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Carbon Development Technical Director
Location
District of Columbia
Posted
33 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishRemote Sensing
Job Description
• Provide senior technical oversight across the full carbon project lifecycle, from feasibility through validation, verification and issuance, ensuring alignment with registry requirements and organizational impact objectives
• Develop and manage technical delivery roadmaps that identify analytical dependencies, data requirements, key risks, and mitigation strategies, balancing methodological rigor with field-practical implementation
• Oversee feasibility assessments, baseline scenario development, and spatial analyses to inform project scale, boundary definition, and long-term crediting viability
• Translate complex methodological requirements into operationally actionable guidance for field teams, MEL staff, and GIS analysts
• Guide, review, and stress-test consultant-led technical analyses, ensuring approaches are scientifically robust, conservative, and appropriate to project risk
• Advise on which technical components TREES should build in-house versus where specialized external carbon support is required
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Forestry, Natural Resources, Environmental Science, GIS or a related field; Master’s degree preferred
- Minimum 5–7 years of experience in forest or agroforestry carbon project development
- Experience developing projects using ARR and/or IFM methodologies, including baseline setting, monitoring design, uncertainty management, stratification, and growth or biomass modeling considerations (concept through issuance strongly preferred)
- Experience advising GIS and spatial analysis teams, with working knowledge of tools such as ArcGIS, QGIS, and remote sensing platforms
Benefits
- comprehensive medical insurance
- workers' compensation
- retirement
- substantial paid time off, including annual leave and sick leave
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