Forestry Technical Officer/Forestry Technical Manager, depending on experience
About the role
Position Summary
The Forestry Technical Officer/Technical Manager (depending on experience) 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.
The person in this role will contribute to most aspects of ACR services, including performing routine and increasingly complex project reviews accurately and independently, developing and maintaining systems for project record keeping, and attending site visits and performing audits. They will ensure that projects move through the Registry process efficiently and with appropriate attention to detail. ACR prides itself on being responsive and providing sound technical knowledge to all our partners.
They will provide technical support to external stakeholders, ensuring consistency and adherence to ACR, CARB, and Ecology requirements.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will possess and apply functional understanding of GHG emissions/carbon accounting principles and possess (or quickly develop) and apply functional expertise in the ACR methodologies and compliance protocols they support and/or lead. They will possess (or quickly develop) a detailed understanding of the ACR Standard and other ACR policies, California’s Cap-and-Trade Regulation, Washington State’s Climate Commitment Act and associated regulations, and associated project-level methodologies within forestry, agriculture, and other land use (AFOLU) sectors (e.g., improved forest management, afforestation/reforestation, active conservation, wetlands). The position requires strong technical and analytical expertise.