Winrock International

People Operations

• Provides strategic leadership and oversight for Winrock’s global human resource systems, policies and practices in support of the organization’s business goals and strategy.
• Advances a high‑performing, engaged, and globally distributed workforce by ensuring people practices are effective, compliant, and aligned with organizational values.
• Serves as a trusted advisor and thought partner to the CFOO and the Executive Team, focusing on organizational risk, employee performance, engagement, and building sustainable human capacity.
• Provides direct oversight and accountability for execution while leading and developing the PAC team and the HR function.

Senior Director, People and Culture

Account Manager

• Engage high level institutional funders with the work of Winrock International, and with the program leads.
• Keep institutional funders and prospect contacts updated through direct communication.
• Manage and grow a blended Portfolio of approximately 50 corporate, foundation, and other institutional donors and prospects, securing six-to eight-figure grants.
• Oversee the proposal planning, development, and management process, including writing substantial and compelling appeals for philanthropic support primarily from corporate and foundation donors, and managing the process of supplying accurate and timely reports to donors regarding the use, management, and results of funding commitments.
• Research and analyze the landscape of institutional funders in agriculture, climate, environment, human rights, and other aligned initiatives to identify new funding sources for specific projects and programs that align with Winrock’s strategic priorities.
• Partner with senior leadership and programs to strategically build the fundraising pipeline and engage high-value donors and prospects.
• Organize and staff meetings and/or events to engage corporate and foundation donors and other institutional partners and prospects in partnership with program leads, effectively communicating with all parties via briefings, cultivation and solicitation plans, and direct donor outreach.
• In collaboration with executive team and program leads, technical writers, and communications staff, develop high-level proposals for institutional funders.
• Oversee internal or external proposal managers to ensure coordinated multi-stakeholder input and manage proposal timelines to ensure high-quality, timely submissions.
• Lead proactive outreach and relationship-building with strategic institutional funders, including scheduling meetings, site visits, and engagement opportunities.
• Build relationships with key decision-makers at target institutions and create opportunities for executive-level engagement.
• Lead the development of concept notes, Letters of Inquiry (LOIs), and full proposals for foundation and corporate funders in collaboration with program leads, technical staff, and communications.
• Write compelling narratives that articulate program impact, organizational capacity, and funding needs in language tailored to philanthropic audiences.
• Adapt programmatic concepts into fundable projects that align with institutional funder priorities and guidelines.
• Maintain ongoing communication with institutional funders to share organizational updates, program results, and emerging opportunities for partnership.
• Track all donor engagement and funding opportunities in Salesforce, ensuring documentation of donor preferences, reporting requirements, and relationship history.
• Coordinate recognition activities and ensure donors feel valued and informed.
• Represent Winrock in relevant philanthropic networks, conferences, and convenings to raise organizational visibility and identify partnership opportunities.
• Stay current on trends in corporate social responsibility, foundation giving, and institutional philanthropy.
• Partner closely with Program to ensure alignment on foundation opportunities that may involve competitive RFP processes.
• Partner with Winrock’s internal legal and operational teams to navigate the legal, philanthropic and evolving geopolitical landscape with key institutions and implications globally and ensure partnership alignment to Winrock’s policies & regulations.
• Maintain current knowledge of Winrock's programs, strategic priorities, and fundraising goals.
• Contribute to Development team strategy sessions and cross-departmental collaboration.

Associate Director, Development – Institutional Partnerships

Manager

• Assist the Technical Team Lead in reviewing Participant TREES Document submissions to evaluate completeness.
• Support the assessment of methodologies and data used to quantify climate mitigation outcomes from forest and land-use activities.
• Contribute to the review and understanding of monitoring and reporting systems used to track jurisdictional program performance and results.
• Collaborate with the Technical Team and other internal teams to develop guidance materials and provide technical clarification to participating jurisdictions and stakeholders.
• Assist in tracking research, initiatives and best practices relating to remote sensing and forest measurement.

Senior Manager, Technical

Director

• Reporting to the Senior Director of U.S. Programs, the Director of US Agriculture leads the domestic agriculture and food systems strategy, operations, and staff to advance its mission and vision.
• This role provides strategic and programmatic direction, represents Wallace Center and Winrock externally, upholds organizational values, and engages in regular collaboration with Wallace Center and Winrock teams.
• Key responsibilities include:
• Provide strategic direction for advancing US agricultural and food systems programming, advancing Wallace Center’s mission to build regenerative, equitable, and resilient food systems.
• Champion innovation, systems learning, and collaboration to drive field leadership and impact.
• Integrate data, outcomes, and partner feedback into continuous program and strategy improvement.
• Oversee financial planning, budgeting, and monitoring to ensure fiscal responsibility and sustainability.
• Track performance and financial health, ensuring accountability to funders, partners, and Winrock.
• Provide inclusive, inspiring leadership that aligns staff around the Center’s mission and strategic priorities.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop a diverse and high-performing team within a human-centered, collaborative culture.
• Foster teamwork, accountability, and professional fulfillment through clear communication, coaching, and shared purpose.
• Serve as the primary representative of the Wallace Center within Winrock International and across national networks, partnerships, and events.
• Build and sustain strategic, cross-sector relationships that elevate the Center’s visibility and impact.
• Lead a robust, diversified fundraising and partnership strategy to sustain and grow US agriculture work.

Director, Agriculture

• Assist the Safeguards and IPLC Engagement Team Lead in conducting completeness checks of TREES Documents (TREES Concepts, TREES Registration Documents and TREES Monitoring Reports), focusing on safeguards requirements, emission reduction (ER) rights, and benefit-sharing arrangements.
• Oversee validation and verification processes related to TREES safeguards requirements, ER rights, and benefit-sharing requirements including conducting completeness checks of Validation and Verification Body documents.
• Contribute to the review and understanding of monitoring and reporting systems used to track jurisdictional program performance and results.
• Draft formal written assessments, memos, and summaries for review by the Safeguards and IPLC Engagement Team Lead.
• Collaborate with the Safeguards and IPLC Engagement Team and other internal teams to develop guidance materials and provide clarifications to participating jurisdictions and stakeholders.
• Assist in tracking research, initiatives, and best practices relating to TREES Safeguards.
• Provide insights to inform updates to TREES safeguards requirements, guidance, and related materials.
• Support internal quality assurance efforts to strengthen and streamline safeguards-related procedures within ART while maintaining the highest levels of rigor.

Senior Manager, Safeguards

Operations

• Lead registry services for ERT’s global carbon market business, including ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Develop deep expertise in the registry platform functionality and its relationship to processes for project listing, reporting, validation/verification, issuance, transaction, and billing to lead staff and partners in their training and use of the registries.
• Initially contribute to and then lead registry infrastructure enhancement projects and upgrades to ensure an intuitive user experience that is fit for purpose in terms of program alignment and regulatory compliance, responsive to new market trends, and promoting transparency and scalability for markets. This process includes performing needs assessments, writing and reviewing design specifications for front-end components, performing and overseeing rigorous testing in the user acceptance testing environment, providing feedback to the registry technology service provider to enable fixes to the back-end components, and facilitating timely rollout to production.
• Manage engagement with our registry technology service provider(s) and any linked platforms with the objective of being best in class. Participate in regularly scheduled meetings and other forms of communication to present development needs, track outcomes, and address issues and questions that arise.
• Support and manage the Registry Operations team in day-to-day operations ensuring accuracy and excellency in client service. This includes management of the general ACR inbox to answer registry participant questions regarding use of the registry and invoicing, and responding to general stakeholder inquiries.
• Oversee development and streamlining of standard operating procedures as they relate to the review of projects prior to carbon credit issuance; new participant applications, know your customer (KYC) processes, and onboarding assistance; oversight of carbon credit retirement data, and the use and communication of registry data.
• Oversee and contribute to the creation of reports for regulatory bodies including CARB, Ecology, and ICAO as well as ICVCM.
• Recruit, hire, train, support, and manage staff within the Registry Operations team.
• Collaborate with the CEO, Managing Director, and other senior team members to identify strategic partnerships and innovations, product and service offerings, and other new business opportunities that will further the organization’s mission.
• Represent the organization and constructively engage with key stakeholders and partners to directly support ACR’s success in all markets. Develop analyses, presentations, outreach materials to support operations with existing partners and strategic business development opportunities related to registry technology and market linkages.

Director, Registry Operations – Leadership of Team Implementing Next Generation Carbon Credit Registries

• Provide high-level administrative, organizational, and coordination support to ensure the CEO can focus on strategic priorities and external engagement.
• Manage communications with staff and key internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate day-to-day executive operations; plan and execute complex meetings, travel arrangements, and logistics.
• Assist with the development of high-quality materials, including presentations, spreadsheets, and written correspondence.
• Ensure the accurate and timely flow of information to and from the President's Office.

Executive Operations Coordinator – CEO

Analyst

• Conduct or contribute to qualitative analyses in support of technical deliverables.
• Gather accurate, credible information on a subject and summarize the findings in support of technical deliverables.
• Draft and support the completion of program communication products.
• Review, edit and format technical reports and deliverables and ensure compliant uploads to donor repositories.
• Input information into relevant databases and project trackers, support monitoring and evaluation processes, and link project data with required client reporting.
• Assist organizing and coordination internal and external meetings, record meeting minutes, and ensure follow-up on next steps.
• Provide ongoing support in monitoring, tracking, and troubleshooting program implementation.
• Coordinate compliance with Winrock’s policies, procedures and contractual obligations for procurement, subcontracts, HR, consultants’ agreements, financial transactions (including client invoicing and consultant reimbursements), project closeout, or any other project management task.
• Support project leads on internal and external client communications as directed.
• Budget management support: Update project budgets and monitor spending levels as directed.
• Prepare and disseminate routine internal coordination reports documenting programmatic activities and administrative/operational/financial tasks’ status and action points.
• Track spending across multiple projects for Sustainability Services.
• Compile or prepare documentation for consultant agreements, partner agreements, and procurements.
• Manage logistics for events such as project presentations, team retreats, meetings and conferences, and other outreach efforts.