Nature- Carbon Removal Manager

manager of nature-based strategies

california air resources board

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$11,437.00 - $14,315.00

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• job code: jc-502097
• position #:
  
  -020
• working title: manager of nature-based strategies
• classification: air resources supervisor i
• salary: $11,437.00 - $14,315.00
• # of positions: multiple
• work location: sacramento county
• telework: hybrid
• job type: permanent, full time

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the industrial strategies division is seeking a first-level supervisor (air resources supervisor i, ars i) for the newly established carbon management branch. The position and branch will support california's efforts to meet carbon neutrality, as required by ab 1279, by supporting and advancing carbon dioxide removal strategies. Specifically, the ars i will oversee staff in the section who are responsible for supporting the development of nature-based carbon dioxide removal as a strategy for achieving carbon neutrality.

this work supports california's fight against climate change, implementation of the 2022 ab 32 scoping plan, and implementation of ab 1757 (2022, garcia). The 2022 ab 32 scoping plan and multiple independent scientific and technical analyses are clear that for california to get to carbon neutrality, the state needs to deploy all tools available to both reduce our greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions and to capture and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045.

Carbon dioxide removal (cdr) from both engineered and nature-based solutions are part of this toolkit, and we expect increasing deployment of nature-based strategies to support carbon removal over the coming decades.

this ars i will lead the section staff responsible for supporting the development of carbon targets for natural and working lands, as well as supporting the tracking of land management actions towards these targets. In supporting target setting and tracking, the ars i will oversee staff conducting carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas modeling of natural and working landscapes and climate smart land management actions.

This includes identifying improvements to existing natural and working lands (nwl) models, and the creation of new and more advanced models to better understand how different land management strategies will deliver on the state’s climate change goals, while providing other…