Description Allied Talent Partners is a talent marketplace, connecting experienced professionals with climate-related projects and businesses in Africa.
Our client is an Afrocentric impact firm dedicated to fostering climate-positive and inclusive growth across Africa and Middle East regions.
Our client works with public and private sector organisations on projects delivering economic and social development, ameliorating climate change, and navigating technological disruption.
The client requires a Technical Consultant to support a growing portfolio of nature-based solutions work.
This particular project is funded by a 3-year grand by a European foundation and is focused on supporting local communities in East Africa to engage in the carbon markets (mostly Kenya and Tanzania but includes Uganda and Rwanda to a lesser extent).
The project aims to provide information about carbon markets to local communities, help them develop projects, engage in carbon markets and negotiate fair deals.
The role focuses on supporting local communities to offer technical support to engage in carbon markets and negotiate fair deals.
The project is designed to ensure that benefits from carbon deals go directly to the communities (rather than intermediaries taking a portion).
Role and Responsibilities Role: Carbon Markets Technical Expert Direct Report: TBD Candidates required: One Deliverables: Expertise on carbon markets, including pricing trends and analytics The expert should be able to analyze price databases and provide insights on market ranges for carbon pricing Expertise on negotiations, contracts, and benefit sharing arrangements for carbon projects Engage in or contribute approaches to motivating communities and helping identify potential carbon project opportunities Develop standardized training materials to help communities understand carbon project opportunities Requirements Experience required Demonstrate experience and comprehensive knowledge of carbon markets A thorough understanding of both risks and opportunities inherent in the carbon markets, showcasing a nuanced perspective on this complex landscape Proven track record of packaging carbon market deals and securing off takers Ability to stay current with evolving trends within the carbon space, exhibiting a proactive approach to identifying emerging opportunities and challenges.
Technical requirements Carbon market deal experience Pricing and analytics expertise Soft skills Strategic thinking/consulting tool kit Independent, technical thought-partner to client counterparts Excellent communication skills to effectively interact with communities, project and client teams Other requirements : Africa experience a plus, but not required Working Arrangement Location | Remote is ok, with some travel Operational requirements | English speaker Required start date | Early 2025 Contracting period | The technical expert role is envisioned as part-time (around 50% - 75% of the time) or on a per-project basis over the 3-year period Budget | TBC Allied Talent Partners is a talent marketplace connecting experienced professionals and climate experts, locally and globally, to climate-related projects with non-government, private and public organisations, initially focused on Africa.