Specialist, Sustainable Technologies, Climate Project-Africa Full-Time

South Pole is an energetic, global company offering comprehensive sustainability solutions and services. With offices spanning all continents across the globe, we strive to create a sustainable society and economy that positively impacts our climate, ecosystems and developing communities. With our solutions, we inspire and enable our customers to create value from sustainability-related activities.

Job Summary

As a Carbon Technical Specialist of Sustainable Technologies (ST) projects development, you will oversee the timely and effective generation and delivery of emission reductions, as well as the management of several full project cycles globally. Reporting directly to Technical Head Africa, you will support other project offices with global Project Development and other Sustainable Technologies related sourcing and project development topics.

Main Tasks & Responsibilities

• Conduct the full technical development of viable carbon finance projects. This includes but is not limited to developing carbon emissions baseline and project scenarios, contributing to the identification and design of field implementation activities, contribute to writing project certification documents including PDDs and MRs, designing and managing work plans and budgets for technical activities related to carbon project development, and leading projects through audit and validation/verification processes under different standards (VERRA, The Gold Standard) among other local and international carbon schemes.
• Conduct site visits and carbon due diligence, if required.
• Oversee all the technical aspects of carbon offset projects, different registries, and processes for issuance.
• Oversee the technical sections of carbon project feasibility studies, Project Documents and Monitoring Reports.
• Be a key point of contact and maintain a good relationship with the team members inside the company, project owners, clients, validation and verification bodies, and other counterparts.
• Provide technical and business development support with project sourcing.
• Follow up with the internal procedures in our internal project management tool regarding all signed ERPAs
• Support onboarding of new colleagues.
• Prepare proposal and deliverables and finalise them to the quality required by South Pole and third parties (e.g. standards, partners, relevant stakeholders).
• Define and plan content and structure to support the certification of the project: work plans, work schedules, budgets, and deliverables.
• Schedule Technical Reviews and Quality Checks on time.
• Draft invoices to be approved by the supervisor and sent to accounting for submission to clients.
• Support and participate in ongoing training and participate in technical discussions for knowledge construction.
• Enter accurate data and all required information in project management software as well as project management tools.
• Managing project owners’ accounts in our internal project management tool.
• Update proposal/project information in project management tool and ensure all relevant documents are accessible on the drive at any time.
• Keep general information, milestones and cash flow in the project management software up to date.

Requirements

Essential

• + 3 years experience in getting ST Carbon projects through the full VCS and Gold Standard validation and verification process, including the development of Project Description Document (PDDs), Monitoring & Implementation Reports (MIRs), and Validation and Verification Body (VVB) audits. e.g water, cookstove, renewable energy, waste to energy projects.
• 3+ years of experience in recruiting, training, and coordination/management of Enumerators/Research consulting partners for data collection purposes.
• 3+ experience in Managing Data collection projects for research studies to deliver quality results on time, on budget, and within the scope.
• 3+ experience in Organizing, coordinating, and leading Stakeholder consultation engagements.
• Minimum 2 years management experience.
• Proven team player, able to work effectively across cultures and within and across organizations.
• Highly organized and strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and ability to build on existing knowledge to develop new approaches.
• Undergraduate/Bachelors/Masters in any of the following fields: Carbon Methodology, Market research, Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Management, Data and Analytics.
• Ability to work on assignments that are diverse in nature, applying company policies, processes and procedures to resolve a variety of issues/problems.
• The capacity to solve relatively complex project-related problems independently, and receive general direction on new assignments or projects.
• Have excellent communication skills, especially verbal and written skills in English.
• Ability to create high quality written documents (proposals and deliverables) in English.
• Team management experience.
• Ability to manage targets and priorities and develop own goals.
• National, or holder of a valid work visa for Mozambique or Kenya.

Desired Skills and Experience

• A second language is considered a plus e.g. French.
• Good technical skills.
• Experience working with different stakeholders.

What we offer

At South Pole, we care about our employees as much as we care about the planet. South Pole is not just an employer, we are a Team. South Pole does not just offer people a job, we offer you a career. By joining our team, you will find strong purpose and deep meaning in everything you do. You will have the chance to make a real difference for our clients and for the planet, working alongside a passionate team of like-minded colleagues, while building your knowledge/skills and developing your career in a fun, dynamic, international and fast-growing organisation.

We’re a planet of 7.5 billion unique and different people. We all have a contribution to make; South Pole is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status or disability. Our recruitment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.