Environmental Systems Change Senior Associate - LATAM Urban Projects
**Located**: Sao Paulo, Brazil
**Contract Type**: Permanent
**Band**: 2
**Hiring Manager**:Patricia Ellen
Systemiq, the **systems change company** and certified B Corp, was founded to drive the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate change by transforming markets and business models in five key systems: nature and food, materials, and circular economy, energy, urban areas, and sustainable finance.
We are guided by the conviction that all system transformations are rooted in human transformations. We must continue to bring more diverse people and voices into real conversations to succeed. We know we don’t have all the answers; we may not even have all the right questions. But we know that open mindsets drive change, so relationships, people, and trust are at the heart of everything we do.
**Position**:
**Do you want to be part of the change?**
Partner Patricia Ellen Da Silva is a Sytemiq Managing Partner, LATAM. Before joining us, She served as Secretary of Economic Development, Science, and Technology for the State of São Paulo. During her mandate, the São Paulo economy grew five faster than the Brazilian average, and the state concluded three of the biggest carbon-neutral private investments in the country’s history. From her time in government, Patricia also brings a proud record of developing inclusive teams of Black and female leaders. She also led São Paulo’s Covid-19 crisis taskforce.
Ecological living or living in harmony with nature, is now a driving tenant of urban development. As a Systems Change Senior Associate for Urban projects in LATAM, you will work on various projects, providing solutions in the multi-discipline urban planning and design environment, to effective integrate nature into urban decision making,creating high-quality urban environments where communities can thrive.
**Primary Responsibilities**
- Contribute to the management of projects in the planning, budget, monitor and report on the various project. Ensure project plans are sound, report regularly on progress and monitor to ensure that the execution within the approved budget and schedule.
- Build understanding among professionals and practioners from local govenments, academia, financial institutions, private sector and civil society about using sustainable finance, circular economy/materials and nature to address urban challenges.
- Increase capacity across urban planner, financers and development decision makers to understand concepts related to nature based solutions, sustainable finance, and ecosystem services in the context of overcoming urban challenges.
- Demonstrate the potential of urban ecosystem planning to provide consistent and regular information on the state of urban nature, and the benefits it provides that our clients need to integrate into their planning.
**About You**
- Are excited. About the opportunity to improve and find solutions to urban challenges
- Have a Plan. And know how to get buy-in and support for the deployment, embedding, and sustainable utilisation of any operations intervention
- Decisions in Numbers. You use data-driven techniques to solve problems which has a positive financial impact
- Understand that change can be hard. You have a working knowledge of change management and the people side of behaviour change
- Have thoughts on process. Your workload is meticulously organised and maintained, and you have a reputation for follow-through. You have exceptional time management and work prioritisation, and driving multiple responsibilities simultaneously with limited oversight does not faze you.
- Are humble. No task is too small for anyone, and you are eager to learn. You’re all about the team, not the individual.
- Get it done. You have a methodical approach to your project management work with a strong focus on accuracy, attention to detail, consistency, and superb quality. You take the initiative and can operate autonomously when needed.
- You’re a people person. You have outstanding interpersonal skills and can quickly establish rapport, build trust, collaborate, and demonstrate credibility and authority. You have proven stakeholder management skills and remain calm under pressure.
- You’re solution-oriented. You can clearly explain issues, contribute to their resolution, and effectively influence and negotiate to achieve consensus and successful outcomes. You can anticipate needs, make reasoned decisions, and communicate them effectively.
- Curious. Keeps professional knowledge, capabilities, and skills up to date and an open and continuous learning mindset
**Requirements**:
**Essential Qualifications / Experience**
- Business international level of English (required) and Portuguese - both written and oral
- Bachelor's degree in earth science, environmental engineering, urban nature management, or related field.
- 3-5 years proven experience wor