About the Role
GreenCollar is seeking to fill an entry level Programme Manager position with a passionate and ambitious employee. The position will join the International team on a permanent full-time basis. The role will work closely with the International team based in the US and Australia.
The role will contribute to the development and management of international offset projects for carbon. Carbon projects will focus on agriculture, forestry and land use activities including blue carbon. The position will support the International Programme across its functions with a focus on support to project management and quantitative analysis. Moreover, this person can be based in either Australia or the US.
Position Responsibilities
- Work with internal teams to help create and manage a portfolio of high quality, high integrity international forest and land-use carbon credit projects.
- Contribute to the development of international forest and land-use carbon offset projects to the highest standards of environmental and social integrity.
- Conduct spreadsheet-based analyses of environmental factors, potential greenhouse gas emissions and expected carbon sequestration.
- Support, and potentially manage, client, stakeholder and collaborator engagement and communications.
- Lead project management for an investment in Africa, which may account for up to 50% of the role’s time.
- Support due diligence of international forest, land-use and other carbon credit projects.
- Carry out market research and literature reviews to support due diligence and project development, and summarise findings in internal and external reports.
- Write and edit project documentation and reports.
- Work with biodiversity, social safeguard and legal teams on due diligence analyses, project development, community engagement and impact assessments.
- Analyse project budgets to help assess financial viability.
- Support financial management of projects, working with GreenCollar’s Australian accounting team to track expenses and prepare periodic investor reports.
- Willingness to travel internationally, including to project sites in rural areas of developing countries.
About You
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field plus at least 2-4 years of relevant experience that MUST include project management experience.
- High level of proven expertise in spreadsheet creation, manipulation and analysis with high comfort in dealing with large databases and distilling information from databases.
- Experience using one or more of the following software (R, Google Earth Engine and/or QGIS).
- Familiarity with agroforestry, forestry, or agricultural practices in developing countries is desirable.
- Willingness to travel internationally, including visiting project sites in rural areas in developing countries.
- Professionally fluent in English with excellent writing and presenting skills.
- Fluency in Hindi, Spanish or other languages is highly desirable.
Why Join GreenCollar
- A dynamic, growing, innovative company and a leader in the Ecosystem Services market space.
- Supportive and dedicated team environment.
A Generous Benefits Package That Includes…
- 5 weeks’ annual leave
- Wellbeing leave
- Volunteer leave
- Gender-neutral parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program Uprise provides a holistic approach to mental and physical wellbeing whilst also providing free counselling services for every different incident that our team members face
- Health insurance (if based in the US)
- Contribution to retirement savings account (Superannuation or 401k/Roth)
Next Steps
Does this sound like the role for you?
If you have any questions about the role, reach out to our People and Culture team at [email protected].
We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences.
If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, don’t hesitate to get in touch.
