Senior Specialist, Carbon Markets, Office of the President

Position Overview:

Chemonics’ Climate Group provides technical advisory services for Chemonics’ clients as well as new business and project management teams. The Carbon Markets Senior Specialist’s role is to work with the Senior Climate Finance Advisor, and independently as required, to provide technical advisory services to existing clients and new business processes, supporting the technical design and implementation of high-quality nature-based carbon projects. The work will evolve as Chemonics’ climate finance work grows and changes with new contracts and clients and while the majority of tasks for this position will focus on carbon markets, the role likely will include some involvement in the Climate Group’s other climate finance activities. Key attributes of the ideal candidate for this position are 1) creative thinking and contributions to innovative technical approaches, 2) flexibility to shift between tasks, and 3) enthusiasm to learn and grow in the role. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world. 

The principal duties and responsibilities listed below are illustrative to demonstrate the breadth of research, analysis, and administrative support that may be required.

Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Supports Chemonics’ Senior Climate Finance Advisor in research, technical analysis, and stakeholder and partner interactions and relationship building
• Research:
  • Compiles documentation and provides written summaries and analyses on topics including:
    • Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) carbon credit projects, Paris Agreement Article 6 processes, and jurisdictional REDD+ initiatives
    • International integrity initiatives
    • Carbon project investors and credit purchasers
    • USAID, DFC, FCDO, WB and other relevant DFI and donor projects and programs
• Technical Analysis:
  • Contributes to the design of nature-based carbon projects, from pre-feasibility assessments, scoping, partner due diligence, and activity design, to VCU output and financial analysis and PDD drafting.
  • Digests and synthesizes complicated information, such as proposed project crediting scenarios and financial data and communicates that information in layman’s terms.
  • Contributes to Chemonics’ thought leadership on climate and carbon finance topics through research and writing/contributions to blogs, op-eds, articles, and other forms of public-facing and internal media.
• Outreach:
  • Participates in activities to build a strong knowledge culture at Chemonics by developing technical briefs, training decks, and other knowledge sharing content and disseminating it through networks and knowledge management systems
  • Preparation of agendas and meeting minutes, PowerPoint presentation drafting, file organization (SharePoint), and other support to ensure key points are communicated and captured from internal and external meetings.
  • Presentation of research, project activities and approaches.
• Other support:
  • Supports travel planning by identifying in-country organizations and key informants, preparing draft itineraries and meeting schedules, and compiling notes and other documentation from foreign travel assignments.
• Ensures that all work products are provided on time and are of high quality.
• Performs other duties as required.

 

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below are representative of the required knowledge, skills, and/or abilities needed to perform the principal duties.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required; Master’s degree in a relevant field relating to climate change, sustainable development, or development assistance etc. preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience required.
• Experience working on the design, implementation, and/or financing of nature-based carbon pro