Your mission at Sistema.bio
Reporting to the Technical Operations manager, the Carbon and Impact Regional Associate is core to Sistema.bio’s carbon projects in the region, in this case Africa. The Associate will work on a broad range of activities related to carbon project registration, certification and implementation and provide full support in managing the end-to-end carbon development and issuance cycles.
You’ll be in charge of:
Monitoring and tracking implementation progress on carbon projects.
Identifying reporting needs by project and generating timely reports for clients, funders, and carbon certifiers regularly as needed.
Working with the Global Carbon and Impact team and the local Commercial and TechOps teams on all the requirements needed to comply with registering, certifying and monitoring projects under Gold Standard or other carbon registries. This includes support:
Organizing local stakeholder consultations
Coordinating baseline and monitoring data collection campaigns
Providing inputs for project design documents, local stakeholder consultation reports and monitoring reports as needed
Coordinating remote or onsite auditing visits
Providing technical training to Commercial and TechOps team members implementing carbon projects on the ground to ensure projects meet the highest quality standards to generate reliable and measurable carbon credits and other impact statements.
More about YOU
Possess a Bachelors or Master’s in Economics, Business Administration, Sustainability, Public Policy, Environmental Engineering.
1-3 years of technical work experience in registration and issuance cycles of carbon projects in the community service sector.
Relevant regional level professional experience, preferably working for a developmental organization, NGO, consultancy, project developer, and/or auditor in the field of community level projects development and execution.
Experience analyzing qualitative and quantitative data.
Proficient in the use of MS office is required.
Strong professional verbal, written, visual communication and presentation skills.
Written and oral proficiency and literacy in English language and fluency in local language.
Demonstrated passion for the climate change movement.
Demonstrated ability to contribute to a strong team culture and build and maintain strong working relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
Must be comfortable self-managing multiple priorities concurrently, thrive in the face of change and uncertainty, and be motivated to drive projects forward.
What it is like to work at Sistema.bio
Global company: At Sistema.bio, you get exposure to working with 3 continents and diverse cultures and people. It’s the opportunity to build an international career and grow as an individual!
Passion and purpose: Working at Sistema.bio, you work with a very passionate team that believes strongly in working for the social and environmental impact they want to see.
A growing team with growing opportunities: Sistema.bio is on its way to double in size in the coming years. This growth will open new roles, new countries and a world of new opportunities! We have a roll-up-your-sleeves culture where we offer new opportunities for our team members’ careers and aspirations based on their skills, interests and aspirations.
Learning about agroecology and small and medium-scale farmers: We make sure that regardless of your background, you get to spend time in the field with farmers and genuinely learn about farming and agroecology in general and its importance.
Work-life balance: At Sistema.bio, we know you’re at your best when you’re rested and healthy. We therefore give you generous holidays options, parental leave, we pay for your health protection and give you options to work remotely when needed and possible.
Gender Equality: Sistema.bio is committed to gender equality in the workplace. Thanks to our Gender policies and efforts women represent 57% of the Global team for example, and 27% of our overall workforce. We have flexible hours and expressing spaces for lactating mothers.
A team of Do’ers: We are a team of doers. You will get a chance to get your hands dirty and learn on the ground up because your ideas and execution matter.
Location, travel and start date
Based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Traveling within Kenya and other countries where Sistema.bio has a carbon project, 10-20 % of your time
Starting as soon as possible
If you still need to see how we solve humanity’s most important problems with a lot of passion:
First and foremost, here is some data about how employees feel working with Sistema.bio
94% employees think that the mission of Sistema.bio makes them feel that their job is important
89% employees feel happy to work at Sistema.bio
80% employees see themselves with Sistema.bio in the coming 2 years
82% employees feel that Sistema.bio appreciate its employees
Our linkedin page for team and activities updates is another good place to start
Check our Youtube channel: you can see testimonials from customers, mini documentaries and videos of our impact
Make sure you watch CACA, our prize-winning documentary about how what we do contributes to tackling climate change
Sistema.bio is recognised as an important player in the fight against climate change: Science warns against the need to fight climate change
SDGs we participate in solving
Culture and values – See more about our values here: https://sistema.bio/opportunities/ – our teams are made of diverse people who think and care about the environment, and love solving problems to grow together
Sistema.bio is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.
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sistemaaccount.bamboohr.com
