Senior Manager – ER Estimates & Ex-Ante Credit Benchmarking (AFOLU)

Role Description:

The Senior Manager – ER Estimates & Ex-Ante Credit Bench marking (AFOLU) will be responsible for developing, analyzing, and refining emission reduction (ER) estimates and credit bench marking methodologies for AFOLU (Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use) projects. This role involves conducting ex-ante carbon credit assessments, ensuring compliance with carbon standards, and integrating robust data analytics to support high-integrity credit issuance. The ideal candidate should have expertise in carbon accounting, AFOLU project methodologies, and ex-ante estimation frameworks to drive an accurate and credible carbon market participation.

• Act as the Principal Owner and Point of Accountability for all AFOLU Project ER Estimations within the company - during the Project Feasibility, Investment Proposal, and Ex-Ante stages.
  
• Act as the Internal Custodian & Guarantor of the Ex-Ante Credit Benchmarking - thus playing a crucial support role in attaining Project Credibility, maximizing Investability, and eliminating Risk.
  
• Initiate & generate detailed Project ER Estimation sheets for all AFOLU projects in collaboration with SMEs and Project Leads - incorporating the most Market-credible & acceptable methods, formulas, technical & scientific references, as relevant for each particular AFOLU project category. The project categories would include but are not limited to: ARR (Afforestation, Reforestation & Revegetation), Blue Carbon (Mangroves, Sea Grass, etc), Sustainable Agriculture, IFM (Integrated Forest Management), CCB (Climate, Community & Biodiversity), REDD+, etc.
  
• Create, Maintain & Update as necessary, Standard Modeling & Calculation Templates for each particular AFOLU project category.
  
• Bring Cohesiveness, Clarity & Consistency to Project ER Estimations that may often involve inputs distributed over multiple departmental stakeholders including Project SMEs, Finance, Project Operations, etc., as well as require multiple iterations over potentially long project gestation periods.
  
• Be an extremely collaborative Team Player with the ability to proactively reach out to various Team members (including SMEs and Project Leads), in order to collaboratively formulate the Er Estimations for each ongoing project opportunity.
  
• While the role is majorly focused on the Ex-Ante stage, it also has responsibility during the Validation and Verification stages, as much as necessary to support the Project Operations teams in the matter of justifications and reconciliation of ER calculations.
  
• Expertly accumulate, update and maintain ER Benchmarking Data & Analytics in an ongoing manner, from a wide range of credible sources including but not limited to: Registered Projects on Global Carbon Platforms, Industry References, Global Standardization Bodies, Current & Historical Scientific Studies, etc., to position all Project ER estimations on a robust ground with contemporary market acceptability.
  
• Conduct periodic Internal Trainings & Seminars to communicate the best practices in ER Estimations & Calculations to the SME teams and others.
  
• Be presentable & well-groomed at all times, as befits a corporate working culture.
  

• Must come from the Climate & Carbon Sector - with minimum 10 years of demonstrable experience in Carbon Projects with majority experience in the Voluntary markets. While this could be a mix of various services (including Project Development, Carbon Portfolio Management, Audits, Benchmarking) end-to-end involvement in a few key AFOLU projects must be demonstrated - from Origination, Project Design Document, Project Registration, Implementation & Execution, Credit Issuances, through to Trading & Monetization.
  
• Experience in prominent Voluntary Carbon Registry (Verra, Gold Standard, GCC, Cercarbono, etc) / Global or Indian Carbon Rating Agencies / Carbon Data Providers, is Highly Preferred
  
• Minimum 6 years of exclusive experience in Emission Reduction Calculations, Ex-Ante Estimations, and Credit Benchmarking Studies for a range of AFOLU projects including ARR, Blue Carbon, SALM, etc.
  
• Hands-on Expertise in ER and Ex-Ante Credit Estimation Tools, Calculation Templates, Formulas, References, etc.