Forestry Technical Officer – Forestry Technical Manager

Winrock International

Technical position supporting ACR’s forestry team within Winrock International. Conducting GHG emissions project reviews, maintaining systems, and stakeholder engagement.

Posted 6/7/2026full-timeCalifornia, Colorado, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $65,000 - $115,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Perform routine and increasingly complex GHG emissions reduction and removal project reviews accurately, efficiently, independently, and according to regulatory deadlines (where required), seeking input from colleagues and leadership as needed.
Provide accurate, consistent, and coherent technical support to external stakeholders (e.g., project developers, validation and verification bodies, regulators) on matters that come up as part of project implementation, verification, and review, seeking input from colleagues and leadership as needed.
Provide basic support to external stakeholders on routine use of the registry, seeking input from or escalating to registry staff as needed.
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 in coordination with leadership, as assigned.
Represent ACR externally (e.g., working groups, conference presentations), as assigned.
Complete other tasks as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Forestry, Natural Resources, GHG emissions accounting, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
Minimum of 3 years of relevant work or research-related experience for a Technical Officer is required; additional years of experience preferred.
Minimum of 6 years of relevant work or research-related experience for a Technical Manager is required; additional years of experience preferred.
Must have experience in, training in, and/or familiarity with fundamental forest quantification and GHG emissions/carbon accounting principles, verification and auditing standards, and at least one of the ACR Forestry sector project types.
Proficiency in MS Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel), GIS and SharePoint is required.
Strong writing skills required.
Fluency in spoken and written English is required. Fluency in one or more additional languages is an asset.
Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Winrock offers an excellent benefits package.

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Hard Skills & Tools

GHG emissions reductionGHG emissions accountingforest quantificationverification standardsauditing standardstechnical analysispolicy analysis

Soft Skills

strong writing skillscommunication skillsindependencecollaborationattention to detail