Senior Program Officer, Net Zero Climate Services (Food, Land, and Agriculture)

Winrock’s Net Zero Climate Services team empowers businesses and investors to build climate change mitigation strategies and develop solutions that enable the private sector to fulfill its role in advancing a net zero world. The Net Zero Climate Services team helps companies build effective climate change mitigation strategies, achieve scope 3 emissions goals, and ensure their actions and reporting are aligned with best practices and standards in GHG accounting. The Senior Program Officer will work with clients in the Food and Agriculture sector to unlock billions of dollars to finance emission reduction and removals projects that contribute to keeping global warming to 1.5 Celsius. In this role, you will provide technical advice on GHG emissions accounting and decarbonization strategies in agricultural supply chains. You will work collaboratively with clients to identify decarbonization opportunities and ensure adherence to GHG calculation methodologies, including the draft Greenhouse Gas Protocol Land Sector & Removals Guidance and Science Based Targets initiative's Forest, Land, and Agriculture Guidance. Supports the Manager, Net Zero Climate Services to help clients achieve their climate mitigation strategies with a focus on decarbonization of a company’s value chain emissions (Scopes 1, 2, and 3). Potential responsibilities are likely to include: Supporting interactions with clients, primarily in presenting updates or deliverables and conducting research to confidently answer client questions; Modeling GHG emissions reductions and removals in agricultural commodities to inform decarbonization strategies; Developing knowledge products and training materials related to GHG mitigation in agriculture to ensure the technical rigor and credibility of GHG mitigation strategies, in alignment with key industry standards.