Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ECOTIERRA develops and implements sustainable forestry and agroforestry projects that generate socioeconomic and environmental impacts. The Forest Analyst will develop, maintain, and optimize technical tools for carbon projects while supporting carbon verification, geomatics, GIS, artificial intelligence integration, forest inventories, and the development of new carbon projects.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain and optimize the technical tools used in Ecotierra’s carbon projects
- Update the Standard Operating Procedure, SOP, the Project Development Document, PDD, databases, Excel files and other technical documents
- Act as liaison with Verra and the auditors of the Pivot project, in coordination with the NBS team
- Prepare and coordinate carbon verification processes and provide ongoing technical support to the NBS team
- Contribute to the development and deployment of geomatics within Ecotierra’s carbon projects
- Continue integrating satellite imagery and artificial intelligence into forest biomass inventories
- Assess the potential uses of these tools within Ecotierra’s projects
- Update and improve GIS, analysis, forest inventory and programming tools
- Develop the integration of artificial intelligence into internal processes
- Contribute to analyses, eligibility reports and baseline adjustments for the Pivot project, as well as to the update of recruitment, training, analysis and forest inventory tools
- Participate in the drafting and improvement of technical documents related to carbon projects
- Contribute to the development of a new carbon credit project in Quebec or elsewhere in Canada
- Participate in the development of methodologies, preliminary analyses and technical frameworks
- Contribute to the completion of forest inventories, including inclusion, verification and quality control
- Participate in the execution of various forestry mandates
Skills
- • Completed university degree, or degree in progress, in geomatics, forestry, biology, environmental sciences or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience
- • Minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience in a technical, analytical or environmental or forestry data management role, or in similar functions
- • Excellent command of written English
- • Advanced proficiency in Excel and databases
- • Excellent knowledge of GIS and geomatics
- • Ability to clearly explain technical concepts to various internal audiences
- • Rigour, autonomy and strong organizational skills
- • Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
- • Strong interest in technological innovation and climate solutions, with an analytical mindset and great attention to detail
- • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- • Strong results orientation
- • Analytical skills, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
- • Strong interest in innovation, continuous improvement, sustainability and conservation
- • Ability to work as part of a team and exercise responsible leadership
- • Preferred specialization in geographic information systems, GIS, carbon markets, forest inventories, data science or applied programming, among others
- • Experience with forest carbon standards is an asset
- • Knowledge of SQL and Python is an asset
- • Knowledge of carbon certification processes is an asset
- • Knowledge of Spanish is an asset
Benefits
- Remote, in-person or hybrid work arrangement
- Flexible schedule, Monday to Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
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