Job Description
The Hunter Parks Forest Conservation Fellowship at ACR has been established jointly with Green Assets, in remembrance of the organizationsβ business colleague, founder, and dear friend. The Hunter Parks Fellow will engage on a day-to-day basis with forestry and carbon market experts as a member of the ACR Forestry team. The successful candidate will gain valuable experience in the evaluation of forest carbon project design and implementation to support our ongoing work to harness the power of carbon markets to conserve, sustainably manage and restore forestlands across the U.S.
The Hunter Parks Fellow 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. They will ensure that projects move through the Registry process efficiently and with appropriate attention to detail. They will provide technical support to external stakeholders, ensuring consistency and adherence to ACR, CARB, and Ecology requirements. They will possess a detailed understanding of the ACR Standard and other ACR policies.
POSITION 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.
Develop and/or maintain institutional systems for project record keeping.
Attend site visits and perform audits, as assigned.
Represent ACR externally (e.g., working groups, conference presentations), as assigned.
About Winrock International
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