:00PM GMT)
Webinar: Sustainable food cultures: how our appetites can transform our cities, ICLEI Africa (20 July, 12:00PM GMT)
MOOC: NEW Certificate Course on Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience, United Nations Environment Programme

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