American Forests

Human Resources

• Support day-to-day HR administration, including recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and benefits and payroll administration
• Collaborate with internal and external partners
• Post job openings on internal and external job boards
• Review resumes and applications to identify qualified candidates
• Conduct initial phone screenings and candidate outreach
• Coordinate and schedule interviews with hiring managers and candidates
• Maintain applicant tracking records and recruitment documentation
• Prepare offer letters and coordinate pre-employment activities
• Support hiring managers throughout the recruitment process
• Ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the hiring cycle
• Coordinate onboarding activities for new employees
• Facilitate orientation and ensure completion of required documentation
• Assist with employee benefits enrollment and changes
• Serve as a point of contact for employee benefits questions
• Coordinate annual open enrollment activities
• Liaise with benefits vendors and resolve routine issues and perform periodic audits
• Maintain benefits records and documentation
• Maintain compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws
• Partner with the VP of HR to update policies, procedures, and the employee handbook annually
• Process payroll submissions and payroll-related changes
• Review payroll data for accuracy and completeness
• Coordinate with payroll providers to resolve discrepancies
• Maintain payroll records and supporting documentation
• Assist employees with payroll-related questions
• Support HR projects and initiatives as assigned
• Assist with compliance reporting and recordkeeping requirements
• Perform other HR administrative duties as needed

Human Resources Generalist

• Collaborate with internal and external partners
• Post job openings on internal and external job boards
• Review resumes and applications to identify qualified candidates
• Conduct initial phone screenings and candidate outreach
• Coordinate and schedule interviews with hiring managers and candidates
• Maintain applicant tracking records and recruitment documentation
• Prepare offer letters and coordinate pre-employment activities
• Support hiring managers throughout the recruitment process
• Ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the hiring cycle
• Coordinate onboarding activities for new employees
• Facilitate orientation and ensure completion of required documentation
• Assist with employee benefits enrollment and changes
• Serve as a point of contact for employee benefits questions
• Coordinate annual open enrollment activities
• Liaise with benefits vendors and resolve routine issues and perform periodic audits
• Maintain benefits records and documentation
• Maintain compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws
• Partner with the VP of HR to update policies, procedures, and the employee handbook annually
• Process payroll submissions and payroll-related changes
• Review payroll data for accuracy and completeness
• Coordinate with payroll providers to resolve discrepancies
• Maintain payroll records and supporting documentation
• Assist employees with payroll-related questions
• Support HR projects and initiatives as assigned
• Assist with compliance reporting and recordkeeping requirements
• Perform other HR administrative duties as needed

Director

• Successfully managing consulting engagements with peer organizations and professional firms from start to finish, including projects focused on developing methods and tools to quantify water and other benefits from reforestation and forest health projects.
• Identifying and building a business case for new areas of innovation across American Forests, especially in terms of funding and financing in support of resilient forest ecosystems.
• Conducting an assessment of high-impact policy interventions at state and municipal levels that support increased funding for reforestation and forest health.
• Analyzing and presenting findings from external datasets on relevant corporate partners.
• Successfully creating and delivering presentations to teams across American Forests on trends, new tools, and other topics.
• Serve as one of American Forests’ key thought leaders on emerging ecosystem services markets and financing mechanisms in the U.S., including water and resilience markets.
• Report to the Senior Director for Restoration Finance Innovation and collaborate within the Resilient Forests team at American Forests.
• Manage day-to-day relationships with expert consultants related to water benefits accounting from reforestation and other restoration activities.
• Use internal tools and geospatial data to estimate ecosystem services benefits from American Forests’ historical and current reforestation and restoration projects.
• Proactively monitor and report out on trends related to ecosystem services markets to American Forests teams, including on carbon, water, climate resilience, and biodiversity.
• Oversee administration of consulting projects, including tracking project progress, documenting outcomes, and preparing final grant reports.

Director – Ecosystem Services Markets

• Successfully managing consulting engagements with peer organizations and professional firms from start to finish, including projects focused on developing methods and tools to quantify water and other benefits from reforestation and forest health projects.
• Identifying and building a business case for new areas of innovation across American Forests, especially in terms of funding and financing in support of resilient forest ecosystems.
• Conducting an assessment of high-impact policy interventions at state and municipal levels that support increased funding for reforestation and forest health.
• Analyzing and presenting findings from external datasets on relevant corporate partners.
• Successfully creating and delivering presentations to teams across American Forests on trends, new tools, and other topics.
• The Director for Emerging Ecosystem Services Markets will serve as one of American Forests’ key thought leaders on emerging ecosystem services markets and financing mechanisms in the U.S., including water and resilience markets.
• Manage day-to-day relationships with expert consultants related to water benefits accounting from reforestation and other restoration activities.
• Collaborate with science team on impact measurement tools and methodologies.
• Research, Data Analysis, and Thought Leadership: Proactively monitor and report out on trends related to ecosystem services markets to American Forests teams.
• Oversee administration of consulting projects, including tracking project progress, documenting outcomes, and preparing final grant reports.

Controller

• Lead general ledger activities firmly in a remote-first environment.
• Ensure accurate, timely preparation of financial statements in compliance with U.S. GAAP and nonprofit accounting standards (including ASC 958).
• Maintain and enhance strong internal controls across distributed teams, field operations, and growing program scale.
• Develop, document, and update accounting policies and procedures to promote consistency, scalability, and audit readiness.
• Manage, mentor, and develop the accounting team; set clear performance expectations, foster professional growth, and build capacity for organizational expansion.
• Support the Grants and Contracts team ensuring accounting compliance with 2 CFR 200 (Uniform Guidance) and sponsor-specific requirements for federal, state, and foundation grants.
• Direct indirect cost allocation methodologies, recovery processes, and monthly indirect rate statements; partner with CFO and Grants and Contracts team on NICRA negotiations and rate applications.
• Oversee accounting for restricted and unrestricted contributions in compliance with ASC 958.
• Serve as primary liaison with external auditors and lead preparation and coordination of annual financial statement audits and Single Audits (as applicable).

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the organization’s accounting function
• Ensure financial integrity, regulatory compliance, and scalable systems that support a remote-first workforce
• Oversee complex nonprofit accounting across a multi-source funding portfolio
• Lead general ledger activities, including efficient month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
• Ensure accurate, timely preparation of financial statements in compliance with U.S. GAAP and nonprofit accounting standards
• Maintain and enhance strong internal controls across distributed teams
• Manage, mentor, and develop the accounting team
• Support the Grants and Contracts team by ensuring accounting compliance with 2 CFR 200
• Oversee accounting for restricted and unrestricted contributions
• Serve as primary liaison with external auditors
• Lead preparation and coordination of annual financial statement audits and Single Audits

Vice President

• Serve as a partner to the Chief Program Officer
• Lead the national field strategy for the Tree Equity program
• Shape models to deliver urban forestry expertise
• Manage Senior Directors and their teams
• Oversee Senior Director of Field Delivery and evaluation
• Leverage national partnerships to increase urban forestry capacity
• Maintain strong relationships with state forestry agencies and city leaders
• Lead, coach, and grow a distributed team of senior program leaders
• Partner with Philanthropy and Communications on outreach and fundraising strategies

Human Resources Generalist

Human Resources Generalist

Director – Ecosystem Services Markets

Director – Ecosystem Services Markets

Controller

Controller

VP, Urban Forestry