Lead or Senior Program Officer, Jurisdictional REDD+ Development 9

Verra is seeking a Lead or Senior Program Officer for Jurisdictional REDD+ Development, focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting sustainable development. The role allows for remote work, preferably from Asia or Singapore, with some overlap with US business hours. Verra is a non-profit organization that develops standards and tools to assess environmental impacts and facilitate funding for projects that deliver social and environmental benefits.
About Verra.

At Verra, we've created a culture of flexibility + autonomy.
You'll be able to work with remote teams from diverse countries and industries.
Wherever possible, we aim to find mutually agreeable solutions for international hiring.

Verra is a globalleader helping to tackle the world's most intractable environmental and social challenges.
As a mission-driven non-profit organization, Verra is committed to helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve livelihoods and protect natural resources across the private and public sectors.
We supportclimate action and sustainable development with standards, tools and programs that credibly, transparently and robustly assess environmental and social impacts and enable funding for sustaining and scaling up projects that verifiably deliver these benefits.
We work in any arena where we see a need for clear standards, a role for market-based mechanisms, and an opportunity to generate significant environmental and social value.

Verra manages a portfolio of standards, including the:


Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) - the world's leading carbon crediting program, with more than 2000 registered projects in 80 countries, and accounting for two-thirds of all voluntary carbon market transaction volume.
Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard (SD VISta) - a flexible framework for assessing and reporting on the sustainable development benefits of project-based activities.
Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards - to identify projects that simultaneously address climate change, support local communities and smallholders, and conserve biodiversity.
Plastic Waste Reduction Program - to enable robust impact assessment of new or scaled-up waste recovery and recycling projects around the globe.
Title:
LeadorSenior ProgramOfficer,Jurisdictional REDD+Development

This role may be hired at the Lead or Senior Program Officer level, depending on the selected candidate's qualifications, experience, and scope of responsibility.

Location:
Remote, Asia preferred, Singapore strongly preferred;note thatsometimewill need tooverlap with US business hoursReports to:
Director, Forest Carbon; Program Development and Innovation DepartmentTheOpportunity.


Verra is a global leader helping to tackle the world's most intractable environmental and social challenges.
As a mission-driven non-profit organization, Verra is committed to helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve livelihoods and protect natural resources across the private and public sectors.
We support climate action and sustainable development with standards, tools, and programs that credibly, transparently, and robustly assess environmental and social impacts and enable funding for sustaining and scaling up projects that verifiably deliver these benefits.
The Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program provides methodologies that support carbon projects, including REDD+.
The VCS Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ (JNR) Framework is the world's first accounting and verification framework for jurisdictional REDD+ programs and nested projects, and has been approved by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM).

Having recently registered the first JNR program, with more programs currently being developed and reviewed, Verra is looking for a specialist to support the continued growth of JNR, providing oversight to the JNR framework and engaging countries and other stakeholders in capacity building efforts.

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The successful applicant will be responsible for tasks such as:
Identifying ways to improve VCS Program REDD+ and JNR requirements and methodologies, including engaging external stakeholders and internal technical teams Implementing updates and improvements in collaboration with VCS Program Development staff and with input from Verra's Project Management Department (PMD) and expert consultants Supporting the maintenance and updates to Verra's consolidated REDD methodology, VM0048, and ensuring alignment between VM0048 and the JNR Framework Collaborating with Verra's Communications and Engagement Team to support Verra's forest carbon outreach and communications strategy, including developing and implementing capacity building sessions, conducting outreach to governments, and engaging investors Guiding stakeholders on Verra's methodologies and technical requirements for JNR programs Supporting PMD on technical issues related to REDD+ and JNR as necessary OurTeam.

You will join a team of experts in the natural climate solutions sector that works closely and collaboratively to solve problems, iterate, and implement updates and improvements to forest carbon methodologies and the VCS Standard.
Verrans come from diverse locations and backgrounds, and include carbon market experts, project developers, consultants, climate negotiators, researchers, and auditors.
We are committed to driving finance at scale to projects and programs that advance climate action and sustainable development through high-quality standards and programs.
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