Role's and Responsibilities -
● Conduct research relevant to new project leads,
project developers, project owners, relevant regulatory regimes /policies
related to carbon projects and process/requirements of carbon and
sustainability standards (CDM/UNFCCC, VCS/Verra, I-REC, The Gold Standard, GCC,
CERCARBONO, etc.).
● Help in leading project sourcing activities and
business development (identification, assessment and contracting) in the local
region and support existing projects with respect to the carbon market.
● Preparation and allocation of new captured
opportunities to sales team through internal / external sources.
● Proactively pursue new business and sales
opportunities.
● Assisting your manager in preparing sales reports.
● Work with internal departments such as the Marketing
teams to engage audiences and clients more deeply.
● Work with stakeholders of local carbon markets
● Ensure that sourcing flows and processes (including
documentation and interaction with other teams) are in line with the company
guidelines.
● Understand client needs, gather market intelligence
and identify industry trends.
● Assistance to manage client’s portfolio across the
region.
● Help in the representation of EKI as business
development, environmental market consultant in client meetings, exhibitions
and other corporate events and assist in the representation of EKI Energy in
different forums on environmental markets.
● Work closely with colleagues across the organization
to empower matrix teams that deliver on our vision of climate action for all.
● Develop a list of potential clients in key industries
defined within the team’s mandate.
● Support the business development team in developing
strategies and planning with specific actions pertaining different project
types (e.g. renewable energy and/or waste management and/or Agriculture,
Forestry and Other Land Uses - AFOLU or other kind of projects).
● Experience with at-least 1+ years in a similar role
or the industry like Climate Change are considered as good fit.
● University degree in Environmental Sciences, Engineering
or another relevant discipline.
● Experience in project identification and screening
for potential leads.
● Knowledge and expertise in environmental markets,
especially in voluntary carbon markets (VCS/VERRA, I-REC, The Gold Standard,
GCC, CERCARBONO, etc).
● Knowledge of carbon products and markets, preferably
including one or more of the following: CDM/UNFCCC, VCS/VERRA, I-REC, The Gold
Standard, GCC, CERCARBONO, etc.
● Experience in scaling up a fast-growing organization
in the context of a highly competitive market environment.
● Fluent in local language and English.
● Capacity to work independently and remotely.
● Professionalism, Excellent verbal and writing
communication skills.