Specialist, Sustainable Technologies, Climate Project-Africa

The Specialist, Sustainable Technologies position at South Pole in Nairobi, Kenya involves overseeing carbon project development and managing emission reductions. Candidates need at least 3 years of experience in carbon project validation and management, as well as team coordination and stakeholder engagement. Responsibilities include developing project documentation, conducting site visits, and ensuring compliance with carbon standards. Strong communication skills and a relevant degree are required.
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.Requirements+ 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 purposes3+ experience in Managing Data collection projects for research studies to deliver quality results on time, on budget, and within the scope3+ experience in Organizing, coordinating, and leading Stakeholder consultation engagementsMinimum 2 years management experienceProven 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 AnalyticsAbility 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 projectsHave excellent communication skills, especially verbal and written skills in EnglishAbility to create high quality written documents (proposals and deliverables) in EnglishTeam management experienceAbility to manage targets and priorities and develop own goals

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 requiredOversee 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 counterpartsProvide technical and business development support with project sourcingFollow up with the internal procedures in our internal project management tool regarding all signed ERPAsSupport onboarding of new colleaguesPrepare 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 deliverablesSchedule Technical Reviews and Quality Checks on timeDraft invoices to be approved by the supervisor and sent to accounting for submission to clientsSupport and participate in ongoing training and participate in technical discussions for knowledge constructionEnter accurate data and all required information in project management software as well as project management toolsManaging project owners' accounts in our internal project management toolUpdate proposal/project information in project management tool and ensure all relevant documents are accessible on the drive at any timeKeep general information, milestones and cash flow in the project management software up to date

REQUIRED SKILLS

Leadership skills, Technical support, Training delivery, Market research, intelligence, Project management

REQUIRED EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree