South Pole is an energetic, global company offering comprehensive sustainability solutions and services. With offices spanning all continents across the globe, we strive to create a sustainable society and economy that positively impacts our climate, ecosystems and developing communities. With our solutions, we inspire and enable our customers to create value from sustainability-related activities. Our Project Development team is at the forefront of developing and managing climate mitigation activities. By working closely with project owners and developers as well as their local communities, we manage the complete registration, verification and evaluation of carbon projects to enable the issuance of emission-reduction certificates, in line with official carbon standards. If you are a smart, ambitious and dynamic sustainability professional with a strong passion to make a real difference in the fight against climate change, the below position may be right for you! **Job summary**: As a Forestry Senior Specialist, NBS Implementation - Latam, you will perform and/or coordinate the evaluation, design, implementation and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E;) for projects related to sustainable forest management. You will report directly to the Regional Manager, Technical, NBS Implementation, Climate Projects - Latam. You will give technical support as a thematic expert to Nature Based Solutions (NBS) projects developed by the Latam regional team from the pre-feasibility stage to their successful closure. Also, you will be responsible for the assessment, technical guidance, accompaniment for implementation, and follow-up and monitoring of projects related to forest management, such as Afforestation/Reforestation (ARR) and Improved Forest Management (IFM) that increase carbon sequestration and/or reduce GHG emissions on forest lands managed for wood products. Additionally, you will support and develop procedures and guidelines to standardise regional processes under the project and South Pole’s global standards to develop high-quality and cost-effective carbon and biodiversity projects. **Main tasks & responsibilities**: - Develop and coordinate the assessment, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of project activities related to forestry activities within NBS projects under assigned projects and applicable standards - Support the evaluation of project partner capacities for implementing forest management activities (thinning, harvesting, planting, pruning, and marketing) while generating additionality and permanence alerts based on identified risk assessment - Design the activities related to forest management based on collaborative problem assessment, available resources, project timeline and partner agreements using different approaches like the Theory of Change and Logic Frame, as part of structuring projects under methodological standards requirements - Design and execute the monitoring plan for evaluating the effectiveness of forest management activities and for evaluating the efficiency of the project according to project objectives - Develop the necessary documents following the certification standards, Project Manager requirements, and other stakeholders aligned with the team’s implementation scope - Prepare or support the construction and evaluation of budgets and financial analysis for the execution of project activities within mitigation initiatives and/or biodiversity projects related to forest management - Support the contracting process and monitoring by third parties in implementing South Pole project activities related to forest management, from planting and harvesting to marketing wood products, giving technical guidance - Generate cost-efficiency analysis for forest management activities for the planning and execution of implementation activities along sustained timber production while also considering ecological, economic, and social factors - Support the development and implementation of procedures and guidelines to standardise processes across the region and within the NBS Implementation team, in line with project and South Pole quality criteria - Lead and manage the activities assigned in the implementation projects, acting in an interdisciplinary and cooperative manner with team members and other employees of the company - Ensure alignment with the company's mission, vision, and values - Identify and prioritise tasks according to the needs of the project regarding the schedule and budget - Planning and development of site visits, and other types of business trips/training, and other relevant events - Others related to the fulfilment of the role deemed necessary. **Requirements**: Essential - University degree in forestry, natural resource management, sustainability or climate change and carbon mitigation-related fields - Relevant and certified specific experience (more than 4 years) in evaluation, design, implementation and monitoring of commercial forest and woodland mana