<div><span style="font-size:12pt;">We’re looking for someone who’s excited to be part of a mission-driven early-stage company. As our Research Associate- Tissue Culture and Transformation, you will play an essential role in our tissue culture and transformation production systems in woody species. You will be working closely with our scientists to assist in facilitation of pipeline development, while helping carry out other experiments to achieve company goals. A successful candidate will have experience with plant biotechnology lab experimental approaches, with knowledge of and experience in both plant tissue culture and transformation. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to the company’s strategic goals and think creatively about how to move quickly and solve problems.</span></div><br><br><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Perform vital functions of pipeline support, including media making </li><li>Perform tissue culture and plant transformation experiments</li><li>Manage, maintain, organize, and track production-level amounts of cultures</li><li>Execute protocols in a thorough, independent, and technical manner</li><li>Maintain a detailed record of experimental data and analysis</li><li>Timely communicate and adapt to experimental workflows while developing new skills</li><li>Nurture the desire to work in an exciting and rapidly evolving work environment</li><li>Provide unique perspectives and collaborate to creatively solve problems as they arise</li></ul><h3>Requirements &amp; Qualifications</h3><ul><li>BSc in plant biology, plant science, plant science, or related field and experience working with plant biotechnology systems</li><li>Hands-on experience with plant tissue culture systems and sterile technique is required. Previous experience with woody species is beneficial</li><li>Experience with plant transformation techniques, such as agrobacterium</li><li>Proven capacity to carry out multiple experiments simultaneously</li><li>Fundamental knowledge of plant tissue culture and transformation techniques</li><li>Ability to work within a team to efficiently tackle high-throughput experiments </li><li>Excellent organization, with strong oral and written communication skills</li><li>Experience with woody species is desirable</li></ul><br><div>Living Carbon PBC offers competitive compensation, and generous healthcare, dental and vision insurance.</div><div><br></div><div>Living Carbon PBC is an equal opportunity employer.</div><div><br></div><div>We believe the best solutions to climate change are created by diverse teams. Living Carbon is focused on building a multicultural and inclusive team with strong representation from the many diverse communities disproportionately impacted by climate change. As a public benefit corporation, ensuring solutions to slow climate change are widely distributed to all peoples is critical to the success of our mission. </div>

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Research Associate - Tissue Culture and Transformation

<div><span style="font-size:11pt;">We are seeking an experienced and fast-paced Professional Forester based in the Appalachian Region of the US to join our team to support Forestry Operations, with a strong emphasis on forest establishment and contractor management. You will be responsible for field supervision of silvicultural activities and forest monitoring, utilizing your expertise in forest measurements, project management, and contractor relations. You will work in coordination with Living Carbon’s supply chain, land, and carbon science teams as well as other internal stakeholders. Your primary objective will be to support the Forestry Team in achieving its forest carbon project implementation and operations through focused, rapid coordination of project activities.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">We are seeking a proactive and collaborative self-starter with the ability to manage afforestation and reforestation projects in the Eastern US, particularly on marginal to degraded lands. A successful candidate will have demonstrated experience effectively establishing and building relationships with internal and external project stakeholders, has a clear understanding of the reforestation process, state-by-state documentation requirements and forest management plans, and risk management of forest threats (pests and pathogens). Ideally, a candidate will be adaptive and creative, skilled with GIS/GPS, and can excel in a fast-growing forestry biotech startup environment. </span></div><br><br><h3>Responsibilities </h3><ul><li>Operate efficiently within our team of forestry professionals, providing field and office support of forest project implementation, with an emphasis on speed and agility. Perform tasks according to project budgets, timelines, and resources. </li><li>Administer service contracts and serve as field point of contact for contractors, including planting crews, site preparation crews, government natural resources personnel, forestry agencies and conservation organizations.  </li><li>Support the Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) team with data collection, measurement, and monitoring activities over the duration of the project. This includes providing field support on forestry-specific data collection methodologies, ensuring accurate and reliable data collection, and collaborating with the MRV team to validate and report project outcomes. </li><li>Willingness and ability to regularly travel to project sites for due diligence, site preparation, planting season and continual forest monitoring. </li><li>Contribute to optimizing a playbook to expand our forest project implementation to tens of thousands of acres of projects. </li><li>Help develop planting project design and execution, working alongside internal supply chain and land origination teams. </li></ul><h3>Qualifications </h3><ul><li>5-7 years of experience successfully implementing large-scale forestry projects, with an understanding of forestry operations, sustainable land management, and forest carbon sequestration. </li><li>Strong work ethic and capability to function at a high level on internal teams with common goals while maintaining an emphasis on moving quickly. </li><li>Familiarity with data analysis, including the ability to interpret and utilize scientific research, GIS data, and remote sensing technologies to inform decision-making. Skilled at forest measurement practices and the corresponding use of relevant desktop and mobile forestry software and tools. </li><li>Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to effectively manage contractors and build relationships with external partners. Strong project management skills, including the ability to effectively execute and monitor projects, manage resources effectively, and deliver results within tight timelines and budgets. </li><li>Bachelor's or advanced degree in forestry, natural resource management, or a related curriculum. Strong commitment to environmental sustainability and a passion for combating climate change through innovative carbon reduction strategies.</li></ul><br><div>Living Carbon PBC offers competitive compensation, and generous healthcare, dental and vision insurance.</div><div><br></div><div>Living Carbon PBC is an equal opportunity employer.</div><div><br></div><div>We believe the best solutions to climate change are created by diverse teams. Living Carbon is focused on building a multicultural and inclusive team with strong representation from the many diverse communities disproportionately impacted by climate change. As a public benefit corporation, ensuring solutions to slow climate change are widely distributed to all peoples is critical to the success of our mission. </div>

Appalachian Carbon Forester

<div><span style="font-size:11pt;">We’re looking for a Manager of People Operations to own human resources support across Living Carbon on issues including recruiting, performance management, compensation and rewards, staff relations, and people development. Living Carbon is currently a team of almost 50 people across two locations, and we raised our Series A in 2022.  This role has potential for significant growth, and there will be an opportunity to build and oversee the team and processes to scale these functions. </span></div><br><br><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Own performance reviews and promotion cycles at Living Carbon </li><li>Manage any human resource issues quickly and with the highest level of professionalism </li><li>Provide a clear, trusted point of contact for employees and answer questions about benefits, company policies, and other HR questions </li><li>Support managers (including highly technical managers) in developing their people management skills and empowering them to guide the career growth of reports </li><li>Collect and analyze data from Lattice, company surveys, and other sources to identify ways to improve company culture </li><li>Identify and implement employee development opportunities such as manager training </li><li>Improve our hiring processes with a greater focus on diversity, equity &amp; inclusion (DEI) and a better top-of-funnel for recruiting </li><li>Ensure smooth onboarding of all new employees including ensuring they have access to necessary resources and tech </li><li>Conduct a benefits refresh including evaluation of potential new benefits  </li></ul><h3>Qualifications </h3><ul><li>5-10 years of experience in a HR function in a fast-paced and/or startup environment </li><li>Expert ability to work with technical executives and be a thought partner in navigating organizational changes </li><li>Experience building people operations, human resources, and/or recruiting teams </li><li>Experience building, maintaining, and presenting HR data analytics </li><li>High empathy and social intelligence with experience resolving complex situations and building strong relationships with diverse groups </li><li>Creative problem-solving: not discouraged by roadblocks, committed to analyzing a path forward </li><li>Humble, inquisitive and curious attitude toward deeply technical departments and how the science affects OKRs and people dynamics </li><li>Ability to balance big-picture leadership and detailed understanding of multiple functional areas in an organization </li></ul><br><div>Living Carbon PBC offers competitive compensation, and generous healthcare, dental and vision insurance.</div><div><br></div><div>Living Carbon PBC is an equal opportunity employer.</div><div><br></div><div>We believe the best solutions to climate change are created by diverse teams. Living Carbon is focused on building a multicultural and inclusive team with strong representation from the many diverse communities disproportionately impacted by climate change. As a public benefit corporation, ensuring solutions to slow climate change are widely distributed to all peoples is critical to the success of our mission. </div>

Manager of People Operations

<div><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Living Carbon is hiring an Associate Director of Plant Transformation to lead plant transformation across our Hayward, CA and Charleston, SC labs. As a senior leader at the company, the Associate Director of Plant Transformation will be a key member of the R&amp;D leadership team. This role will play a central role leading the development of the company’s capabilities in genome engineering and the production of transgenic and gene edited events for product creation. </span></div><br><br><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>Ph.D. in Plant Biology or related field with at least 8 years of industrial experience in plant tissue culture and transformation, or equivalent education and experience</li><li>Track record of R&amp;D productivity, accomplishments, and team management experience </li><li>In depth knowledge and hands-on experience in tissue culture and transformation of multiple plant species</li><li>Demonstrated experience developing transformation protocols for challenging plant species, including trees </li><li>Working knowledge and experience in protoplast isolation, manipulation, and regeneration </li><li>Demonstrated record of streamlining the process of production transformation within project timeline </li><li>Ability to perform data and statistical analysis with the focus to establish, guide, and improve SOPs in the functional area</li><li>Strong, effective, and detail-oriented problem-solving skills to navigate and troubleshoot complicated technical and non-technical issues</li><li>Experienced people manager with demonstrated strong interpersonal skills with an ability to build effective working relationships within functional area</li><li>Strong communication and organizational skills to lead and support efficient cross-functional collaborations to help advance company projects</li></ul><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Direct and lead plant transformation protocol development and process optimization </li><li>Design, guide, and execute lab experiments on both technology development and event production </li><li>Maintain urgency in technical execution of projects while overcoming critical hurdles to drive company progression </li><li>Plan and forecast timelines on event generation and delivery to support company’s decision making process; responsible for managing timelines and deliverables</li><li>Drive effective communication and information sharing (knowledge, protocols, materials, etc.) among team members across  multiple lab locations</li><li>Manage, grow, develop, and mentor the team of plant transformation scientists including team leads and individual contributors </li><li>Work closely with our Chief Science Officer and project leaders on resource allocation, task management, risk identification and mitigation strategies to ensure project needs are met</li><li>Communicate both verbally and in writing with cross-functional project teams, management, and other stakeholders to ensure progress updates are provided and objectives are met on time</li><li>Collaborate effectively with colleagues on the development of protocols, SOPs, quality control processes, data archives as well as the analysis of results and troubleshooting</li><li>Stay abreast of current developments in the field of plant tissue culture, transformation, and genome engineering. Synthesize learnings to improve the company’s transformation process </li><li>Some travel is expected for this role as the team is currently located in both Hayward, California and Charleston, South Carolina.</li></ul><br><div>Living Carbon PBC offers competitive compensation, and generous healthcare, dental and vision insurance.</div><div><br></div><div>Living Carbon PBC is an equal opportunity employer.</div><div><br></div><div>We believe the best solutions to climate change are created by diverse teams. Living Carbon is focused on building a multicultural and inclusive team with strong representation from the many diverse communities disproportionately impacted by climate change. As a public benefit corporation, ensuring solutions to slow climate change are widely distributed to all peoples is critical to the success of our mission. </div>

Associate Director of Plant Transformation

<div>Don't see your skill set listed, but still very interested in us? </div><div><br></div><div>Send us your information and we'll keep you in mind for future open roles. </div><br><br><br><div>Living Carbon PBC offers competitive compensation, and generous healthcare, dental and vision insurance.</div><div><br></div><div>Living Carbon PBC is an equal opportunity employer.</div><div><br></div><div>We believe the best solutions to climate change are created by diverse teams. Living Carbon is focused on building a multicultural and inclusive team with strong representation from the many diverse communities disproportionately impacted by climate change. As a public benefit corporation, ensuring solutions to slow climate change are widely distributed to all peoples is critical to the success of our mission. </div>

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