Dear colleagues,

Welcome to our second January 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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Job and fellowship opportunities

• Deadline Today! Water Stewardship Manager, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) Deadline: 31 January
• Consultant, South Africa’s Energy Policy and Investment, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Johannesburg or Pretoria, South Africa) Deadline: 2 February
• Disaster Risk Management Specialist, The World Bank (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: 3 February
• Programme Officer (Water Resources), Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) (Stockholm, Sweden) Deadline: 5 February
• Adaptation Specialist, UN Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) (Location To Be Decided) Deadline: 5 February
• Regional Programme Manager, Water Witness International (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Deadline: 6 February
• Consultant, Energy Program, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Delhi, India) Deadline: 9 February
• Fully Funded PhD Position: New approaches to participatory development for social-ecological resilience: A case study from Garhwal, North-West India,  Global Sustainability Institute/Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge, England) Deadline: 9 February 
• Knowledge Management Specialist, Green Climate Fund (GCF) (Songdo, South Korea) Deadline: 10 February
• Senior Environmental Specialist, The World Bank (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo) Deadline: 10 February 
• Local Recruitment: Environmental Specialist, The World Bank (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) Deadline: 10 February
• Local Recruitment: Environmental Specialist, The World Bank (Bangui, Central African Republic) Deadline: 10 February
• Senior Professorship in Water Governance and Policy (Water Institute), University of Waterloo (Waterloo, ON, Canada) Deadline: 28 February
• International Climate Protection Fellowships, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany) Deadline: 1 March
• Postdoctoral Opportunity: FRQ-IIASA postdoctoral program for postdoctoral students from Québec, The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Deadline: 18 March
• Postdoctoral Opportunity: Peter E. De Jánosi Postdoctoral Fellowship for application of systems analysis to policy and management issues, The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Deadline: 13 April
• Postdoctoral Opportunity: The Peking University (PKU) – IIASA Postdoctoral Program for early-career postdoctoral researchers of all nationalities, The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Deadline: 13 April
• Postdoctoral Opportunity: IIASA-Israel Program for post-doc and mid-career researchers member of or affiliated to an academic or research institution in Israel, The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Deadline: 13 April
• Director (Water Stewardship & Policy), World Resources Institute (WRI) (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: ASAP
• Senior Climate Resilience Analyst, ICF International (Washington, DC or New York, USA) Deadline: ASAP
• Senior Vice President (Climate Change), WWF (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: ASAP
• Senior Program Officer (Climate), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: ASAP
• Research Associate/Consultant – Climate Mitigation and Economics of Climate Action, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) (Bengaluru, India) Deadline: Until Suitable Applicant is Found
• Research Associate – Climate Change (Focus on Urban Green Infrastructure), Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) (Bengaluru, India) Deadline: Until Suitable Applicant is Found
• Project Manager, SouthSouthNorth (SSN) (Cape Town, South Africa) Deadline: Until Suitable Applicant is Found

Training opportunities, online courses, and graduate programs

• Deadline Today! 30th Course in Climate Time Series and Risk Analysis (Bad Gandersheim, Germany) 17-21 February, Deadline to Register: 31 January
• Climate Change and Development Short Course 2020, School of International Development, University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK) 11-15 May 2020

Calls for abstracts and applications

• Deadline Today! Call for Abstracts: Soil Science Conference of Malaysia (SOILS 2020), Deadline: 31 January 2020
• Call for Applications: Professional Development Grants, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Deadline: 1 February 
• Call for Applications: Keeling Curve Prize, Deadline: 10 February
• Call for Applications: 12th Cycle of the Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development, Deadline: 30 April

Upcoming conferences and events

• 6th International Conference on Climate Services (Pune, India) 11-13 February
• Soil Science Conference of Malaysia (SOILS 2020) (Johor Bharu, Malaysia) 7-9 April
• Adaptation Futures 2020 (New Delhi, India) 27-30 April
• FRIAR 2020: 7th International Conference on Flood and Urban Water Management (Valencia, Spain) 11-13 May
• RISE AFRICA 2020 (Cape Town, South Africa) 25-26 May
• Dresden Nexus Conference (Dresden, Germany) 3-5 June
• Sustainability Research and Innovation 2020 (Brisbane, Australia) 14-17 June
• G-STIC 2020 (Brussels, Belgium) 27-29 October