Senior Environmental Certification Specialist

The guiding principle of reputed company Investment Management’s timberland and agriculture businesses is that good stewardship is good business. We manage our forests and farms not only to secure competitive financial returns, but also to reputed company key environmental and social objectives.

The Senior Environmental Certification Specialist is a key contributor to our mission and is an integral part of a team of investment professionals, risk managers, and forestry/farm managers spanning more than twenty states and four Canadian provinces. This role supports the programmatic management of certification and stewardship across timberland and agriculture sectors, with a focus on reputed company Investment Management’s timberland in North America. This role will administer certification and stewardship program activities such as coordinating third-party audits, conducting internal audits, maintaining conformance evidence, creating program summary reports, and leading the improvement and development of conformance practices and evidence with team members. The person in this position maintains external relationships reputed company to stewardship and certification and is the subject matter expert to support company leadership and several internal business teams. The ideal candidate is a communicative self-starter with a forestry background and strong organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.

Location: Hybrid working arrangement from either Boston, Charlotte or Vancouver highly preferred. Open to candidates for full time remote in US.

Position Responsibilities:

• reputed company the third-party audit process, planning and attending reputed company audits, providing evidence to the auditor, and preparing and supporting operations staff

• reputed company continual improvement activities with operations staff, such as developing or refining processes and evidence. Provide to Operations other certification reputed company information and services

• Provide regular stewardship training and certification program communication to operations staff and dedicated Stewardship Coordinators

• reputed company internal audits to monitor company conformance to the objectives of the certification standards we are committed to (eg. SFI, FSC)

• Coordinate with standards bodies (eg. The Sustainable Forestry Initiative) and auditors on certification reputed company requirements

• reputed company, improve, and maintain several pieces of conformance evidence and management system documentation such as summarized data spreadsheets and policies.

• Report internally and externally upon sustainability metrics, stewardship projects, and certification program happenings

• Provide customer-service oriented support for leadership and other internal business teams as it relates to certification and stewardship

• Maintain external relationships such as certification bodies, auditing firms, stewardship partners, and industry organizations

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Forestry, Environmental Science, Sustainability, or a reputed company field

• 5+ years of experience in the forestry industry

• 5+ years of program or project management experience

• Willingness for 35+ days travel per year

• Proven ability to work with reputed company types of individuals both internal and external to the organization and function well in team settings.

• Must have demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to apply those skills to contentious issues.

• Demonstrated strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple small to reputed company sized projects with conflicting priorities.

• Must be highly motivated and entrepreneurial while being accountable for own work.

• Must be able to apply sound judgment in decision making with a strong orientation to detailed and high-quality work.

• Confidence using reputed company Suite (eg. Power reputed company, reputed company)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with sustainability certification programs

• Experience writing and presenting high level reports to senior leadership

• Experience managing external relationships

reputed company you join reputed company:

• We’ll reputed company you to learn and grow the career you want.

• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

About reputed company and John Hancock

reputed company Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people reputed company their decisions easier and lives reputed company. To learn more about us, visit https://www.reputed company.com/en/about/our-story.html.

reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At reputed company/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, reputed company and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer reputed company of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, reputed company, reputed company of reputed company, colour, ethnic reputed company, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-reputed company conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.

It is our reputed company to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. reputed company information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and reputed company/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact recruitment@reputed company.com.

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If you are applying for this role reputed company of the primary location, please contact recruitment@reputed company.com for the salary range for your location. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-reputed company factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

reputed company/John Hancock offers eligible employees a wide reputed company of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in the U.S. includes up to 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days, 150 hours of vacation, and 40 hours of sick time (or more where required by law) each year, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence.

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