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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Postdoctoral Fellow- Sustainability Assessments in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Postdoctoral Fellow- Sustainability Assessments
Job Number: 24433
Functional Area: Academic (non-faculty)
Department: MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium
School Area: Engineering
Employment Type: Full-Time Temporary
Employment Category: Exempt
Visa Sponsorship Available: Yes
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Posting Description
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW-SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENTS, MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium (MCSC)-Impact Fellowship Program, will work with MIT researchers, consortium industry members, external organizations and communities to implement solutions needed for global economic transformation to address the global climate change and sustainability crisis; prepare for leadership positions within the sustainability domain in a wide range of contexts and prepare to drive research that advances breakthrough scalable solutions towards accelerated change; work with MCSC member companies and researchers in the MIT community to develop next generation sustainability assessment methods including carbon, water, and biodiversity accounting methods, and GHG target setting and decarbonization pathway characterization.
Find the full job description here (https://impactclimate.mit.edu/get-involved/impact-fellows-program/sustainability-assessments-impact-fellow/) .
Job Requirements
REQUIRED: Ph.D. in a science or engineering discipline, interdisciplinary climate or sustainability program; familiarity with at least three of the following: life cycle assessment, corporate greenhouse gas accounting, water footprinting, biodiversity metrics, science-based GHG emissions targets, or developing and deploying interactive software tools; experience with proposal writing; group management, and coordination; robust listening, written and verbal communication skills; highly collaborative and able to work in a team environment with experts from diverse backgrounds. Job #24433
As sustainability assessment is a broad topic with many interconnected sub-topics (carbon, water, biodiversity, science-based targets), candidates should highlight their experience, traversing disciplines during problem-solving, in their application materials.
9/25/2024