Carbon Project Manager

Job Description

BURN is looking for a Carbon Project Manager who will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing varied Baseline & Monitoring Surveys, Stakeholder Consultations, and other specified activities pursuant to the development and implementation of BURN's carbon-financed Improved Cook Stove ("ICS") Projects on time, on scope and on budget.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring all tasks are delivered on time, on budget, and within the scope of the standards via a clear, detailed Project Gantt chart. This Gantt chart details all tasks from Project Inception to Issuance of Carbon credits.
• Understanding and providing all related support documents for all carbon process stages and milestones to the Carbon Technical Officer and Carbon Technical Manager.
• Responsible for preparing a full Project Budget and Project expense reports associated with that approved Budget.
• Play an active role in driving quality assurance of projects from design stages through to implementation
  • Support project location selection, integrating quality and risk considerations through PDG activities and in coordination with the MRV Coordinator.
  • Support and oversee distribution quality audits, conducted through IPV activities and in coordination with the MRV Coordinator, to ensure adherence to approved standards and protocols.
  • Track and monitor project compliance with internal controls, program requirements, and applicable verification standards.
  • Proactively identify, escalate, and support mitigation of quality and compliance risks. Our specific expansion projects falling outside the scope of the existing Business Development staff.
• Organize, coordinate, lead and report on Local Stakeholder Meetings and per the guidelines set by the Carbon Technical Team. This includes but is not limited to preparing the budget, planning the timelines for tasks, finding local teams to work with in organizing and facilitating the meeting, putting together the list of participants for the meeting, and preparing and translating invitations (newspaper advertisements, radio advertisements, emails, word of mouth, phone calls, etc.), hosting the meeting, providing supporting documents from the meetings held.
• Organise, coordinate, lead and report on Baseline Surveys and Baseline Kitchen Performance tests as per the guidelines set by the Carbon Technical Team. Coordinating on-the-ground field surveys, recruitment and training of data collectors/enumerators, Logistics planning of resources for all field data collection, on-the-ground presence while managing all field data collection activities, etc. These activities may require travel both within the country and internationally.
• Organise, coordinate, lead and report on Annual Monitoring Surveys, Project Kitchen performance tests, Leakage Surveys, and Water Boiling Tests as per the guidelines set by the Carbon Technical Team. This includes but is not limited to activities such as Planning all timelines for the field research work, Coordinating and managing on-the-ground field data collection surveys, recruitment and training of highly experienced data enumerators/research consultants as the case may be, Logistics planning of resources for all field data collection, on the ground presence while managing all field data collection activities, risk assessment, and management in field research surveys, timely and efficient problem solving, etc.
• Cultivating good relationships with BURN country representatives (colleagues in the country), to ensure the colleagues' understanding and timely delivery of carbon requirements.
• Organise all logistics related to all Carbon Audits during Validation and Verification. These include booking households to be audited during audit site visits, accompanying the auditors for the interviews, and ensuring all households meet the standard set by the Carbon technical team on time. This involves, but is not limited to, booking appointments with households selected for the Audit visit, planning all transport and accommodation logistics for the households to be visited, etc.
• Communication of Results from Set Goals and targets to the Carbon Project Implementation Manager on the agreed-upon frequency.
• Carrying out specific one-off special carbon assignments falling outside the scope of the existing JD.

Skills and Experience

• Initiative - Must be a self-starter, ambitious and excited for the role.
• Curiosity - intrinsic interest in digging for + capable of connecting disparate pieces of information to build knowledge, come to insightful conclusions, and share interesting recommendations.
• Solid grasp of or proven interest in carbon/clean cooking.
• Knowledge of or experience in business, sales, expansion, marketing, or business development.

Qualified Female Candidates encouraged to Apply

BURN does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training, or any other fees).