Description of the mission

Responsibilities & Scope

The Equitable Carbon Markets Specialist will be an authority on IPLC dimensions of Nature based carbon projects providing oversight, guidance and support to projects to meet and maintain required social standards and safeguards. They will:

Social Safeguards & Governance: Ensure projects comply with internal and external social standards (e.g., TNC Human Rights Principles, Voluntary Carbon Market standards), implement and monitor robust safeguards.
Community Engagement: Design and oversee FPIC processes, consultation plans, and culturally appropriate engagement strategies.
Benefit Sharing & Grievance Mechanisms: Develop governance structures and benefit-sharing models that deliver fair and equitable outcomes; establish grievance mechanisms aligned with best practice.
Training and Communication: Deliver training and tools to strengthen social integrity in carbon projects for TNC teams and partners. Deliver communication materials for community consultation processes.
Policy & Legal Analysis: Analyze legal and policy frameworks on tenure, governance, and resource rights to inform project design.
Data & Monitoring: Guide social data collection and analysis; monitor to ensure adaptive management, capture of metrics and continuous improvement.
Thought Leadership: Undertake research, provide recommendations and share learnings to advance TNC’s agenda for equitable carbon markets globally as well as intersectional issues including human wellbeing and resilience/ adaptation concepts.
Stakeholder Engagement: Manage relationships with IPLCs, NGOs, governments, and private sector partners to co-design solutions. Communicate effectively with external partners and stakeholders with responsibility for working with substantial project and organizational risks.
Risk Management: Identify and mitigate social risks; ensure adherence to TNC safeguards and high-integrity standards.
Communications: Advise internal and external communications teams to accurately reflect social outcomes and community benefits.
Judgement: Act independently and exercise independent judgment to identify and solve problems. Demonstrate sensitivity and integrity when working across complex challenges.
May involve domestic and international travel of 20% or more.

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What You’ll Bring

Bachelor’s degree in community conservation, natural resource management, international development or related field, and 4 years of related experience, or equivalent combination.
Experience applying social safeguards and rights-based approaches to complex carbon projects or strategic initiatives at different stages of development (including project planning, initiation, implementation, monitoring, and closing) in an unstructured environment.
Experience researching, critically analyzing, and evaluating information from divergent sources and synthesizing into actionable recommendations for strategy and action.
Experience writing and editing promotional and informational material.

Desired Qualifications

Deep understanding of community-based natural resource management and rights-based conservation approaches.
Experience achieving and maintaining FPIC in communities on conservation issues.
Knowledge of carbon market standards and their social requirements (e.g. Climate Community and Biodiversity Standard, Plan Vivo, Verified Carbon Standard).
Ability to navigate complex social dynamics and deliver practical solutions that uphold integrity.
Experience in partnership development with NGOs, community groups, and government agencies.
Strong collaboration skills, political savvy, and ability to work in a matrixed organization.
Multilingual skills and multi-cultural experience are appreciated.
Written and verbal fluency in English.

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The Nature Conservancy

A global environmental nonprofit working to create a world where people and nature can thrive

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The Nature Conservancy

A global environmental nonprofit working to create a world where people and nature can thrive

Website
Nonprofit organization
Between 250 and 2000 employees
Others

The Nature Conservancy did not yet communicate its impact measurement.

This structure did not communicate to us the labels or certifications that it was able to obtain.

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