Livelihood Lead

Livelihood Specialist

Based in Paris, France or Toronto, Canada

Full-time position, Permanent contract

Field travels: up to 30%

Beginning: ASAP

PUR Description

PUR is a global, impact-focused B-Corp specializing in supply chain sustainability. We design, develop, and implement nature-based solutions projects to help our corporate partners reduce their environmental footprint and meet their ESG targets. Many of PUR's projects fall within the categories of insetting, regenerative agriculture, agroforestry, forest conservation, and landscape restoration.

These projects aim to introduce more sustainable agricultural practices, regenerate and preserve ecosystems, and socially and economically empower local communities. Today, we employ 200 staff across 16 countries, with key offices in Paris (HQ) and Toronto.

Industry Description

PUR operates within the dynamic and rapidly evolving sector of environmental consultancy services and nature-based solutions (NbS) markets. The NbS market has recently gained traction as society recognizes the invaluable services provided by nature and the need to preserve, restore and harness these services to mitigate and adapt to environmental challenges.

Role

PUR is seeking a technical specialist with experience and expertise in the design, development, and monitoring of livelihoods and farm economic impacts within projects in agricultural landscapes. This person will be asked to lead the evolution of PUR’s livelihood offer design and directly support the technical integration of livelihood and farmer economic priorities into PUR’s projects on a global basis.

The successful candidate will have experience working with international technical teams, remotely and in person, and have the ability to digest and manage complex topics related to project design and stakeholder engagement, risk management, relevant industry frameworks, and impact monitoring. They will be excellent at helping the team to execute product development roadmaps within their respective scopes, on time and within budget. They will be comfortable working with, and travelling to, diverse project locations.

The successful candidate will report to the Chief Product Officer based in Toronto, Canada.

The main responsibilities in a non-exhaustive manner of this ambitious role will be:

Product Development, Piloting and Management
- Economic Livelihoods Co-Benefit Offer for Differentiated Temperate & Tropical (Impact of Core Initiatives)
- Selection of Best Industry Framework(s) for Alignment;
- Development of a methodology for Baselining and Evaluation of livelihood and farm economic impact models;
- Support in evaluation of pathways to improve impact with Intervention Specialists;
- Leading piloting of framework/activities.
- Carbon Equity Offer Design, Development & Testing;
- Refinement and Evolution of Benefit Sharing and Stakeholder Consultation Mechanisms;
- Support the progressive scaling, implementation and adaptive management of the above items across PUR’s global portfolio of projects – starting with Priority Countries/Projects.

Research & Design
- Perform technical research to continually improve internal technical capacity and inform project design and adaptive management for livelihood and agriculture economics topics across the organization;
- Market & Industry mapping for best practices to meet/exceed client social programming requirements and framework demands;
- Support regional teams in piloting livelihood and agriculture economics MRV approaches;
- Develop innovative internal project evaluation models for livelihood and agriculture economics.

Industry Engagement & Expertise
- Act as a key representative for PUR’s livelihood and agriculture economics interests externally – to industry working groups, frameworks/certifications, partners and clients;
- Engage market through speaking engagements and webinars, publishing technical marketing material and attending conferences.

Training & Education
- Support PUR’s global team by developing internal education material appropriate for various audiences;
- Support PUR’s commercial teams through the engagement and provision of technical trainings and materials to clients and partners.

We are looking for a candidate with:

• Masters or equivalent degree from a broad range of disciplines including international development, rural development, agricultural economics, or similar.
• At least 8 years of experience in Livelihood topics.
• Proven track record of industry engagement and network in the context of Farmer Livelihoods and nature-based solutions; Living Income and benefit sharing; Equitable business models; Carbon equity; or related fields.
• Experience with economic models for farms and living income.
• Excellent communication skills to represent PUR at conferences.
• Strong experience at international level.
• Fluent in English. French and/or Spanish is considered an asset.

At PUR, we strive to build inclusive teams and an equitable workplace where our employees feel respected, supported, and empowered. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of age, race, gender, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or any other aspect that makes them unique.

PUR is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you require accommodation or consideration throughout the interview process, let us know, and we will do our best to support you.