The NCS Prototyping Scientist will advance the strategic priorities of the Global Climate Team, particularly the prototyping workstream, with the ultimate goal of increasing the pace and scale of NCS implementation. This applied science role will serve as a key resource to nature-based mitigation projects from field programs across the Conservancy, working together with program counterparts who have a variety of skill sets and are from diverse backgrounds. They will compile, manage, synthesize, analyze, and generate, and share data related to the protection, restoration, and improved management of forests, croplands, grasslands, and wetlands, particularly those related to coastal wetlands, peatlands, and agroforestry. They will help interpret and communicate the findings from these analyses graphically and with accessible language for use in reports, dashboards, publications, presentations, and websites in order to widely disseminate findings and lessons learned. They will contribute to and may lead project reporting, scientific publications, and other products and tools. They will proactively support, train, and build capacity of field program colleagues, particularly around carbon accounting; a primary responsibility of this position will be enabling the successes of others. Success in this role requires being savvy in a range of statistical tools and analysis and their application in natural and social sciences; working effectively both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, highly matrixed organization; and being adaptable to shifting needs and priorities.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND SCOPE

• Work within scope of program’s strategic goals; act independently on assigned tasks and exercise judgment based on experience, referring difficult questions and unusual problems to supervisor.
• Communicate on behalf of team with staff in various programs across the Conservancy and demonstrate sensitivity in handling confidential information.
• Collaboratively co-develop innovative studies investigating climate outcomes and enabling conditions of NCS projects.
• Manage spatial, tabular, and other data, develop new datasets and tools as necessary, and ensure access to collaborators. May include fieldwork to collect data.
• Conduct statistical and geospatial analysis and provide rigorous interpretations of findings.
• Collaboratively draft and edit reports and publications based on the data collected and analyzed.
• Train colleagues in skills related to the tasks above and engage in project troubleshooting.
• Act as a resource to others to solve problems and may act in supervisor’s stead when instructed.
• May manage a grant, contract, or request for proposal.
• May supervise interns or volunteer staff, including training.
• Work flexible hours as needed, including regularly attending meetings outside of standard business hours.
• May travel domestically and/or internationally.
• May occasionally work in variable weather conditions, at remote locations, on difficult and hazardous terrain, and under physically demanding circumstances.
• Able to navigate ambiguity and shifting priorities