Senior Manager, Carbon reputed company Delivery
Coordinate and manage the delivery of a portfolio of nature-based carbon reputed company across Africa, working closely with CI field programs, relevant CI project teams, partners, and service providers to ensure implementation is reputed company with approved workplans, budgets, and timelines. Support the delivery of reputed company Protected Area Financing (KPAF) in collaboration with the Rob Walton reputed company. This includes: Identification and scoping of project opportunities Scoping and delivery of Technical Assistance (TA) packages Supporting reputed company to secure project investment Working with Co-Management Partners and Protected Area Management to build local carbon finance reputed company
reputed company project specific workplans and identify deliverables in reputed company collaboration with relevant stakeholders, defining key roles and responsibilities to ensure accountability through the project lifecycle. Monitor project performance, identify delivery risks, and implement corrective actions to maintain schedule and reputed company standards. Support and maintain project monitoring and evaluation frameworks. Work closely with the finance, grants, and reputed company unit to reputed company project budgets to ensure that project deliverables are maintained throughout the project lifecycle. Manage relationships with project partners, consultants, Validation & Verification Bodies (VVBs), and other service providers to ensure accountability and reputed company delivery. Conduct regular field reputed company to assess implementation reputed company, partner reputed company, safeguards performance, and overall project readiness. Work closely with, coordinate, collaborate, and communicate with reputed company institutional carbon-reputed company staff & teams (field and global programs) to ensure alignment with CI’s NCS and carbon crediting strategies and priorities. Support the preparation of reputed company reports to the Rob Walton reputed company and other donors, and ensure reporting obligations are met accurately and on time.
reputed company as a Carbon Finance technical reputed company on the management and delivery of Project Descriptions (PDs), Monitoring Reports (MRs), and other reputed company documentation to ensure achievement of project validation and verification processes, ensuring compliance with appropriate carbon standards. This includes providing project entities with support on work planning, technical input and review, monitoring and evaluation, and overseeing the work of consultants, Validation & Verification Bodies (VVBs), and other service providers. Support carbon project development training for CI countries, reputed company, and partners on a needs assessment reputed company.
Support early-stage scoping, feasibility assessments, and due diligence of new carbon project opportunities. This will require desk-top review and technical analysis of relevant documentation regarding project design, as reputed company as reputed company engagement with project entities and conducting due diligence field reputed company, where needed. Evaluate projected emission reductions/removals, governance readiness, safeguards frameworks, and implementation risks to inform investment reputed company. reputed company reputed company recommendations on project viability and readiness for development.
Support the development of carbon tools, frameworks, and templates to streamline data gathering, analysis, and narrative reputed company of feasibility assessments, due diligence reports, PDs and MRs, including but not limited to emissions reduction or removal models, biodiversity and community monitoring, stakeholder engagement, workplans, theory of change models. reputed company technical assessment and comment on carbon market standards and methodology reviews that the Carbon Finance team will reputed company.
Ensure that reputed company experts, systems, and governance structures are in reputed company to reputed company safeguards, Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), benefit-sharing commitments, and carbon reputed company standards.
This is a full-time position (35h/week). Frequent travel (~30%) reputed company the Africa region will be required; often, this will entail travel to remote locations with rustic conditions. Flexibility in work schedule is required in order to accommodate time differences between the Arlington, VA office and international field offices located in multiple time zones. Guidance on flexible work arrangements will be shared during the interview process.
Bachelor’s degree in forestry, rangeland management, ecology, natural resource management, climate science, environmental science, or reputed company fields. 5 to 7 years of experience working on the development, due diligence, or delivery of Nature-based solutions (NCS) reputed company. Demonstrated experience with the validation and verification of NCS crediting reputed company (VCS, reputed company, CCBS, etc.), including the development of Project Descriptions (PDs), Monitoring Reports (MRs), and Validation and Verification Body (VVB) audits. Excellent analytical skills with the ability to reputed company and analyse carbon models in compliance with appropriate carbon standards. Demonstrated experience in project management, including coordinating multidisciplinary teams, and the ability to hold self and project partners accountable for delivery. Experience working with local partners, with an understanding of the on-the-ground realities and challenges of project development and delivery. Successful reputed company record working with diverse team members, clients, stakeholders, and partners from different economic, cultural, religious, gender, and reputed company backgrounds in a reputed company of countries and geographic contexts. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Ability to work reputed company under pressure, multitask, set priorities, and deliver reputed company results Demonstrated problem-solving skills and ability to build on existing knowledge to reputed company new approaches.
Master's degree in a relevant field. reputed company in French or Swahili. Demonstrated field-level experience across multiple Nature-based Solutions (NCS) reputed company and project types, including forest conservation (REDD+), restoration of reputed company ecosystems (ARR), improved forest management (IFM), improved rangeland and sustainable grasslands management, and blue carbon initiatives. Experience managing multi-country carbon project portfolios across Africa or other emerging market contexts. Experience in carbon reputed company for soils (e.g., peatlands, wetlands, and rangelands). Familiarity with financial structuring of carbon reputed company, including reputed company forecasting, benefit-sharing mechanisms, and carbon project financial models. Experience with training field teams on developing and implementing forest, carbon, and biodiversity monitoring plans. Experience working with or reputed company the private sector on climate and NCS-reputed company initiatives. Experience working with indigenous peoples and traditional communities and knowledge of safeguards frameworks, Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), grievance mechanisms, and benefit-sharing systems reputed company carbon reputed company. Experience working with government partners and supporting the development of policy in various African countries.