Living Carbon is seeking a Land Partnerships Associate / Senior Associate to join its team in the US Southeast and Mississippi Alluvial Valley. The role involves identifying, engaging, and onboarding new landowners to build high-quality forest carbon projects.
Requirements
- Actively research, identify and build relationships with landowners in your region to onboard them to Living Carbon forest carbon projects.
- Prepare and present carbon project materials and partnership proposals and answer landowner questions about our forest carbon approach and partnership agreement.
- Conduct thorough site diligence including documentation of past land uses and land title and tenure.
- Maintain relationships with referral partners and external industry groups like state agencies, conservation groups, and landowner groups to generate new leads.
- Master the Living Carbon site qualification and landowner engagement process, using a variety of technology tools to confirm site feasibility and keep the team up-to-date.
- Synthesize and share feedback with the Senior Manager of Land Partnerships that will improve our landowner program to fit both partner needs and internal business needs.
- Collaborate with internal teams including forestry, finance, legal, and carbon modeling to develop deals and ensure seamless handoff to project development path.
- Willing and able to travel to project sites and to build relationships with landowners and local stakeholders, or attend association meetings, conferences, workshop events, and other strategic landowner partnership activities.
Benefits
- competitive compensation
- generous healthcare, dental and vision insurance
