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About the role

• BURN is seeking a Senior Carbon Technical Manager (A.6.2 & Electric / Metered Cookstove Lead) to lead the technical management of its carbon portfolio, ensuring timely, compliant, and high-quality carbon credit issuance across multiple markets. The role will drive Article 6.2 programmes, oversee MRV systems, and collaborate cross-functionally to maintain data integrity, regulatory compliance, and strategic alignment.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ownership of BURN's carbon (A.6.2, Electric and metered projects) portfolio health — ensuring issuance volume delivery on time, on scope, and on budget.
• Assign projects to SCTEs and SCTOs; set reporting targets and reporting functions with junior technical teams, QA/QC, and other internal BURN customers.
• Working with the Carbon Policy and QA/QC teams — ensure that BURN's portfolio of projects is compliant with all methodological and industry-approved integrity benchmarks.
• Lead VVB contract management for the assigned project portfolio.
• Information management — working with the QA/QC officer to manage all carbon technical documentation and access, including certified documentation; craft and provide technical responses on new methodologies, ratings agencies, press, and investor updates.
• Review emergent trends in the ICVCM and forecast technical threats and opportunities in relation to BURN's corporate interests.
• Oversee implementation of BURN's capacity building and training programme.
• Provide quarterly SMT reports on BURN's portfolio health and inter-departmental initiative tracking.
• Lead or participate in technical workshops, methodology reviews, and industry seminars.
• Develop and update investor update decks and carbon portfolio briefing materials.
• Conduct onboarding programmes for senior BURN staff on carbon technical matters.
• Lead internal inter-departmental training.
• Manage inter-departmental Carbon Asset Development assignments, including but not limited to Supply deals.
• Resource management — provide monthly updates to the HOD / Director on technical staffing needs.
• Develop and maintain relationships with VVBs and GHG certification registries.
• Appraisals and check-ins for immediate direct reports; oversee the appraisal structure for junior talent under the SCTE.
• Carry out specific one-off special carbon assignments falling outside the scope of the existing JD, as directed by the HOD / Director.

Article 6.2 Bilateral Programme Leadership

• Lead the full technical management of BURN's Article 6.2 bilateral carbon programmes — currently including the KLIK Ghana EIC project under the Switzerland–Ghana bilateral agreement.
• Serve as BURN's primary technical liaison with Article 6.2 counterparties: FOEN (Switzerland), the Ghana Carbon Market Office (CMO), Designated National Authorities, and Gold Standard.
• Work with carbon policy and government relations teams to manage the Corresponding Adjustment (CA) process — tracking the authorization, issuance, transfer, and cancellation of Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs); ensure full compliance with host country authorization requirements and bilateral agreement schedules.
• Monitor UNFCCC COP Article 6.2 guidance developments and translate new requirements into updated project procedures, documentation, and reporting templates.
• Lead preparation and submission of Article 6.2 authorisation requests, monitoring reports, and VVB verification packages to Gold Standard, FOEN, and the respective host parties.
• Oversee the quarterly sampling plan submission to Focal Point / CMO; ensure random household selection processes comply with bilateral agreement requirements and the project MADD.
• Manage BURN's registry accounts for Article 6.2 projects — project uploads, fee payments, ITMO issuance bookings, and all other registry and bilateral reporting obligations.

EIC and Metered Cookstove Technical Management

• Own the technical interpretation and application of EIC-specific methodology requirements — including the KLIK Ghana MADD, Gold Standard GS4GG Cookstove Requirements for electric stoves, and any applicable metered or IoT-specific MRV guidance.
• Lead the design, quality control, and continuous improvement of IoT-based and metered MRV systems — including Nexus platform electricity consumption data (EGp,d,y), smart meter integration, data validation pipelines, and cross-checking of field-measured and platform reported electricity usage.
• Ensure KOBO survey instruments (Baseline Survey, Baseline KPT, Usage Survey, Project KPT) are fully MADD-compliant, localised for each project country, and updated ahead of each quarterly survey campaign.
• Lead the quarterly KPT and ex-post monitoring survey cycle: stratified sampling, field quality control, statistical outlier analysis, plausibility benchmark checks, and CDM 95/5 reliability assessments for EIC projects.
• Lead preparation and review of quarterly and annual monitoring reports — ensuring all monitored parameters are correctly sourced, calculated, and documented.
• Manage the annual desk review of overlapping carbon projects in programme countries; ensure overlap prevention measures are documented and maintained.

Verification and Registry Operations

• Lead preparation of all VVB verification packages for Article 6.2 and EIC projects — monitoring reports, supporting evidence dossiers, audit trails, and structured responses to VVB queries.
• Track and document all A.6.2 certification processes and work with the carbon policy lead to ensure that all processes that are tied to host and receiving country processes are adhered to strictly.
• Act as the primary technical contact during VVB audits; manage all VVB communications, FARs, and CARs through to closure.
• Manage BURN's registry accounts for Article 6.2 projects — ensuring all projects are uploaded on time, fees paid, ITMO issuance bookings completed, and all bilateral reporting obligations met on schedule.

Data Quality and Cross-Functional Coordination

• Develop, maintain, and enforce SOPs and QA/QC plans for all Article 6.2 and EIC MRV processes. Collaborate with the Data & Analytics (DnA) team to ensure database fields, GPS records, photo archives, and reporting templates meet MADD and verification requirements — including household ID linkage, urban/rural classification methodology, and the Nexus kWh cross-check process.
• Work with the QA/QC team to maintain the evidence archive for VVB review — including carbon waivers, customer verification call records, Kijani Lab test results (IEC 60350-2), EUA records, stove swap logs, and repair documentation.
• Coordinate with Carbon Excellence and Customer Experience teams on e-waste compliance (Ghana Act 917), stove swap documentation, grievance mechanism records, Day 3 welcome call compliance, and ISO 14001 certification.
• Maintain annual desk parameter updates for EIC projects — electricity emission factor (EFel,y), transmission and distribution losses (TDL), non-renewable biomass fraction (fNRB) — with version-controlled documentation.

Skills and Experience

• Minimum 5 years' experience in voluntary or compliance carbon markets, with demonstrated expertise in MRV, monitoring report preparation, and VVB verification management.
• Direct, hands-on experience with Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement — including bilateral agreement frameworks, ITMO authorisation and tracking, Corresponding Adjustment processes, and DNA / Focal Point engagement.
• Strong working knowledge of Gold Standard methodology requirements for electric or metered cookstove programmes, including GS4GG Cookstove Requirements and the Gold Standard Registry.
• End-to-end ownership of at least 3 projects certified within the last 36 months as lead carbon technical advisor or equivalent.
• At least 1 Programme of Activities (PoA) or multi-project programme developed and certified within the last 36 months as lead technical advisor.
• Demonstrable experience contracting and managing at least 2 VVB audit firms through a full validation or verification cycle, including FARs and CARs.
• Proven experience managing KPTs and household energy surveys in a metered or EIC programme context, including IoT data validation and cross-checking.
• Proficiency in statistical methods for IoT-based and metered MRV: stratified sampling design, CDM reliability analysis, confidence/precision intervals, outlier analysis, and data plausibility benchmarking.
• Experience managing KOBO-based survey pipelines for carbon MRV and resolving data export quality issues.
• Demonstrable experience managing lead technical resources — supervision, training, and appraisals of Carbon Technical Officers and junior teams.
• Minimum 2 years managing a team of 5–15 technical or project management professionals.
• Experience with Ghana's carbon market regulatory environment — Ghana CMO, Ghana Carbon Registry, and the Switzerland–Ghana bilateral agreement framework (KLIK / FOEN).
• Demonstrable experience participating in technical stakeholder working groups, methodology reviews, or UNFCCC Article 6 rule-setting processes.
• ISO Lead Auditor training or equivalent QMS audit qualification preferred.
• French or other relevant language for bilateral partner engagement.

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About the role

• BURN is seeking a Senior Carbon Technical Manager – VCM Biomass Lead who will take full technical ownership of BURN’s biomass carbon portfolio, ensuring projects are delivered on time, compliant with global standards, and optimized for credit issuance across multiple pathways. This role combines strategic leadership, technical expertise, and stakeholder management to drive high-quality MRV systems, verification processes, and continuous improvement across BURN’s carbon operations.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ownership of BURN's carbon portfolio health — ensuring issuance volume delivery on time, on scope, and on budget.
• Assign projects to SCTEs and SCTOs; set reporting targets and reporting functions with junior technical teams, QA/QC, and other internal BURN customers.
• Working with the Carbon Policy and QA/QC teams — ensure that BURN's portfolio of projects is compliant with all methodological and industry-approved integrity benchmarks.
• Lead VVB contract management for the assigned project portfolio.
• Information management — working with the QA/QC officer to manage all carbon technical documentation and access, including certified documentation; craft and provide technical responses on new methodologies, ratings agencies, press, and investor updates.
• Review emergent trends in the ICVCM and forecast technical threats and opportunities in relation to BURN's corporate interests.
• Oversee implementation of BURN's capacity building and training programme.
• Provide quarterly SMT reports on BURN's portfolio health and inter-departmental initiative tracking.
• Lead or participate in technical workshops, methodology reviews, and industry seminars.
• Develop and update investor update decks and carbon portfolio briefing materials.
• Conduct onboarding programmes for senior BURN staff on carbon technical matters.
• Lead internal inter-departmental training.
• Manage inter-departmental Carbon Asset Development assignments, including but not limited to Supply deals.
• Resource management — provide monthly updates to the HOD / Director on technical staffing needs.
• Develop and maintain relationships with VVBs and GHG certification registries.
• Appraisals and check-ins for immediate direct reports; oversee the appraisal structure for junior talent under the SCTE.
• Carry out specific one-off special carbon assignments falling outside the scope of the existing JD, as directed by the HOD / Director.

Biomass Portfolio Management

• Take full technical ownership of BURN's improved biomass cookstove carbon portfolio across all active project countries.
• Maintain a current project register covering project status, crediting period timelines, monitoring and verification calendars, registry account status, and credit issuance history across all crediting pathways.
• Lead Annual Plan preparation for the biomass portfolio — setting monitoring schedules, verification timelines, budget requirements, and resource allocation per project and per crediting pathway.
• Manage relationships with Gold Standard, Verra, the UNFCCC Article 6.4 Supervisory Body, and relevant Designated National Authorities and national standards bodies for biomass projects.
• Ensure all biomass projects maintain active registration and good standing on the Gold Standard Registry, Verra Registry, and UNFCCC Article 6.4 Registry — including timely upload of monitoring reports, payment of fees, and issuance requests.
• Ensure End-User Awareness (EUA) and Direct Customer Engagement (DCE) programme documentation is complete, archived, and compliant with Gold Standard CCP requirements. .

Crediting Pathway Technical Management

VCM — Gold Standard / Verra

• Own technical compliance with VCM registry methodological and procedural requirements for charcoal and firewood displacement projects.
• Manage the full monitoring, reporting, and verification cycle for all VCM-registered biomass projects.
• Maintain an updated tracker on all VCM registry requirements and working with the Carbon Policy Lead oversee implementation of approved VCM & A.6.4 registry updates

CORSIA

• Manage BURN's CORSIA-eligible biomass project track — ensuring projects meet CORSIA eligibility criteria and vintage compliance windows.
• Coordinate with airlines, carbon traders, or CORSIA compliance buyers on technical requirements and supporting documentation.

Article 6.4 — UNFCCC Supervisory Body

• Lead the technical adaptation of eligible biomass projects to the UNFCCC Article 6.4 Supervisory Body mechanism — including first issuance submissions and compliance with the A6.4 Methodology Framework.
• Engage with the A6.4 Supervisory Body on technical matters relating to biomass displacement projects.

MRV Systems and Monitoring Reports

• Own the design and continuous improvement of MRV systems for biomass projects — including Kitchen Performance Test (KPT) protocols (KPT Protocol v4), KOBO survey instruments, and database quality standards.
• Ensure KOBO survey instruments are maintained to KPT Protocol v4 standards, localised for each project country, and updated ahead of every survey campaign.
• Oversee quarterly KPT and monitoring survey cycles: sample design, field quality control, statistical outlier analysis, plausibility benchmark checks (GS CCP / CLEAR thresholds for charcoal and firewood), and reliability assessments.
• Lead preparation and internal review of quarterly and annual monitoring reports — ensuring correct sourcing and calculation of all monitored parameters under the applicable methodology.

Verification and Registry Operations

• Lead preparation of all VVB verification packages — monitoring reports, supporting evidence dossiers, audit trails, and structured responses to VVB queries across all crediting pathways.
• Act as primary technical contact during VVB audits; manage all VVB communications, Forward Action Requests (FARs), and Corrective Action Requests (CARs) through to closure.
• Manage BURN's registry accounts for biomass projects — project uploads, fee payments, issuance bookings, and all other registry obligations across Gold Standard, Verra, and Article 6.4 registries.
• Lead the credit issuance process following successful verification, including retirements and transfers required by CORSIA compliance buyers or bilateral counterparties.

Data Quality and QA/QC

• Develop, maintain, and enforce Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and QA/QC plans for all biomass MRV processes.
• Oversee data completeness checks on all KPT and household survey datasets before they are used in emission reduction calculations.
• Manage household ID linkage across all survey instruments to ensure same-household pairing is demonstrable to VVBs.

Skills and Experience

• Minimum 5 years' experience in voluntary or compliance carbon markets, with a strong track record in MRV, monitoring report preparation, and VVB verification management for biomass or clean cooking projects.
• Deep working knowledge of Gold Standard GS4GG Cookstove Requirements for charcoal and firewood displacement, CCP labelling conditions, and the Gold Standard Registry.
• End-to-end ownership of at least 3 projects certified within the last 36 months as lead carbon technical advisor or equivalent.
• At least 1 Programme of Activities (PoA) developed and certified within the last 36 months as lead technical advisor. • Demonstrable experience contracting and managing at least 2 VVB audit firms through a full validation or verification cycle, including FARs and CARs.
• Experience with Verra VCS and AMS-II.G methodology in addition to Gold Standard.
• Demonstrable working knowledge of fNRB determination methodologies (CDM AMS-II.G, UNFCCC, or country-specific published studies).
• Experience managing CORSIA-eligible projects — familiarity with CORSIA eligibility criteria, vintage rules, and compliance buyer requirements.          
• Working knowledge of the UNFCCC Article 6.4 Supervisory Body mechanism and its methodology framework for cookstove or biomass displacement projects.
• Proven experience designing and managing KPTs and household energy surveys at scale across multiple Sub-Saharan African project countries.
• Demonstrable experience managing lead technical resources — supervision, training, and appraisals of Carbon Technical Officers and junior teams.
• Minimum 2 years managing a team of 5–15 technical or project management professionals. Desirable
• Working knowledge of at least one programme country — Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia, or Zimbabwe — including local regulatory context.
• Familiarity with EUA and DCE documentation requirements under Gold Standard CCP.
• Experience working with KOBO Toolbox or equivalent field data management platforms.
• Swahili or other relevant Sub-Saharan African language.
• ISO Lead Auditor training or equivalent QMS audit qualification preferred.                                      

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About the role

• The Senior Business Applications Officer will lead support, optimisation, and implementation of new modules for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central within the ERP function. The role is heavily focused on manufacturing, planning, and advanced warehouse modules, ensuring system efficiency, data integrity, and seamless cross-functional integration. Reporting to the Global Head of ERP, the position plays a critical role in strengthening ERP performance, supporting users, and driving continuous system improvements across the organisation.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Handle Microsoft Dynamics Business Central system Support and new module implementation.
• Be the lead in Manufacturing, planning and advanced warehouse Modules -Configuration, Deployment, training, Support, new development and documentation.
• Assist in the development of custom improvements and new modules for our ERP
• Assist in the optimisation of BURN’s ERP system.
• Assist in updating and managing the ERP system to ensure it provides the company with proper business solutions and accurate results.
• Assist in Coordination and managing the organisation’s use of master files, roles, user views, data control, reporting, and data integrity.
• Aid in designing and running monthly/quarterly reports to test data integrity and accuracy within the system.
• Track and document the status of all system changes, tests, and upgrade tasks based on the provided SOP and ERP Documentation template designed already.
• Assist in Integration developments and support
• Handle JET reports support for users
• Handle any other task assigned
• Update and maintain ERP Issue Tracker
• Documentation of ERP user manuals
• Assist in preparing information and research materials; create and maintain PowerPoint presentations.
• Take notes and memos during meetings; type documents, drafts, and reports; sort and manage files

Skills and Experience

• Deployment and support of manufacturing, planning module and advanced warehousing in a large-scale company on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2019 V13 and any version upwards.
• Understanding and experience in the use of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2019 V13 and upwards to the current Business Central V27 Year 2026
• Knows both Functional process, Administration, and entry-level Development of MS Business Central
• Understanding of Basic SQL
• Understand the NAV Project documentation using the sure step methodology
• Understand version control in NAV development
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-directed and able to work without supervision
• Energetic and eager to tackle new projects and ideas
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Certification is an added advantage