Living Carbon offers comprehensive solutions for landowners seeking additional revenue through reforestation projects. Backed by Y Combinator.
About the role
Using Living Carbon’s land criteria and screening tools, identify and catalog land parcels suitable for use by Living Carbon Establish contact with landowners, confirm site suitability, and create a pipeline of land opportunities with positive and professional early engagement
What they're looking for
- 5+ years experience in land management, land acquisition, agricultural leasing, business development, or sales with a track record of relevant successes
- Demonstrated expertise in outreach, relationship building, and advanced negotiations
- Must live within driving distance, or be willing to relocate, to the Midwest, Southeast, or US Appalachian Region
- Able to communicate complex concepts, align stakeholders, receive feedback, and iterate quickly
- Willing and able to travel multiple times per month, if necessary
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in natural resource management, environmental science, agriculture, economics, or business
More about this role
Living Carbon is a public benefit company that transforms marginal land into high-value environmental assets. Living Carbon’s team turns previously mined land and degraded agricultural land into diverse, thriving forests, and develops underperforming land for sustainable feedstock purposes. We’re backed by prominent investors including Temasek, Toyota Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Felicis Ventures, and YCombinator.
Living Carbon is seeking a proactive individual for its Land Partnerships team. This individual will primarily be sourcing land for Living Carbon’s renewable feedstock projects but may also be involved in land sourcing activities for carbon projects. Living Carbon is looking for someone with excellent engagement skills, who can quickly build positive and productive relationships with private landowners, land trusts, nonprofits, corporates, government agencies, and tribal nations.
The key activities relevant to this role include parcel identification and research, landowner outreach and engagement, proposal preparation, deal negotiation, and closing. The individual in this role should be comfortable both working independently and in partnership with a high-functioning...
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