American Forest Foundation
Delivering meaningful conservation impact through the empowerment of family forest landowners.
Tribal Liaison Manager
Location
United States
Posted
13 days ago
Salary
$69K - $75K / year
English
Job Description
• Work in partnership with the DEI Director and the National Indian Carbon Coalition to develop the organization's outreach strategy to engage Tribal Nations in the Family Forest Carbon Program and conduct in-person outreach to Tribal Nations to assess opportunities to develop nature-based carbon projects, within AFF’s enrolment area.
• Serve as the project manager for the implementation of the National Indian Carbon Coalition’s Tribal Carbon and Cobenefits tool with Family Forest Carbon Program enrollees.
• Work with Tribal Nations to generate forest carbon projects and practices that integrate Indigenous Knowledge and socio-cultural benefits to restore forest ecosystems.
• Explore opportunities to foster equitable access to forest carbon projects for Indigenous communities.
• Synthesize and effectively communicate concerns and ideas raised by tribal communities, or equity working group, to the science and enrollment teams and DEI Director and find effective solutions and responses.
• Support technical assistance providers with incorporating indigenous knowledge into scientific analyses.
• Track and manage the development of a portfolio of relationships, scopes of work, and projects simultaneously which may include enrolment of tribes or small indigenous landowners.
• Attend internal meetings regularly via Zoom, teams, slack, or other meeting platforms.
Job Requirements
- Skilled relationship-builder and excellent communicator who is grounded in cultural competency gained through lived experience.
- Experience utilizing a customer relationship manager (CRM) is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to utilize virtual project management and communication tools.
- A self-starter, with high quality time management skills, who can hold themselves accountable in a remote work environment
- Experience communicating the priorities and interests of Tribal Nations, communities, and organizations to a variety of audiences, including decision-makers.
- Knowledge of relevant laws, treaties, and policies that affect Tribal Nations, communities, and organizations.
Benefits
- Comprehensive and competitive benefits package
- Flexible work environment
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