Carbon Project Development Manager-San Francisco CA
Organization:Impact Carbon
Job Title: Carbon Project Development Manager
Location: San Francisco CA
Hours and Compensation: Impact Carbon pays competitive salaries that depend on ability and experience.
Application Deadline: until filled
Posted On: Oct 12,2011
Organization Overview
Impact Carbon’s mission is to improve health and the environment in the developing world through clean energy projects that reduce carbon emissions.
Impact Carbon generates carbon emission reductions that improve living conditions in the less-developed communities we serve. We leverage the financial returns from these projects to benefit local partners and people.
Typical Impact Carbon projects involve developing carbon offsets for projects that scale the sales and distribution of efficient appliances such as healthy cookstoves and water treatment devices. Impact Carbon works with carbon finance investors, carbon project developers, implementing partners, philanthropists and NGOs to quantify the carbon emissions reduced by our projects and to generate and verify carbon offsets, both CERs and VERs. With JP Morgan, Impact Carbon issued the first Gold Standard VERs from a cookstove project in early 2010. Impact Carbon now has 8 projects on 3 continents and a pipeline of projects slated for rapid development.
Position Description
The position requires experience and interest in designing and managing carbon offset projects including the drafting of Project Design Documents (PDDs), technical project design, and guiding projects through the validation and verification process. The position requires a strong technical background, excellent analytical skills, strong writing skills, practical business thinking, and an understanding of social science methods.
The Carbon Project Development Manager will be responsible for managing all aspects of project development from diligence to verification on multiple projects in multiple countries. The position is based in San Francisco and will require approximately 20% travel.
Roles and Responsibilities:
* Identify viable project opportunities and manage internal resources to finalize and execute projects.
* Prepare project idea notes (PINs).
* Prepare financial models to assess the viability of potential projects.
* Write all project documentation including monitoring plans, Project Design Documents (PDDs), and monitoring reports.
* Manage due diligence, contractual negotiations, DOE relationships, validation, verification, and issuance on projects worldwide.
* Develop excellent partner and investor relationships.
* Assist in the preparation of new methodologies.
Requirements:
* Experience designing and managing carbon offset projects, including the drafting of PDDs, in developing country contexts.
* Degree in environmental or energy sciences, or strong technical experience in previous employment.
* Excellent knowledge of CER and VER protocols.
* Experience working in the developing world.
* Demonstrated knowledge and interest in climate change policy and carbon markets with three to six years of work experience in development and/or climate change, or related fields.
* Familiarity with social science research methods.
* A demonstrated track record of successful project management experience.
* Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
* Experience assessing project risk and creating financial models.
* Fluency in written and spoken English; other languages a plus.
How to Apply
Applicants should send a short cover letter, resume, and writing sample (technical writing sample preferred) to Caitlyn Toombs at [email protected]. Please highlight project management experience.
Please use the subject ” Carbon Project Development Manager” in all e-mail correspondence.
No phone calls please.
Impact Carbon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, age or sexual orientation shall have equal access to positions, limited only by their ability to do the job.
