Technical Lead, Sustainability Services; Regenerative Agriculture and Climate - Remote

Location:
Remote, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC, Wisconsin will be considered. Working hours are EST/CT.

Location:
Remote, USA

This role will be fully remote, however, only employees residing in:
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC, Wisconsin will be considered. Working hours are EST/CT.

The Technical Lead will work collaboratively with clients in the food, land and agriculture (FLAG) sector to identify decarbonization opportunities, ensure adherence to GHG calculation methodologies and relevant standards, and provide technical advisory to clients on a broad range of GHG mitigation and agricultural topics.

The individual in this role will closely track the status and direction of key standards like the GHG Protocol and SBTi Corporate Net Zero Standard to support Winrock’s engagement with these standards and to advise clients.

You will work with some of the most influential private sector, philanthropic and governmental actors in the world. Past and current Winrock clients include Nestle, McCormick, and the Kinetic Coalition.

Specifically, Winrock is seeking a detail-oriented, inquisitive, dynamic, technical expert with deep knowledge of climate mitigation strategies in the agricultural sector. This expert must also have deep technical knowledge of climate standards such as the GHG Protocol Corporate Suite of Standards and SBTi. Knowledge of commodity-specific guidance and best practice guidance in agricultural value chains, such as those authored by the Value Change Initiative, is a plus.

Demonstrated experience in client relations is important. The ability to communicate the intricacies of climate mitigation and steps to alignment with sustainability standards related to agriculture to clients and other audiences who are not experts is important for this position.

In some instances, the Technical Lead may manage two or more junior staff on projects, so demonstrated people management experience is important.

The Technical Lead supports the Director, Sustainability Services to help clients within the FLAG sector achieve their climate mitigation strategies with a focus on decarbonization of a companies’ value chain emissions (Scopes 1, 2, and
3). Position responsibilities 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 and or pipeline of climate or nature projects needing review and validation from clients on carbon accounting, decarbonization strategies, and how to comply with climate standards.
• Lead project validation and communications with clients to scope the quality of climate projects and address relevant technical aspects and their methodologies in accordance with third-party and corporate-specific policies, standards and best practice guidance.
• Manage the analysis of climate projects at the intersection of agriculture, forestry, and greenhouse gas emissions, at the farm and corporate level, ensuring timely production of high-quality deliverables
• Prepare technical analysis reports, presentations, and other communication materials related to carbon accounting and project risk analysis, translating technical topics into terms that are meaningful to more diverse audiences.
• Preparing client-facing 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
• Supporting new business outreach efforts, including leading and/or supporting proposal development and workplans.
• Perform calculations using greenhouse gas and activity data. Support critical thinking and innovative approaches, new analyses, and new analytical methods.
• Working with small teams to prepare high-quality products, pitching in wherever necessary, and providing guidance and leadership.
• Ideation of new and/or innovative…