My client is a company based in San Francisco specialising in agriculture, forestry and other land-use carbon offsets. The company consists of specialist carbon finance experts who work with some of the biggest NGOs, governments and private sector bodies in connecting with carbon credits Position Overview:
My client is a company based in San Francisco specialising in agriculture, forestry and other land-use carbon offsets. The company consists of specialist carbon finance experts who work with some of the biggest NGOs, governments and private sector bodies in connecting with carbon credits.
Responsibilities:
- Develop project leads, scope of work and proposals for AFOLU carbon development work to be provided by Terra
- Assess carbon feasibility of AFOLU projects versus various market standards including: VCS, CCB, CAR., CDM and others
- Manage carbon development process for AFOLU projects and provide all non-carbon measurement work against contract deliverables including:
o Develop and manage collaborative work plans with partners
o Provide project design reviews, financial projection development, land tenure assessment, carbon agreement development, management of validation process
o Interact with internal team for carbon measurement and modelling components of deliverables
o Draft components of PDs and manage validation process
- Develop and refine processes to manage and automate carbon development process
- Support writing grant proposals and RFPs
- Interact with project finance team on developing finance strategies, structures and carbon transaction
- Provide due diligence support on investment projects
- Perform field visits in developing countries for project and partner assessment and gather data for carbon development
Core Requirements
- Experience in the project design and implementation of community based AFOLU projects
- In-depth knowledge of all AFOLU market standards, guidelines and protocols
- Direct experience in carbon development work for AFOLU projects
- Working knowledge of AFOLU methodologies
- Ability to develop financial models for projects
- Understanding of transactional and investment structures that are/can be used for project finance
- Developing country field level development work
- Experience working in an international environment with global stakeholders
- At least 3 years work experience in a corporate setting
- At least 3 years education and/or work experience in the AFOLU sector
- Coursework or practical experience in applied natural sciences such as forestry, ecology, natural resources, biogeochemistry, GIS or remote sensing desired
- Organized, market focused and results oriented
- Able to work under physically challenging circumstances for field visits
- Able to train, motivate, and manage field crews with different degrees of experience and education
- Excellent and proven written skills in English. Knowledge of Spanish and/or French is strongly preferred
Key Skills:
AFOLU, Agriculture, forestry, land-use carbon offsets, Carbon Finance, AFOLU, USA, California, San Francisco, CDM, Clean Development Mechanism, Spanish, French,
For more information please send a Word copy of your CV to jobs@viridiumassociates.com, call us on +44 (0) 203 005 5560, or visit www.viridiumassociates.com. No PDFs please. We can only respond to applicants with relevant experience as detailed above.
Type: Full-time
Location: San Francisco
Category: Carbon
Apply Email: jobs@viridiumassociates.com
