Climate Metrics Specialist

The Nature Conservancy; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The Climate Metrics Specialist at The Nature Conservancy focuses on providing technical leadership for climate metrics and indicators aligned with the organization’s 2030 goals. The role collaborates with the Global Climate team, the Chief Conservation Office, and field teams to ensure robust metric accounting for program monitoring and learning plans.

It emphasizes accuracy and reliability of climate impact indicators, development of mitigation metrics, and accountability across priority

Job description

YOUR POSITION WITH TNC

The Climate Metrics Specialist is an impact scientist who provides technical and scientific support and leadership for climate metrics and indicators in service of TNC’s 2030 goals and beyond. Specifically, they provide technical support and advice and ensure climate metric accounting is consistent, reliable, and accurate. They work closely with the Global Climate team, the Chief Conservation Office, and TNC field teams to refine and report outcome and intermediate result indicators and metrics in service of programmatic monitoring, evaluation, and learning plans and internal tracking systems.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The Climate Metrics Specialist is an impact scientist who supports the quality and accuracy of conservation impact indicators and metrics for both the Global Climate team and key priority climate projects and strategies across TNC. The Specialist will inform the development of climate mitigation metrics, particularly through carbon accounting for nature-based solutions and clean energy programs, as well as climate adaptation and resilience metrics. They will help ensure the effectiveness and overall accountability of priority strategies and programs in service of TNC’s 2030 climate goals. They will support the Chief Conservation Office’s (CCO) Conservation Data and Conservation Strategy teams in ensuring that appropriate metrics robustly and accurately capture