Forestry Technical Officer/Forestry Technical Manager, depending on experience

Winrock International • Arlington, VA

254d • $65,000 - $115,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Forestry Technical Officer/Technical Manager (depending on experience) is a technical position within ACR providing support to the ACR Forestry Director and Managing Director as well as other colleagues within the ACR team. The person in this role will contribute to most aspects of ACR services, including performing routine and increasingly complex project reviews accurately and independently, developing and maintaining systems for project record keeping, and attending site visits and performing audits. They will ensure that projects move through the Registry process efficiently and with appropriate attention to detail. ACR prides itself on being responsive and providing sound technical knowledge to all our partners. They will provide technical support to external stakeholders, ensuring consistency and adherence to ACR, CARB, and Ecology requirements. The successful candidate will possess and apply functional understanding of GHG emissions/carbon accounting principles and possess (or quickly develop) and apply functional expertise in the ACR methodologies and compliance protocols they support and/or lead. They will possess (or quickly develop) a detailed understanding of the ACR Standard and other ACR policies, California's Cap-and-Trade Regulation, Washington State's Climate Commitment Act and associated regulations, and associated project-level methodologies within forestry, agriculture, and other land use (AFOLU) sectors (e.g., improved forest management, afforestation/reforestation, active conservation, wetlands). The position requires strong technical and analytical expertise, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to track and adhere to deadlines, among other skills listed below. Further, they must have a willingness and ability to learn on the job; be comfortable working in a flexible, fast-paced environment; share a commitment to Winrock's mission; and have an interest in market-based approaches to reducing GHG emissions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Forestry, Natural Resources, GHG emissions accounting, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant work or research-related experience for a Technical Officer.
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant work or research-related experience for a Technical Manager.
• Experience in, training in, and/or familiarity with fundamental forest quantification and GHG emissions/carbon accounting principles.
• Proficiency in MS Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel), GIS and SharePoint.
• Strong writing skills.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.

Nice To Haves

• Prior work experience related to forest ecology, carbon markets, forest carbon measurement and monitoring, forest inventory design and statistics, silviculture, or related fields.
• Fluency in one or more additional languages.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine and increasingly complex GHG emissions reduction and removal project reviews accurately, efficiently, independently, and according to regulatory deadlines.
• Provide accurate, consistent and coherent technical support to external stakeholders on matters that come up as part of project implementation, verification, and review.
• Provide basic support to external stakeholders on routine use of the registry.
• Develop and/or maintain institutional systems for project record keeping, regulatory guidance tracking, and sector-specific technological advancements.
• Attend site visits and perform audits, as assigned.
• Perform technical and policy analysis, as assigned.
• Support and contribute to technical team and ACR objectives appropriate to level of experience and expertise.
• Represent ACR externally, as assigned.
• Provide administrative support for methodology development and updates, as assigned (Technical Officer).
• Provide technical and policy support for, and/or lead, methodology development and updates, as assigned (Technical Manager).
• Perform policy analysis, as assigned (Technical Manager).
• Serve as team lead for more complicated methodologies and protocols (Technical Manager).
• Mentor more junior staff on technical and policy matters (Technical Manager).
• Manage relationships with external stakeholders (Technical Manager).
• Complete other tasks as assigned.

Benefits

• 401k
• health insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• life insurance
• disability insurance
• paid holidays
• paid volunteer time
• tuition reimbursement
• professional development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree