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American Forest Foundation · 20 hours ago

Director of Value Chain Innovations

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

The American Forest Foundation (AFF) unlocks the power of family forests as a climate solution. As a Director of Value Chain Innovation, you will identify and cultivate growth opportunities in climate mitigation through the forest products value chain, fostering partnerships and designing strategies for investment and project development.

Environmental Consulting

Responsibilities

Direct AFF’s efforts to pilot and subsequently scale co-developed Scope 3 interventions with forest product manufacturers and their customers, working with key internal stakeholders throughout the organization to ensure that the resulting program meets AFF requirements for mission impact, scientific integrity and financial viability

Establish and maintain subject matter expertise on issues related to forest carbon reporting, accounting, and target setting within a corporate inventory. With the support of external partners and consultants, serve as AFF’s chief source of expertise on a variety of initiatives and standards, including but not limited to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the Taskforce for Corporate Action Transparency, and the Science Based Targets initiative’s Forest, Land and Agriculture pathways

Work with colleagues on AFF’s Policy and Market Making teams to help set advocacy objectives related to these issues

Working with the Climate Funding team, identify and develop additional opportunities to advance AFF’s mission, vision and values through meaningful partnerships with actors in the forest products value chain

Collaborate with AFF’s science teams to ensure that the monitoring, measurement, reporting and verification frameworks developed in a broader organizational context are applied appropriately and effectively to a value chain context, and / or lead efforts to modify those frameworks appropriately

Support colleagues on the Climate Funding team in the preparation of grant proposals, reports, and technical documentation to support funding requests and keep donors engaged and satisfied with the work

Serve as AFF’s chief point of contact for partner companies working within the forest products value chains in need of technical or programmatic guidance and assistance in inventorying, mitigating, financing and reporting on value chain outcomes

Engage with external stakeholders — including researchers, standard-setting bodies, market actors and other critical stakeholders — to represent AFF and advance integrity and innovation in reporting and accounting for carbon and other impacts within the context of corporate inventory accounting

Qualification

Forest carbon reportingStakeholder engagementPartnership developmentGreenhouse Gas ProtocolClimate mitigation strategiesData-driven analysisAgilityDiversityInclusionCollaborationProblem solvingCommunication

Required

M.A. or equivalent experience in forestry, sustainability, greenhouse gas management, or related field

10+ years demonstrated experience in stakeholder engagement and management

10+ years demonstrated experience in managing and reporting on risks and impacts in forest products (preferred) and / or other agricultural value chains

10+ years demonstrated experience in identifying, developing and activating partnerships, including but not limited to funding partnerships

10+ years demonstrated experience in building relationships within the natural resource, climate, and / or forest products sectors

Familiarity with standard setting bodies and processes

Ability to communicate programmatic initiatives and results to both technical and non-technical audiences

Ability to collaborate effectively across interdisciplinary teams and with external partners

Agility – Thriving in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environments by anticipating and responding to changes with swift, focused and flexible actions

Collaborating with Others – Working together with others in a cooperative and supportive manner to achieve shared goals

Ensuring Accountability – Holding yourself and others to high standards of accountability, creating an infrastructure and transparent organization culture that supports and measures personal and organizational responsibility and accountability

Problem Solving – Identifying problems and the solutions to them

Thinking Strategically – Seeing and synthesizing different sides of an issue, examining the full range of options and outcomes, and building intellectual frameworks to guide analysis and action

Leading Change – Recognizing the need for change, being open to new ideas and methods, and championing transformational change with the organization and beyond

Decision Making – Using critical thinking, good business sense and organizational values to make decisions involving varying levels or risk and ambiguity

Diversity and Inclusion – Working effectively with individuals of diverse backgrounds in a variety of work contexts

Scientific Rigor – Ability to design and implement methods that withstand peer and market scrutiny

Data-Driven Analysis – Skilled at managing large, complex datasets and generating actionable insights

Collaboration – Works effectively with internal teams and external partners to advance shared goals

Innovation – Applies creative approaches to methodological development and co-benefit quantification

Communication – Able to translate technical outputs into accessible insights for funders, landowners, and partners