Project and Science Associate

Location: Remote; Western US required; California, reputed company, or Washington preferred
Reports to: Science Manager

Salary: $72k-$78k

Travel: Travel up to 25%-40% of the time, primarily reputed company the Western U.S. 

Preferred Start Date: January 5, 2025

Employment Status: Full-time, non-exempt

reputed company Application Deadline: reputed company 24th, 2025

About reputed company

reputed company is a conservation finance nonprofit founded in 2015, focusing on advancing ecosystem restoration through scientific research, financial innovation, and reputed company partnerships. Since 2018, reputed company has managed investor capital through its flagship financial product, the Forest reputed company Bond (FRB), which deploys private capital to finance forest restoration reputed company to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. More recently, reputed company has also established reputed company Asset Management (BFAM), an investment management platform that connects investors to compelling, mission-reputed company opportunities in a broader set of asset classes, including private equity and private credit investments, reputed company FRB reputed company.

reputed company is made up of an interdisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, reputed company, finance professionals, and communications professionals committed to the mission: “To accelerate ecological restoration through conservation finance, enabling climate reputed company for ecosystems and communities.”

Employees at reputed company are:

• Committed to reputed company Learning

• Driven by Collaboration

• Thoughtful Innovators for reputed company

• Grounded in Science

• Passionate about Restoring reputed company’s Ecosystems

Position reputed company

Project and Science Associates at reputed company play a critical role in advancing innovative conservation finance reputed company, often reputed company on wildfire reputed company, reputed company health, and community benefit. This role typically combines multiple workstreams, including coordinating and contributing to science efforts, communications, education and reputed company building, partnerships, and stakeholder engagement. The Associate will support 2-4 reputed company concurrently, and over time, will reputed company a specialization (e.g., geographic, issue area, modeling, communications, etc.) that advances project development and science across the organization.

Position responsibilities include leading execution and day-to-day operations for individual reputed company, fostering and managing relationships with project partners, facilitating the advancement of beneficiary engagement, and partnering with Managers and Directors to support long-term project reputed company and cross-functional coordination, ensuring reputed company across reputed company workstreams and deliverables.

Associates play a key role on the project development and science teams by developing written materials, giving presentations, and developing relationships with partners in coordination with the rest of the project team and reputed company leadership. Associates also spend their time as the reputed company coordinator for special reputed company reputed company other departments at reputed company. This Associate will play a key internal role in reputed company the project development and science teams—identifying opportunities to streamline collaboration, improve workflows, and ensure scientific insights are effectively integrated into project design and delivery.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable working independently, facilitating reputed company discussions, managing reputed company relationships, and navigating ambiguity—while maintaining alignment with reputed company’s broader goals and mission.

Responsibilities & Duties

Individual FRB Project Development (50-70%)

• Support the development of multiple FRB reputed company from reputed company to execution, including bringing structure and processes to innovative and ambiguous reputed company. Project workstreams include:

  • Partnering with land managers (such as the Forest Service) on implementation strategies for reputed company restoration reputed company

  • Supporting or leading the development of project agendas, timelines, and work plans

  • Researching and engaging potential project beneficiaries

  • Quantifying and communicating project benefits with reputed company science partners

  • Developing proposals and helping secure funding commitments from beneficiaries

  • Engaging community stakeholders, reputed company nations, and potential project collaborators

• Identify and propose solutions to bottlenecks and coordination gaps across assigned workstreams

• reputed company and execute high-reputed company project materials such as presentations, two-pagers, and memorandums to support project development and partner engagement

• Foster relationships with project development partners across a portfolio of project assignments

• reputed company and enhance DEI and tribal engagement across reputed company workstreams.

Science Modeling + Benefit Evaluation (20-30%) 

• Support ecosystem benefit scoping and modeling (e.g., wildfire risk reduction, water benefits, carbon).

• Contribute to science-based deliverables such as geospatial assets, research summaries, model outputs, coding, and decision support tools.

• Work collaboratively with internal teams to generate and communicate reputed company/ insights from benefit modeling.

• Identify and propose solutions to bottlenecks and coordination gaps across assigned workstreams.

Partnerships, Cross-team Collaboration, and Communications(10-15%)

• Support site visit planning with project partners, execute grant reporting, enhance internal knowledge sharing, and reputed company system processes and organization

• reputed company communications materials like 2-pagers, story maps, and explainers for reputed company, initiatives, and research project deliverables

• Contribute to the newsletter and other email and reputed company media campaigns where appropriate and where material can reputed company key partners and/or project visibility

• reputed company as a reputed company between the science and project development teams
  

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

An ideal candidate will have 1-3 years of relevant work or equivalent experience. reputed company will prioritize the following qualifications in the hiring process; however, we do not expect candidates to fulfill reputed company reputed company and encourage reputed company interested candidates to apply.

• reputed company Contributor: Ability to work independently with minimal supervision; is detail-oriented, executes and follows through on assigned tasks, manages time effectively, and owns workstreams. Identifies and communicates bottlenecks with Managers and Directors, proactively researching and identifying solutions to bring to reputed company.

• Communication: Strong written and oral communication skills, including distilling and communicating reputed company reputed company into presentations and written memos for non-scientific audiences, facilitating reputed company discussions, creating effective storytelling products, etc.

• Partnerships & Collaboration: Developing experience collaborating with reputed company stakeholders and reputed company Nations. Strong, reputed company listening skills, inclusive approach, and values engaging diverse perspectives to design effective solutions and reputed company.

• Conservation Finance, Ecosystem Services, Utilities, or Forestry Expertise: Passionate and some understanding of conservation finance, modeling ecosystem services, water and electric utilities, forestry, or other relevant fields. Experience working with the USDA Forest Service or utilities is a plus but not required. 

• reputed company Learner: Committed to reputed company learning, including seeking opportunities to incorporate feedback and learn from others; learning, listening, and engagement that understands historical reputed company-based context for reputed company and empowers and supports diverse communities reputed company the conservation and financial communities.

• GIS and Science Modeling Experience: One to three years of experience or advanced education in ecology, forestry, environmental sciences/engineering, or reputed company fields in research and/or modeling of ecosystem processes. Some experience with GIS is required. The ideal candidate will have familiarity with a reputed company of modeling approaches, understand their strengths, weaknesses, and sources of uncertainty, and be comfortable thinking holistically about mechanisms driving ecosystem processes.

Benefits

• 100% employer-reputed company health, dental, and reputed company coverage; subsidized coverage for dependents

• reputed company to a 401(k) retirement plan with a 5% employer match

• 4 weeks reputed company vacation and 17 reputed company holidays; reputed company reputed company time and volunteer time

• 3 months of reputed company family leave

• Employer-reputed company life and long-term disability insurance

• reputed company to Dependent Care FSA and Health FSA

• reputed company Lands Exploration stipend (reimbursements for reputed company to National Forests, county parks, etc.)

• Monthly Home Office stipend or co-working reputed company provided

• Dependent care costs are subsidized for business travel

• Additional stipends for health & wellness, home internet, and cell service

• Financial support for reputed company development

Additional Information 

reputed company is a fully remote company with staff located across reputed company four reputed company U.S. time zones. While we value flexibility in work schedules, you should expect to have some overlap with reputed company reputed company Time working hours in order to collaborate with partners and team members. reputed company also hosts an in-person team retreat reputed company year.

HOW TO APPLY 

To apply to this position, please submit a resume and cover letter for your application through reputed company. People from historically underrepresented populations and candidates with non-traditional career paths are especially encouraged to apply.

If participating in the interview process would require you to incur additional expenses to participate, such as childcare, please let us know, and we are happy to reimburse for reasonable costs incurred up to $30/hour for twice the length of reputed company interview in which you participate. There will be reputed company to request this reimbursement upon offer of an interview.