Carbon Technical Officer
Duties and
Responsibilities:
- First-level Draft and review of all carbon reports
and submit them on time to the Carbon Technical manager as per
the annual calendar prepared by the Carbon Technical Manager
- Prepare a Project Level
annual Gantt chart that is a more detailed version and at the
project level clearly showing what happens when and by whom. They will be
responsible to ensure all tasks are done on time and within the correct
scope.
- First Level Draft of clear Standard
Operating Procedures and Quality control and Quality Assurance plans
and strategies for All reporting and technical aspects of carbon
processes, to be implemented by the Project Management teams and all
support departments in BURN (Commercial Team, Business Intelligence
department, Carbon Project Management team, and Carbon Technical Officers)
- First Level Review, and draft
where required, all Carbon reports and support documents – e.g., but not limited to
VPA DD, Monitoring reports, Local Stakeholder consultation reports, and
all related Support documents, and submit them to the Carbon Consultant on
time and in scope
- Responsible for drafting and
preparing robust operating procedures and systems to ensure all carbon
reports and their supporting documents are saved on BURN’s SharePoint and
uploaded on the Sustaincert app on time and in the correct level of
quality
- Run all Training and capacity
building to
ensure compliance with carbon standard requirements from BURN, and make
sure the carbon project Management team is following the requirements of
the standards based on the SOPs developed
- Provide First level
responses to
all reviews from BURN to either VVBs and/or the Standards in each stage of
Project reviews e.g., but not limited to Preliminary review in GS or
Listing in VERRA.
- First-level preparation of all Ex-ante and
Ex-post ER calculations for BURN cookstove projects, including
ensuring all Projects hit the maximum ER generation per stove possible
- Provide weekly updates (or any
frequency set by the Carbon technical Manager) on the status of the
Projects – quality, risk assessment, reporting – in a clear concise manner
- Lead and coordinate all reviews from BURN to
either VVBs and/or the Standards in each stage of Project reviews e.g.,
Preliminary review in GS or Listing in VERRA. The Carbon Technical Manager
ensures that all feedback is provided on time and in scope in conjunction
with the Carbon Consultant
- First Level drafting, refining,
and updating of all BURN Carbon data collection questionnaires in
line with the standard requirements and in a way to maximize opportunities
for Carbon Credit Generation
- Identify and Manage the Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats that face BURN’s projects
from Standards or Markets where BURN operates and come up with strategic
plans to de-risk any aspects that would affect the issuance of credits on
time, on the scope, and budget
- Manage, coordinate, and take lead
in any Design
changes to existing POAs
- Manage Ad hoc communications with Standards (e.g.,
VERRA/GS) for topics such as but not limited to technical changes to
methodology rules, deviation requests, clarification requests, and
relationship building with the standards (e.g. finance, technical reviewers,
etc.) VBS as needed
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Carrying out specific one-off special carbon assignments falling
outside the scope of existing JD
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Keep up to date on all Standard (GS/VERRA/CDM, etc) updates and
always make sure BURN is ahead of any strategic and required changes in how
projects are run
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Carrying out specific one-off special carbon assignments falling
outside the scope of existing JD
Skills and Experience:
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3+ Years’ experience in Carbon Standards Project Document
preparation in gold standard or VERRA (CDM experience is desired)
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3+ Years’ experience in Emission reductions calculations
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3+ years of experience in Project Management
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3+ years of experience in Managing Carbon Audits and responding to
Standard (VERRA/CDM/GS) comments
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Proven track record in Quality control and Quality Assurance
experience in carbon Projects
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Strong communication skills in both written and spoken English
language
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Certification in Microsoft Programmes – MS Excel, MS Word, and MS
PowerPoint
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Excellent graphical presentation and reporting skills.
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Enthusiastic, motivated, and a desire to ‘Get things done
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Proven track record demonstrating excellent time management skills
How to Apply