Verra Opportunities

Verra Opportunities

Lead or Senior Program Officer, Jurisdictional REDD+ Development

Remote (District of Columbia, US) · Senior · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$22k-$30kDetected 22 days ago
Computer VisionProject ManagementStrategic CommunicationsAccountingCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • You'll be able to work with remote teams from diverse countries and industries.
  • Wherever possible, we aim to find mutually agreeable solutions for international hiring.

Responsibilities

  • Lead or Senior Program Officer, Jurisdictional REDD+ Development This role may be hired at the Lead or Senior Program Officer level, depending on the selected candidate's qualifications, experience, and scope of responsibility.
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Nice to have

  • note that some time will need to overlap with
  • Director, Forest Carbon
  • Program Development and Innovation Department The Opportunity.
  • As a mission-driven non-profit organization, Verra is committed to helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve livelihoods and protect natural resources across the private and public sectors.
  • The successful applicant will be responsible for tasks such as:
  • What we'd like to see.
  • In-depth understanding of jurisdictional and project REDD+, including the evolution of REDD+, the current state of the sector, and the relevant stakeholders engaged in implementation of REDD programs.
  • Technical knowledge of, and experience working with, environmental and social standards, ideally including knowledge of VCS, the JNR Framework, and Verra's REDD+ methodologies especially VM0048.

Skills

  • About Verra.
  • Verra is a global leader helping to tackle the world's most intractable environmental and social challenges.

Compensation

  • Some travel will be required, not expected to exceed 15% of time annually.
  • Salary is one component of Verra's total compensation package which also includes:

Benefits

  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity for all job applicants and employees and is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination.
  • Please contact humanresources@verra.org to request accommodation.
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