Carbon Credit Associate at Regen Organics

About the Role

• As an Associate, you will report directly to the Director of Circular Impact and will play a crucial role in supporting Circular Impact’s five current workstreams:
• Carbon Credit Verification: Support the verification process for carbon credit project instances in our portfolio to ensure rigorous, certifiable data supporting our impact claims.
• Carbon Project Scaling & Optimization: Collaborate with our team to scale up carbon credit generation through new project instances and optimization of methodology application.
• Biochar Project Registration: Contribute to registering our biochar carbon credit project.
• Credit Marketing: Support strategic marketing efforts to attract buyers and expand awareness of our current and future credits.
• Grant Application Support: Aid in writing and coordinating grant applications aimed at further research and impact (carbon and other) financing development.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead project feasibility assessments, and subsequent registration and verification of carbon avoidance and sequestration projects with international standards bodies and associated carbon validation/verification bodies
• Support on-the-ground project implementers in setting up and managing data measurement/monitoring/reporting systems that are in compliance with carbon project requirements
• Develop new methodologies with international standards bodies that account for new and novel ways to generate carbon credits and other types of impact credits
• Partner with other circular economy companies to help them leverage the voluntary carbon markets
• Collaborate with the Director to produce compelling materials for potential buyers
• Contribute to ideation, preparation, and submission of grant proposals
• Participate in project meetings, manage timelines, and coordinate with various internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science
• At least 2 years of prior work experience, with ideally some familiarity or experience with the voluntary carbon markets, but not required
• Extremely detail-oriented and proficient in working with data  and conducting modelling/analytical exercises with data in Excel / Google Sheets
• Project management experience and an aptitude for delivering on multiple priorities
• Strong communication skills in English, especially in distilling complex topics for varied audiences
• A deep interest in helping to solve the climate crisis, familiarity with sustainability, climate science, climate finance, or impact-driven projects is a plus