Technical Lead, Sustainability Services – Regenerative Agriculture, Climate

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Winrock International

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1985

🤝 Non-profit

🌾 Agriculture

💰 $45M Grant on 2022-09

Non-profit • Agriculture • Environment

Winrock International is a recognized leader in U. S. and international development, providing solutions to complex social, agricultural, and environmental challenges. The organization focuses on areas such as agriculture, resilience and water, climate change, environment and energy, and human rights, education, and empowerment. Winrock emphasizes sustainable impact through locally led solutions that are market-driven and science-based. Additionally, it operates the ACR, a nonprofit carbon registry, using science-based methodologies to reduce and remove greenhouse gas emissions. Winrock's approach is marked by its commitment to measurable results and local collaboration, aiming to foster positive global change.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with clients in the food, land and agriculture (FLAG) sector to identify decarbonization and regenerative agriculture opportunities • Ensure adherence to GHG calculation methodologies and relevant standards • Provide technical advisory to clients on GHG mitigation and agricultural topics • Track the status and direction of the GHG Protocol, SBTi Corporate Net Zero Standard, and SAI Platform • Support the Associate Director, Sustainability Services (Regenerative Agriculture and Climate) • Lead or support client interactions, present updates or deliverables, and conduct research to answer client questions • Track and manage client technical advisory requests on carbon accounting, decarbonization strategies, and climate standards • Prepare client-facing PowerPoint presentations, reports, memoranda, and other communication materials • Complete tasks in a fast-paced, self-motivated environment • Conduct desk research on corporate climate mitigation, nature, or regenerative agriculture leadership standards • Support new business outreach, proposal development, and workplans • Perform basic to intermediate calculations using greenhouse gas and economic activity data • Work with small teams to prepare high-quality products and provide guidance and leadership • May manage two or more junior staff on projects

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required • Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience • Experience managing technical aspects of greenhouse gas accounting in the agriculture field • Field or research experience with soil organic carbon (SOC) and land use change models, greenhouse gas profiles, and mitigation strategies of agricultural commodities • Deep knowledge of climate mitigation strategies in the agricultural sector • Deep technical knowledge of climate standards such as the GHG Protocol Corporate Suite of Standards and SBTi • Experience in client relations • Strong customer/client service orientation • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including effective public speaking and ability to communicate complex issues verbally and in writing • Working understanding or experience preparing submissions or reporting against corporate sustainability leadership standards • Experience developing or evaluating Life-cycle assessments (LCA) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) • Understanding of corporate supply chain management or procurement • Experience using data analysis software and Excel at a basic to intermediate level • Fluent in English • Ability to travel internationally and domestically • Must be authorized to work within the United States • Must reside in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC, or Wisconsin • Master’s degree in a relevant field preferred • Knowledge of commodity-specific guidance and best-practice guidance in agricultural value chains is a plus • Fluency in another language is a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Full-time employment • Temporary position through March 2027 / four-month temporary position • Fully remote work • Working hours are EST/CT • International and domestic travel required