Carbon Credit Specialist

Carbon Credit Specialist – Job DescriptionPosition Summary

A Carbon Credit Specialist is responsible for managing, assessing, and optimizing an organization’s carbon credit portfolio and sustainability initiatives. This role involves evaluating emission-reduction projects, ensuring regulatory compliance, supporting carbon offset transactions, and providing strategic guidance on market opportunities within voluntary and compliance carbon markets.

Key ResponsibilitiesCarbon Market Analysis & Strategy

• Monitor global compliance and voluntary carbon markets, including pricing trends, regulatory shifts, and emerging methodologies.
• Recommend strategic buy/sell decisions to optimize carbon credit portfolios.
• Identify new opportunities for project development, partnerships, or investment in emission-reduction activities.

Carbon Credit Evaluation & Verification

• Conduct technical assessments of carbon offset projects (e.g., renewable energy, forestry, methane reduction, blue carbon, nature-based solutions).
• Review project documentation such as PDDs (Project Design Documents) and Monitoring Reports.
• Oversee verification and validation processes with accredited third-party auditors (VVBs).
• Ensure credits meet quality criteria (additionality, permanence, leakage, MRV standards).

Regulatory & Standards Compliance

• Ensure compliance with relevant standards and registries (e.g., Verra VCS, Gold Standard, ACR, CAR, CDM).
• Track climate policies, carbon pricing regimes, and sustainability reporting frameworks (e.g., GHG Protocol, SBTi, CSRD).
• Prepare documentation for audits, certification, and regulatory reviews.

Transaction & Portfolio Management

• Support the procurement, trading, and retirement of carbon credits in both OTC and exchange-driven markets.
• Maintain accurate records of credit ownership, serialization, and retirement within registry systems.
• Coordinate with legal teams on contracts, risk assessments, and due diligence.

Internal & External Collaboration

• Advise internal stakeholders on decarbonization strategies, emissions inventories, and sustainability goals.
• Work with project developers, brokers, and environmental consultants.
• Prepare client-facing reports and presentations summarizing project impact and market insights.

Data Analysis & Reporting

• Manage greenhouse gas (GHG) emission data and create carbon footprint assessments.
• Produce analytical reports, dashboards, and forecasts.
• Support ESG reporting, corporate sustainability disclosures, and climate-related risk assessments.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Sustainability, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
• 2–5+ years of experience in carbon markets, sustainability consulting, or environmental compliance.
• Strong knowledge of carbon accounting methodologies and carbon offset standards.
• Experience working with carbon registries (Verra, Gold Standard, ACR, CDM, etc.).
• Excellent analytical, quantitative, and research skills.
• Ability to interpret technical documentation and regulatory guidelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Professional certifications (e.g., ISO 14064, GHG auditor credentials, sustainability reporting certifications).
• Familiarity with nature-based offset methodologies and climate-tech solutions.

Key Competencies

• Strong understanding of climate policy and environmental markets.
• Detail-oriented with a high level of accuracy in documentation and data analysis.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and manage multiple projects.
• Strategic thinking with the ability to forecast trends and recommend opportunities.

Job Type: Freelance
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: ₹12,000.00 - ₹50,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Cell phone reimbursement
• Internet reimbursement
• Work from home

Work Location: In person