Remote Head of Restoration
Terraformation
💵 $110k-$150k
📍Remote - United States
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Summary
Join Terraformation as the Head of Restoration to lead ambitious native forest restoration projects worldwide, leading a team of experts and partners to design and implement biodiversity-focused carbon projects. This cross-functional role will work closely with leaders across teams at Terraformation to build capacity, uphold best practices, and ensure successful project outcomes.
Requirements
- 10+ years of management experience, building and improving processes to lead diverse global teams and execute complex projects
- Experience managing ecosystem restoration projects, as well as on-the-ground experience carrying out biodiversity and restoration practices
- Strong knowledge of principles and practices in wild plant material sourcing to optimize the balance of genetic diversity, sustainable sourcing, and resilience in restoration
- Working knowledge of nursery propagation, field planting practices, and research on seed-based restoration ecology (theory and practice)
- Experience with biodiversity monitoring and evaluation best practices, including knowledge of related indicators, indices, data management, and data analysis
- Ability to manage multiple partners with varying and complex project needs while engaging and tracking effective collaboration and trust with local communities
- Extremely strong communication skills used both internally and externally
- Strong emotional intelligence and ability to act with humility and respect
- Ability to travel internationally, often to remote locations (estimated 25% travel)
- Master’s degree in ecology, restoration, sustainable forestry, or related field
Responsibilities
- Lead capacity building for successful, biodiversity-focused restoration projects
- Manage the Restoration Team of experts in Colombia, Italy, the UK, and the US
- Ensure successful restoration outcomes of a portfolio of projects by coordinating and overseeing the Restoration Team’s: Evaluations of early-stage partners’ capacities and needs
- Streamlined delivery of a comprehensive restoration training/support program for numerous partners and regions simultaneously
- Delivering in collaboration with our implementing partners the ‘Restoration Plan’ section of the Project Management Plans of our projects
- Writing of Project Description chapters on biodiversity impacts
- Support projects in monitoring the results and impacts of forest restoration
- Uphold science-based practices for biodiversity and forest restoration in Terraformation’s Seed to Forest Carbon Accelerator
- Ensure consistency and best practices in restoration across projects and countries through the implementation of efficient internal processes
- Lead the development of biodiversity monitoring standards, protocols, and practices, ensuring they meet requirements for carbon verification bodies and investors and for the emerging biodiversity certificate market
- Advocate for and effectively communicate the value of restoration best practices across diverse internal and external stakeholders
- Lead and implement a strategy for scaling up the Accelerator
- Build a network of strong local experts in our operating countries, and manage local contractors
- Oversee the global strategy of the Regional/National Hub Program, building effective collaborations aligned with local needs and ways of operating
- Support the development of strategic partnerships outside the Accelerator
Preferred Qualifications
- Working knowledge of the nature-based carbon market sector (strongly preferred)
- Experience working in multiple countries and ecosystems, including mangroves
- Experience developing and/or working in sustainable agroforestry systems
- Experience with advanced biodiversity monitoring techniques (e.g., bioacoustics, eDNA)
- Proficiency with biodiversity/ecological data analysis in R software
- Experience working with Indigenous peoples and/or local communities
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