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Carbon and Biodiversity Products Manager 🔥


The Mission

FSC works to take care of our forests and those who rely on them: by protecting plant and animal species, Indigenous Peoples’ rights, forest workers’ safety, and much more. We achieve this through FSC certification, ensuring forests around the world are responsibly managed. For more information on FSC, visit our website at www.fsc.org [1].

To effectively meet the challenge of protecting the world’s forests, we are committed to ensuring we have the world’s most skilled people working with us. This commitment extends to everyone that works in FSC around the world: from those that lead the design of policies and standards, to those that roll out those same policies and standards on the ground, and to those that provide us with backbone to do our work.

We are looking for an engaged Carbon and Biodiversity Products Manager, who brings solid expertise and a passion for FSC’s mission, to work with us in a multinational environment.

The Scope

To support the endorsement and the use of FSC as a nature-based solution in carbon and biodiversity markets in FSC strategic area, in the context of FSC Ecosystem Services Procedure.

Based on market intelligence, the selected candidate will develop carbon and biodiversity market opportunities by targeting key players and collaborating with them to implement effective action plans.

Main Roles and Responsibilities

  • To drive and manage global Climate & Biodiversity product development activities to serve needs in priority markets globally and regionally.
  • To serve as international/global focal point for the FSC network on carbon and/or biodiversity (C&B) project development based on FSC forest management certification, FSC Ecosystem Services Procedure, and selected external C&B standards.
  • To guide, co-develop, and occasionally lead regional or national C&B project development through all project development cycles including transactions of units and pricing.
  • To Advice on and support project level pricing models, contracting regimes, and transactions for a range of C&B units.
  • To identify and assess regional or national level opportunities and demand side dynamics in priority voluntary and compliance C&B markets.
  • To coordinate the development of specific marketing and communication materials for C&B product and priority markets in collaboration with the responsible FSC departments.
  • To coordinate key C&B market account relations across other FSC programs globally.
  • To represent FSC at C&B market related events.
  • Additional Tasks as agreed with the Manager and Chief Officer (Climate and Ecosystem Services).

 

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

  • Education and Training:
  • University degree in a relevant business or/and Carbon and Biodiversity field or equivalent such as Business Administration, Economics, Environmental Science, Agriculture and Forest Science, Natural Resource Management, Engineering, Sustainability.

 

  • Working Experience, Style and Skills:
  • More than 5 years of demonstrated professional experience in in one or more of the following:
  • Carbon or biodiversity project development,
  • Carbon finance/payment for ecosystem services.
  • Proven track record in integrating a project into existing payment and funding mechanisms.
  • Experience in leading cross-functional project teams and managing complex projects.
  • Experience in working with international organisations and international project teams.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills including experience in data analysis for market intelligence.
  • Experience in forest-based industries would be an advantage.
  • Budget management.
  • Collaborative working style and team building skills.
  • Strategic thinking and business mindset.
  • Good time management skills: ability to perform well while handling simultaneously a number of functions.
  • Service and solution-oriented attitude to work.

           

  • Communication Skills:
  • Very good verbal and written communication skills.

 

  • Computer Skills:
  • Good skills in the use of standard software packages (MS Office).

 

  • Languages
  • Fluency in English (spoken and written).
  • Other language proficiency is a plus (e.g. Chinese, Swahili,…)

Terms and Conditions

  • Location: Bonn, Germany (Hong Kong or Lima are also possible) 
  • Working Hours: Full-time (40 hours per week)
  • Starting Date: As soon as possible
  • Duration of Contractual Agreement: 2 years contract (extension possible)  

How to Apply

Please apply via our website by submitting your CV in English

Please do not send any photos of yourself.

 

The deadline for applications is 9th September 2021 at 21.59h (CET).

 

We will confirm receipt of your application. However, only candidates shortlisted for an interview will be further contacted and will receive notice of the outcome of the selection process. Should you not receive a confirmation of receipt please check your spam filter and if you cannot find it there contact us at recruitment@fsc.org [2]

 

Please be informed, that by applying for this position you automatically accept our Data Protection Information on processing your personal data.

 

We are looking forward to your application!


  1. http://www.fsc.org/
  2. mailto:recruitment@fsc.org

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