Dear colleagues,

Welcome to our first October 2020 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! 

To stay up-to-date with all things START, be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. 

Best regards, 
The START team

Highlighted Opportunity

Virtual Workshop: Learning workshop on the EPIC model for Asian Countries, EPIC-N Deadline: 1 November

The EPIC Network, in partnership with the UN Environment’s Global Adaptation Network and START, are pleased to now offer a learning workshop on the EPIC model for Asian countries, which will be held virtually on 8-9 March 2021. This workshop will provide a unique opportunity for collaborating pairs of individuals representing municipal governments and nearby universities to gain skills on the use of the EPIC model to address local sustainability challenges and return home with a work plan to implement it. For additional information, please reference the link above.

Job and fellowship opportunities

• Manager, Nature Action Project, WBCSD (Geneva, Switzerland) Deadline: 15 October
• Consultancy Development of a Sub-Regional UNDP Project on Climate Security in the Sahel, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Dakar, Senegal) Deadline: 15 October
• Post-Doctoral Opportunity: Research Scholar (Postdoc Level) in Water Research and Agricultural Economics, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) (Vienna, Austria) Deadline: 15 October
• Regional Director – Africa, Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) Deadline: 16 October
• Regional Program Manager (Climate Finance Africa), Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) Deadline: 16 October
• Consultant: Climate Change Policy Expert, IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (IUCN) (Remote) Deadline: 18 October
• Programme Management Officer, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (Geneva, Switzerland) Deadline: 20 October
• Policy Expert, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) (Stockholm, Sweden) Deadline: 20 October
• Intern (Programme Management), United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Paris, France) Deadline: 21 October
• Post-Doctoral Opportunity: Post-doctoral research position on Urban Flood Forecasting, North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC, United States) Deadline: 25 October
• Chargé de projet “Opportunités au Sahel”, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) Deadline: 25 October
• Communication Specialist (African Water Facility), African Development Bank (AfDB) (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) Deadline: 26 October
• Call for Climate Change Experts (including transboundary water management), Tetra Tech (Various) Deadline: 31 October
• African Nationals: Appel Ambassadeur Vert pour le Climat en Afrique 2020, Réseau Climate Change Africa Opportunities (CCAO) (Various) Deadline: 31 October
• Intern (Economic Affairs, Disaster Risk Reduction), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) (Bangkok, Thailand) Deadline: 13 November 
• GIS Analyst (Restoration), World Resources Institute (WRI) (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: ASAP
• Asia Pacific Policy Lead, Conservation International (CI) (Various) Deadline: ASAP
• Research Intern, OneWorld Sustainable Investments (Cape Town, South Africa) Deadline: ASAP
• Project Manager (Resource Watch), World Resources Institute (WRI) (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: ASAP
• Data Analyst (Global Water Program), World Resources Institute (WRI) (Beijing, China) Deadline: ASAP
• Consultant (Climate Strategies), South Pole (Berlin, Germany) Deadline: ASAP
• Earth Data Observation Internship, RTI International (Durham, NC, USA) Deadline: ASAP
• Future Earth Network Associate, Future Earth (Boulder, CO, USA) Deadline: ASAP
• Senior Staff Associate I, Data Library, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (Palisades, NY, USA), Deadline: Until Suitable Applicant is Found
• Senior Staff Associate III, Data Library, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (Palisades, NY, USA), Deadline: Until Filled
• Remote Sensing Specialist, Forest Monitoring Tasks, GAF AG (Munich, Germany) Deadline: Until Suitable Applicant is Found

Training opportunities, courses, and calls for submissions

• Virtual Workshop: Sustainable Buildings and Construction in Africa, Climate Chance (15 October, 2:00PM-3:30PM BST)
• Call for Proposals: Equity and the Natural World, National Geographic, Deadline: 21 October
• Virtual Conference: WMO Data Conference, WMO (16-19 November, 1:00PM-4:00PM CET)
• Summer School: Modelling approaches for climate risk and climate change adaptions in the context of sustainable intensification in semi-arid West Africa, The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) (Bamako, Mali) 21-28 February 2021
• MOOC: Free online courses in Energy, Climate Policy and Diplomacy, SOAS University of London, Various
• Webinar: How to facilitate effective meetings on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, PLACARD Interchange (Self-Paced)
• Online course: Planning for Climate Change in African Cities, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies & Erasmus University Rotterdam, United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa), Self-Paced