Senior Program Officer, Forest Carbon Program Development and Innovation Operations (Remote - Worldwide)

Job Title:                 Senior Program Officer, Forest Carbon Innovation and Program Development Operations

Location:                Remote - Worldwide (with significant overlap with US business hours)

Start Date:              Immediately

Reports To:            Senior Director, Forest Carbon Innovation

Verra is a global leader helping to tackle the world’s most intractable environmental and social challenges. As a mission-driven non-profit organization, Verra is committed to helping reduce and remove greenhouse gas emissions, improve livelihoods, and protect natural resources across the private and public sectors. We support climate action and sustainable development with standards, tools, and programs that credibly, transparently, and robustly assess environmental and social impacts and enable funding for sustaining and scaling up projects that verifiably deliver these benefits. We work in any arena where we see a need for clear standards, a role for market-based mechanisms, and an opportunity to generate significant environmental and social value. Verra manages a portfolio of programs, including the:

• Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) – the world’s leading carbon crediting program, with more than 2,000 registered projects in 80 countries, and accounting for two-thirds of all voluntary carbon market transaction volume.
• Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard (SD VISta) – a flexible framework for assessing and reporting on the sustainable development benefits of project-based activities.
• Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards – to identify projects that simultaneously address climate change, support local communities and smallholders, and conserve biodiversity.
• Plastic Waste Reduction Program – to enable robust impact assessment of new or scaled-up waste recovery and recycling projects around the globe.

Verra is looking for a Senior Program Officer to support the forest carbon innovation team with communications and administrative issues.

A day with Verra’s Program Development & Innovation Department (PDID) might include…

• Learning about developments with a new VCS Program methodology in a REDD+ team call and proposing coordination of next steps
• Meeting with a colleague to review content for and schedule a series of trainings on afforestation, reforestation, and restoration, and
• Responding to a straightforward enquiry about an improved forest management methodology

Specific functions you will be responsible for leading…

• Coordinating multiple concurrent recruitment and contracting processes; managing the administrative elements of consultancies
• Drafting and reviewing forest carbon team content for presentations and announcements
• Formatting and editing technical documents in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
• Coordinating the Forest Carbon Innovation team’s input and responses to Verra public consultations and methodology development processes
• Responding to enquiries when possible, re-directing them when appropriate, and
• Scheduling meetings across multiple time zones

You bring with you…

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluency in English is essential

• Creativity, attention to detail, and outstanding organizational skills

• Strong Microsoft Word abilities

• Familiarity with forest carbon climate change mitigation activities, greenhouse gas accounting, forest carbon standards and crediting programs, and REDD+ processes/initiatives (e.g., UNFCCC, FCPF)

• Skill at prioritizing and working under tight deadlines and ability to coordinate across teams

• Familiarity with project management and task management platforms and tools, such as ClickUp

• Motivation and ability to work independently

• A track record of developing and maintaining strong working relationships with various stakeholders, and

• Experience managing a portfolio of consulting contracts

In this role, you will grow and expand your expertise by…

• Helping to implement new and evolving systems in a quickly growing organization
• Gaining exposure to systems, projects, and partners that are leading the way in forest conservation driven by climate finance
• Gaining knowledge on how carbon market mechanisms can address social and environmental issues, and
• Working with a dynamic, committed, and focused team of professionals.

You will join an inclusive team...

• Of leading experts in the natural climate solutions space
• From diverse locations and backgrounds, including carbon market experts, forest carbon innovations and REDD+, climate negotiators, researchers, and more and,
• Committed to driving finance at scale to projects and programs that advance climate action and sustainable development through high-quality standards and programs

Compensation at Verra

To help us attract and retain top talent, Verra pays employees competitively to the market. In return, we expect each employee to, at a minimum:

• • Meet expectations in terms of work effort and performance;
  • Take the initiative to build the skills and knowledge needed to do their job effectively; and
  • Embody Verra’s values.

For this position, the salary range is between $61,827 - $75,529 USD.  The compensation band is based on a U.S. base salary range and shares the min and max base salary for the position. This position is eligible for remote work.

The final compensation offered will be contingent upon role, level and location. Our Talent team can share the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

We will recognize employees who go beyond expected performance with salary increases and/or promotions, but the bar for earning those rewards is high.

Salary is one component of Verra’s total compensation package, which also includes:

• Health, vision and dental care, and life insurance;
• Verra contributions to each employee’s retirement plan;
• Verra contributions as required by national labor laws in countries where staff are located;
• Paid Time Off (PTO), comprising 22-30 days plus eleven floating holidays, sabbatical after five years of service, and other leave allowances; and
• Funds to support professional development.

How to Apply

To apply, please send us the following:

Cover letter (not to exceed one page)

Resume/CV (not to exceed two pages)

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Verra provides equal opportunity for all job applicants and employees and is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination. We conduct our recruitment and hiring without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetics, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.