\n| \n Salary<\/strong>: EUR 40,000 – 44,000 (full-time equivalent), depending on experience and contractual requirements.<\/p>\nClosing Date:<\/strong> November 17, 2024<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:\u00a0<\/strong>To apply, please send your CV with a minimum of 2 references and a covering letter (no longer than 2 pages) outlining your motivation and fulfilment of the position requirements to work@hotorcool.org.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/section>\n \n \n About the organisation
<\/strong>Hot or Cool Institute is a non-profit think tank that works with experts, organisations, and practice communities on science-based actions to address the magnitude, urgency, and scope of peaceful and deliberate transition towards a sustainable society. Through collaborative methods Hot or Cool:<\/p>\n\n- Conducts policy research and analysis to establish science-based approaches to behaviour change and sustainable lifestyles.<\/li>\n
- Coordinates science-communications and outreach to make complex sustainability issues accessible.<\/li>\n
- Facilitates co-creation of solutions backed by researched understanding and experience<\/li>\n
- Designs capacity development for implementation and tools for action at individual, business and government levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Role description<\/strong>
The successful candidate will contribute to the development of the nascent Sustainable Wellbeing Programme at Hot or Cool, providing research (particularly quantitative research) and project management skills for a range of projects. Ongoing and new work in the Programme include:<\/p>\n\n- A project seeking to build quantitative evidence on the benefits, in terms of wellbeing and sustainability, of an increase in the prioritisation and valuing of care work (both formal and informal).<\/li>\n
- Making the case for bottom-up deliberative approaches to moving Beyond GDP<\/li>\n
- Outreach related to the Happy Planet Index (https:\/\/happyplanetindex.org\/)<\/li>\n
- Ongoing work on developing a new eco-social contract, including developing a dashboard of indicators to measure the degree to which the current social contract is being fulfilled.<\/li>\n
- Interviews with statistics offices on Beyond GDP efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
(involvement in different projects will depend on skills of the successful candidate and the allocation of other team members across projects).<\/p>\n Where relevant, the new researcher\/project manager would also be expected to work across the organisation, supporting work in other programmes such as the Sustainable Lifestyles programme.<\/p>\n The candidate will report to the Programme Lead for Sustainable Wellbeing.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Position Specification<\/strong><\/p>\nEssential<\/em><\/p>\n\n- Very good first degree in social sciences (e.g. psychology, economics, sociology or political science)<\/li>\n
- Master\u2019s degree or Ph.D in a relevant field (i.e. social or environmental studies) or at least five years\u2019 work experience in social or environmental issues.<\/li>\n
- Demonstrable quantitative skills, including the ability to conduct statistical analyses and\/or familiarity with national\/local indicator sets<\/li>\n
- At least two years\u2019 experience with project management<\/li>\n
- At least two years\u2019 experience in either third sector, policy (e.g. in government or international organisations) or applied research<\/li>\n
- Commitment to Hot or Cool\u2019s principles<\/li>\n
- Demonstrable writing skills<\/li>\n
- Excellent English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Essential soft skills:<\/em><\/p>\n\n- ability to think creatively<\/li>\n
- ability to meet deadlines<\/li>\n
- self-starter, able to manage own workload and time<\/li>\n
- ability to learn quickly<\/li>\n
- able to communicate ideas to a non-academic audience<\/li>\n
- good team worker<\/li>\n
- attention to detail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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