veritree is an award-winning climate tech start-up based in Vancouver. Launched in 2021, our technology measures and verifies the impact of global restoration efforts from the ground-up. We are a small team on a big mission to plant 1 billion verified trees by 2030 with our community of businesses, planting organisations, and consumers who believe in the transformative power of verified restoration projects to create real and meaningful impact for the planet, nature and people.
Why veritree?To limit global warming to 1.5C requires immediate, deep reductions across all sectors and holistic ecosystems restoration and conservation. It is estimated that a total investment in nature of up to US$8.1 trillion by 2050 is required if the world is to meet its climate change and nature targets. Mobilizing and accelerating private finance to restore and protect nature is now mission critical. Yet, climate finance is at an inflection point. While the voluntary carbon market remains the most viable vehicle to fund climate actions at scale, the current market is plagued by widespread, fundamental flaws. The market has been under scrutiny for self-regulation, lack of transparency, over-crediting and lack of ongoing monitoring.
veritree is building the next generation digital platform to accelerate investment in nature-based carbon solutions. veritree’s digital measurement, reporting and verification (dMRV) technology enables the tracking of impacts throughout a project lifecycle to provide end-buyers with the confidence that their investment is making a real impact with positive outcomes. Our goal is to transform the way carbon emission reduction and removals as well as holistic impacts are measured, monitored, forecasted, and verified for nature-based carbon solutions.
About The Role:veritree is now looking for a highly motivated builder to join our team as the Carbon Project Specialist. This role will help establish and scale veritree’s presence within the nature-based carbon space. This candidate will report directly to the CEO and serve as the first member of the project origination team. This role will be responsible for driving the strategy and execution for veritree’s first carbon project origination, bringing together different stakeholders (ie. external developers, financing organizations, consultants, etc.), working with technical groups, interfacing with clients, and helping drive the delivery of an industry leading carbon project.
The main responsibilities include i) project origination - drive the design, development, implementation, accreditation, and ongoing monitoring and reporting of nature-based carbon projects with the focus on afforestation, reforestation and revegetation and other land use initiatives and ii) carbon market policy amp; strategy - support the organization by acting as the subject matter expert in the carbon market as it relates to market evolution, industry partnerships, and standards development.
The Carbon Project Specialist will be responsible for ensuring that deadlines are set, milestones are achieved, and deliverables are managed across a variety of project stakeholders, ensuring that resources are managed efficiently, and that progress is communicated upwards to the leadership team.
This position will be based in Vancouver, Canada and some travelling may be required.
What will you be doing?Project Origination
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