Blue Carbon Project Expert

Posted 08 July 2025
LocationCity of London
Discipline Engineering and Renewables

Job description

Responsibilities

  • Provide expert advice to the project team regarding forest and wetland carbon project development and implementation, including working in-person with project teams

  • Lead on feasibility and due diligence assessments for forest and wetland carbon / NBS projects

  • Work with our inter-disciplinary team to develop concepts and project descriptions for forest/wetland carbon interventions at the project, program and jurisdictional level

  • Work with and develop carbon modelling tools

  • Support the development of carbon accounting methodologies (tidal wetlands, new ocean scope)

  • Robust project management to ensure that delivery timelines are met. This will require working directly with clients, colleagues and external collaborators.

Required Qualifications

  • Experienced in the climate and/or natural resource management sector, with demonstrable carbon project development experience

  • A comprehensive understanding of carbon accounting procedures and the AFOLU (nature-based) requirements of the major carbon standards (VCS; Gold Standard; Plan Vivo)

  • An understanding of carbon dynamics and accounting in tidal wetland environments, particularly field measurements

  • Self-motivated and detail-oriented, with a demonstrated track record of timely delivery in high-pressure situations

  • Proficient in working both independently and within a group environment, with a variety of stakeholders

  • Excellent communication skills and demonstrated ability to synthesise and communicate complex subjects clearly in writing and presentation

  • Business-minded with an eye for pragmatic solutions

  • Ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks effectively

  • Empathic team player

  • Fluency in English

  • Willingness to travel internationally when necessary.

Desirable Qualifications

  • Experience in the development of carbon accounting methodologies

  • GIS and/or remote sensing experience

  • Fluency or competency in languages other than English.


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