Forest Carbon Data Scientist - Forest Biometrics(f...

About us
FORLIANCE initiates, finances, creates and manages robust nature-based climate projects and integrates them into sustainability strategies with our clients to achieve their Net Zero Carbon targets. Together with our global partners, and our 50+ team members in ten countries, we strive to create intact forests and ecosystems that positively impact our climate, biodiversity and human well-being. We offer companies effective solutions for climate protection by developing individual climate protection strategies.

Your responsibilities

• You will be responsible for the technical development of forest inventory design and implementation, including data and statistics analysis, and forest growth & yield modeling
• You will develop forest growth curves and model nature-based projects focused on ARR and IFM activities
• You will optimize or fully design forestry project activities, considering climate benefits (carbon), economics, carbon markets, and biodiversity
• Automating the calculations of GHG emission reductions and removals will also be part of your tasks.
• Furthermore, you will be responsible for drafting sections related to GHG calculations for the project document and the monitoring report
• You will calculate and estimate emission reductions/removals from different AFOLU project types using recognized carbon accounting methodologies
• The development and implementation of independent verification systems for nature-based projects will also be part of your responsibilities
• Additionally, you will analyze carbon standards’ methodological requirements and calculation tools within the framework of forest project development

Your profile

• You hold a Master’s or PhD degree in forestry engineering, environmental sciences, agronomy, bioinformatics, or any sustainability-related field
• You have at least 4 years of experience in Sustainable Forest Management
• You have a strong understanding of statistics and forest growth modeling
• You are experienced with data science and familiar with programming languages such as R or Python
• You have proven expertise in forest inventory design and MRV
• You possess a good understanding and familiarity with GHG accounting, carbon modeling, and quantification with different carbon standards
• You have excellent language and writing skills in English. Proficiency in Spanish is desirable, and knowledge of a third language (French or German) is considered a plus

What we offer

• Collaboration in an international interdisciplinary and dynamic team
• Exciting field of work at the interface between business and climate protection
• A casual work environment with impact
• A comprehensive introduction to our team and processes while providing the space to develop your own solutions – new ideas are expressly welcome
• Remote work possible if preferred
• Regular training and capacity building

Our mission:
We let values GROW:

• we grow well financed, managed and monitored forests and ecosystems
• we grow long-term alliances with project stakeholders and clients
• we grow financial mechanisms and payment for ecosystem services to scale and improve projects
• we grow transparency and traceability through robust carbon standards, digital solutions, and earth observation technologies
• we grow the competency of our team by trainings, education and onboarding world leading experts.

We create positive impact on our CLIMATE:

• we partner with implementation organizations, international investors and development banks to develop the most robust climate projects
• we help industry clients to account and manage their greenhouse emissions
• we monitor, report and verify impact and results of performance indicators
• we create climate solutions that are based on scientific research
• we initiate transformation to fight climate change and to achieve carbon targets.

We take ACTION:

• we mobilize finance for ecosystem services and develop new integrated value chains together with local stakeholders
• we use nature to build robust and proven carbon sinks by applying internationally recognized carbon standards and methodologies
• we turn carbon reduction plans into concrete action, and projects
• we think new ways and combine proven nature-based solutions with innovative financial mechanisms and state-of-the-art technology
• we unlock new climate action project types and promote developing of new methodologies for carbon sinks.