Manager II, Carbon Finance, Global Restoration Initiative at
1 month ago
The World Resources Institute is a global research non-profit organization that was established in 1982 with funding from the MacArthur Foundation under the leadership of James Gustave Speth.
WRI is a global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human well-being.
WRI's mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth's environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.
About JobReporting to Senior Manager, Terra fund, you will build a coalition of actors dedicated to building a pipeline of high-quality projects that can access carbon finance, pulling from local organizations identified through funding programs associated with TerraMatch.
Working with WRI staff and external partners across Africa, Latin America, and South Asia, you will determine the characteristics of locally led organizations that could meaningfully use carbon finance, as well as other results-based finance mechanisms, e.g., payments for ecosystem services and biodiversity credits, to complement their work, identify project developers that can connect these organizations to markets, and define the qualities of transactions that bring high-quality, community-first climate impacts, including carbon credits, certificates, and other results-based financing.
You will also work with the team's experts to train promising organizations in the opportunities and complexities of accessing carbon finance and other results-based finance mechanisms, and you will shape the work of WRI's research team as it develops and tests new methodologies to bring transparency and accessibility to carbon and other results-based transactions in Africa and other regions.
By coordinating this network, initially focused on Africa, you will broker transactions that will bring robust and measurable results and capital to both local organizations and the community members that they support.
In sum, you will test innovations, track their impact, and then develop partnerships and strategies to scale up the most successful examples.
What will you do:
Program Management (75%):
Oversee WRI's carbon and results-based finance strategy for locally led land restoration projects, coordinating staff and partners to deliver through clear work-plans
Develop and implement with partners "carbon accelerators" for local organizations that could benefit from carbon finance to complement their existing activities and advance their capacity to measure, monitor and valorize low-carbon production methods
Broker carbon transactions by managing a community of local organizations and buyers of low-carbon commodities and carbon credits that meet WRI's standards
Contribute to the development of novel carbon measurement techniques by shaping the creation of new methodologies developed by WRI's in-house research team
Lead engagement with carbon standards, like the Verra, Acorn, Gold Standard, and the development of new approaches to improve access from local organizations
Work with the TerraMatch product team to integrate carbon finance data into the product suite, simplifying the process for recommending local organizations for carbon finance
Research (25%):
Determine the characteristics of locally led organizations that could meaningfully engage with carbon finance and other results-based finance mechanisms, researching which projects have the most effective strategies and which landscapes are best positioned to benefit
Define the qualities that appropriate buyers of high-quality, community-first climate impacts, including carbon credits, certificates, and other results-based financing, must meet in order to engage with WRI
Shape WRI's institutional position on carbon finance within the Nature & Carbon Markets task force, ensuring consistency and leading strategic discussions with leadership and, while mitigating risks to WRI's institutional reputation
Contribute to publications and research to develop standards and benchmarks for local organizations, including how carbon finance projects nest within jurisdictional carbon crediting schemes
What will you need:
Education:
You have a completed Bachelor's degree in in business, forestry, agriculture, data science, or other related field, Master's degree, preferred
Experience:
You have a minimum of 7 years of experience, including professional history working directly in carbon finance and other result-based finance markets
Knowledge of carbon finance and relationships with stakeholders in the space
Experience brokering carbon finance transactions, preferably linked to the corporations with Science-Based Targets
Experience operating or advising carbon projects that restore land, preferred
Experience managing multi-stakeholder partnerships, mobilizing partners toward a common vision
Experience working with people from different cultures and backgrounds and coaching them to deliver timely results
You have experience owning and managing work plans through online project management tools, such as Air table and
Languages:
You have written and verbal proficiency in English, with additional fluency in Spanish, Portuguese, and/or French considered an asset.
Requirements:
Existing work authorization is required where this position. WRI is unable to authorize visa work authorization
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