Advisor, Climate, Community & Biodiversity

The Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) secretariat is seeking an Advisor to support the development and use of the Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards, particularly for smallholder- and community-led land-based carbon projects.

Land-based activities have grown rapidly in voluntary carbon markets, fostered in part through the emergence of trusted standards, particularly the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) for carbon accounting combined with the Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards for assurances that projects are not causing harm but delivering benefits to local people and biodiversity. Smallholder- and community-led projects, however, still face a series of challenges. Some of these are linked to the complexities of organizing the participation of many different farmers within one larger project at the scale needed to absorb transaction costs and attract investors.  In addition, standards are not well adapted to scattered plots and project areas that change as new smallholders join the project.  The CCBA secretariat is partnering with Nature Conservation Research Center in Ghana and Rainforest Alliance to enhance the CCB Standards framework and to develop associated guidance documents to support smallholder- and community-led projects.   The CCB Standards Advisor will ensure effective learning from stakeholders to feed into development of the CCB Standards, organize development of new modules, versions and guidance of the CCB Standards and coordinate with partners of the CCB Standards