Winrock International

Senior Manager, Technical

Winrock International

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Virginia • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Remote Sensing

About the role

  • 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.

Requirements

  • Advanced degree in Environmental Science, Forestry, Natural Resource Management, Carbon Accounting, Remote Sensing, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience working in REDD+ / forest carbon, voluntary or compliance carbon markets, and/or remote sensing and forest measurement with greater experience preferred.
  • Familiarity with REDD+ accounting and quantification methods, fundamental greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting principles, and verification and auditing standards.
  • Proficiency in MS Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel) and SharePoint, is required.
  • Strong speaking, presentation, and written communication skills required.
  • Fluency in spoken and written English is required. Fluency in one or more additional languages is an asset, especially Spanish, Portuguese, and/or French.
  • Must be available to travel for short-term assignments.
Benefits
  • Winrock offers an excellent benefits package.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Environmental ScienceForestryNatural Resource ManagementCarbon AccountingRemote SensingREDD+GHG AccountingVerification StandardsAuditing StandardsForest Measurement
Soft Skills
Communication SkillsPresentation SkillsCollaborationTechnical ClarificationResearch Tracking