Director, Global Ag Methane

Agriculture Methane Overview

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is a leading organization in efforts to reduce methane from livestock systems, one of the largest sources of human related methane emissions. To do this, EDF leverages its strengths in science, policy, company engagement and markets, andconveningofuniquepartnershipsto support farmer implementation of lower methane management solutions.

A widely recognized, but under invested livestock methane solution is improved livestock health. Under its Animal Health & Climate (AH&C) program, EDF has been the leading civil society voice on the role that improved livestock health can play for triple win solutions (improved farmer economics, enhanced global nutrition, and reduced climate impact from livestock systems). While technical solutions widely exist for livestock health, EDF is demonstrating the science needed to connect these interventions with climate wins, supporting governments to align climate policy with animal health policy, and support more investment in animal health as a climate solution that can be deployed today.

The Director, Global Ag Methane will work across EDF’s matrixed team of scientists, and experts in global and regional policy, livestock systems and business to accelerate EDF’s work to drive scientific evidence, policy success and investment commitments to deploy animal health interventions that have proven climate wins.

Bringing a strong policy,emissionsmodelling, andanimal sciencebackground, this position will provide scientific and technical leadership across the ongoing development and application of two foundational intellectual products under AH&C: the Animal Health and Climate Scientific Framework for  quantifying the impact of animal health on climateand the Policy Guidelines for incorporating animal health into national climate policy.

This role is central to translating science on animal health and climate into products that researchers, policymakers, and multilateral institutions can use. The position requires someone who brings together high-caliber expertise inanimal science, demonstrated experience in scientific writing,and applied technical assistance, working closely with members of the EDF AH&C team and the AH&C program lead as collaborative partners on program implementation, other EDF experts and teams, and an international Coordination Committee to ensure developed products and efforts serve their intended users.

This position is a senior-level individual contributor, accountable for independently delivering specialized scientific, technical, and policy-related work. The Director is also expected to contribute to the strategic development of new technical initiatives, partnerships, and scientific opportunities, influencing the Livestock Methane and overall Agriculture programstrategythroughsubject-matter expertise.

This positionreportsto the Senior Director, EU Agriculture Program.

This role is embedded within EDF’s EU Agriculture Program and works closely with European research partners — including the Global Research Alliance (GRA)
Animal Health Network co-chair and the Flagship Coordinator based in Edinburgh — and with EU member states engaged as Flagship Champion countries.

• Spearheadscientific writing leadership forEDF’s animal health and climateresearch framework manuscriptthrough topeer-reviewed publication,integratingco-author contributions, graphics, and review.

• Work collaboratively withEDF’sScience & Innovation team on scientific content, ensuring alignment between the external author perspective and EDF’s internal scientific review.

• Coordinate with the GRA, specifically the Animal Health Network,and the GRA Flagship Coordinator basedat…