Job Description

We are looking for senior experts who are ‘Nature Based Solutions’ carbon specialists, with deep experience developing and validating nature-based carbon projects, to advise our team. Ideally, you should have the skillset to independently codify the entire process with a deep understanding of underlying methodologies and science, and advise on actual field work essential for project development. Specific needs:

• 5-10 years of experience in nature-based carbon project development and certification with experience leading the Verra registry related process
  • Additional experience with other registries (Gold Standard, Plan Vivo, Climate Action Reserve, American Carbon Registry, and/or other compliance market standards) and an ability to compare and contrast is a plus
• Experience involved in end to end project development for multiple tropical forestry and peatland projects - primarily REDD+ with a mix of APDD, AUDD, WRC and ARR scenarios based on Verra (VCS) methodologies, including associated documentation preparation (e.g. feasibility assessments / project idea notes / project design documents, validation and verification documents)
  • Additional experience with other structures (e.g. blue carbon, agriculture related) is a plus
• Deep understanding of calculations essential to articulate carbon baselines, and project scenarios, and the data essential to perform those calculations
• Experience collecting, manipulating, analysing and interpreting scientific data, spatial analysis and/or GIS
• Experts may have a background in biology, ecology, climate, or environmental sciences / engineering, natural resource management or related field
• Professional experience in Southeast / South Asia is essential
• Connections in the Natural Climate Solutions ecosystem, specifically with other technical experts, and ability to leverage inputs from different quarters

📝 Responsibilities

Work hand in hand with our carbon team and advise and deliver in these key areas:

• Technical development
  • Collaborate with the project implementers, consultants and service providers to deliver required technical analysis (pre-feasibility and feasibility studies) for projects launched in multiple countries across SEA
  • Build templates for calculating GHG emission reductions and removal potential of conservation & restoration initiatives
  • Codify back-end data structures required to streamline the technical analysis e.g. methodology applicability, carbon yield calculations etc
  • Co-design project activities along with project implementers following the applicable carbon standards and methodologies
  • Oversee the technical aspects of monitoring, reporting and verification activities
  • Travel as required to project sites in SEA
• Procedures
  • Identify challenges in current approaches to technical analysis and design
  • Co-develop solutions with the carbon, product and engineering teams including QA/QC, gathering feedback and iterating on offering
• Capacity building
  • Support the wider team in gaining a deeper understanding of processes used at various stages of the analysis and design of carbon projects
  • Create collateral for various stakeholders to streamline the onboarding process and on-going implementation of analysis and design.