Winrock International
Job Description
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Experience in the food, land and agriculture sectors is most desirable for this position, but experience with other sectors like energy, and packaging (plastics and/or metal) would also be desirable. An up-to-date understanding of the current state of how companies reduce Scope 3 emissions while being in compliance with Science-Based Targets initiative standards.
This position may be based remotely within the United States but expected to work East Coast hours (EST).
Position role:
Supports the Director, Net Zero to help clients achieve their climate mitigation strategies with a focus on deep decarbonization of a companies’ value chain emissions (Scopes 1, 2, and 3). Potential responsibilities are likely to include:
- Leading or supporting interactions with clients, primarily in presenting updates or deliverables and conducting research to confidently answer client questions.
- Tracking and managing a pipeline of technical advisory requests on carbon accounting and decarbonization strategies for clients.
- Managing technical consultants and providing technical guidance to them as necessary.
- Preparing PowerPoint presentations, reports, memoranda, and other communication materials.
- Completing tasks in fast-paced and self-motivated environment in a timely and efficient manner.
- Conducting desk research on corporate climate mitigation leadership standards as well as potential partners and clients
- Leading and/or supporting proposal and workplan development.
- Performing basic to intermediate calculations using greenhouse gas and economic activity data.
- Working with small teams to prepare high-quality products, pitching in wherever necessary and providing guidance and leadership.
Having many of the following skills:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
- Fast learner, curious, a passion for uncovering and creating solutions to climate and sustainability problems.
- Strong customer/client service orientation
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are required, including effective public speaking and the ability to communicate complex issues both verbally and in written form
- Team player capable of adapting to ambiguous environments with cross-group collaboration and problem-solving abilities.
- Experience with supply chain management or procurement
- Industry/sector understanding of the GHG profiles and potential mitigation strategies for one or more of the following commodities:
- Fish and Seafood; Hazelnuts; Beef; Poultry and Eggs; Pulp and Paper; Packaging (pulp/paper, glass, or metals); Vegetable Fats & Oils; Vegetable & Horticulture; Spices; Cereals & Grains; Cocoa; Coconut; Soybeans; Animal By-Products; Energy (oil and gas and/or electricity)
- Certification for project management or demonstrated experience with managing or serving as a project coordinator.
- Working understanding or experience with preparing submissions or reporting against key climate corporate leadership standards (e.g. GHG Protocol Corporate Standard and/or Project Standard, Science-Based Targets Initiative’s standards, the Value Change Initiative).
- Experience with developing Life-cycle assessments (LCA) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)
- Good understanding of or direct experience applying carbon quantification methodologies (e.g. for carbon credits/offset credits), carbon credit or other sustainability product certification standards, carbon credit project development, monitoring reporting and verification of GHG emissions impact.
- Experience using ARC/GIS, data analysis software, Excel (basic to intermediate skill in storing, presenting, processing, and analyzing data)
- Fluent in English, fluency in another language is a plus.
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