Forest Carbon Analyst

7 hours ago

Vancouver, Canada Ostrom Climate Full time

Ostrom Climate is the place for smart and passionate people. We’re a small company with lots of interesting people from a wide variety of backgrounds, and we all agree it’s a great place to work.

We believe in:
**Integrity**: We are honest and transparent, holding strong positions on what is moral and ethical in the pursuit of our climate vision.

**Practicality**:We prioritize feasible and immediate action based on real circumstances over abstract considerations.

**Thoughtfulness**: We bring the best of our collective intelligence and wisdom to every project and relationship.

**Optimism**:We share hope and confidence that society will successfully act to address the climate crisis and ‘tragedy of the commons’.

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.

**Company Description**

Ostrom Climate (formerly NatureBank) is a global leader in the design, development, and implementation of GHG reduction programs at all scales. We have developed some of the world’s largest carbon projects including the Great Bear Forest Carbon Project, which is North America’s largest Improved Forest Management project and the world’s largest forest carbon project by area, as well as the Mai Ndombe REDD+ Avoided Deforestation project, the largest of its kind in Africa. Our International Land Use division focuses on the development of voluntary carbon offsets under standards such as the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standard (CCB). We work with smallholder farmers, local and Indigenous communities, private landowners as well as government agencies and civil society to develop high-quality carbon offset projects.

**Role Description**

As part of the International Land Use team, the Forest Carbon Analyst will play a key role in the development of a variety of forest carbon project types, including Improved Forest Management (IFM), avoided deforestation/degradation (REDD), and afforestation/reforestation (A/R). This role requires a strong understanding of issues around the science of climate change, as well as land use and natural resource management dynamics. The Forest Carbon Analyst will also be responsible for administrative and other support tasks, such as business development and writing proposals and project design documents. This is a full-time position based in Metro Manila or adjacent provinces with a hybrid office arrangement reporting to the Director of International Land Use.

**Responsibilities include but are not limited to**:

- ** Forest Carbon Quantification**
- Supporting forest carbon quantification in accordance with voluntary carbon standards such as the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS).
- Supporting growth/yield modelling to quantify forest carbon stocks under different forest management scenarios.
- Providing forestry technical knowledge and contributing to forest inventory design.
- ** Geospatial**
- Supporting the inventory, comparison, acquisition, pre-processing, and analysis of geospatial datasets including: remotely sensed, socioeconomic, and biophysical data.
- Helping ensure that the requirements of specific methodologies governing the role and use of geospatial datasets are met.
- Supporting the dissemination of results from geospatial analysis through making maps, infographics, figures, and tables.
- Conducting statistical analysis and visualizations (graphs, charts, etc.) of geospatial data.
- ** General Project Support**
- Providing a technical comparison of different voluntary methods and standards.
- Assessing the feasibility of prospective forest carbon projects through desk-based and field research and preparing feasibility assessment reports.
- Developing Project Design Documents for forest carbon offset project projects under voluntary carbon standards such as the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS).
- Supporting project development, validation, and verification of forest carbon projects, including technical QA/QC of project documentation.

**Required Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Environmental Science, Forestry, Agronomy, or related field.
- Minimum 1 year of relevant professional experience in forestry, conservation, climate change.
- Solid understanding of forestry and land use dynamics.
- Experience and proficiency using MS Excel for data analysis and visualization (e.g., produce graphs/tables, perform calculations, process large volumes of data, etc.).
- Experience using geospatial tools for analysis, mapping, and data visualization (e.g., QGIS, ArcGIS, Google Earth Pro, etc.).
- Experience writing and implementing code (e.g., R, Python, JavaScript).
- Written and spoken fluency in English.
- Very strong verbal and written communication skills.

**Desirable Qualifications**
- Experience with carbon markets, carbon project development.
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