Carbon and Forest Technical Expert

Bioeconomy is a world leading large scale nature-based carbon project developer with current projects in Australia, South East Asia and Africa. A number of our projects involve forest-based solutions based in tropical forests and we have a particular expertise in peatland. We work with a variety of clients and stakeholders ranging from MNCs, civil society groups, environmental NGOs and government stakeholders and we specialise in providing a full turn key solution for carbon development.

We are based in Singapore and are passionate about saving the earth for our future generations. Many of our team members have more than 15 years experience in carbon and climate change, helping companies manage and scale their sustainability projects.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-quality focused team. We are looking for an energetic person, who shares our passion for Earth and its biodiversity and is willing to work hard to create real projects. We are results focused and looking for a team player who can work in a highly innovative and rapidly involving market. We can offer flexible and remote working and there will also be opportunities to travel.

This role is concentrated on leading the development of land-based carbon projects for carbon asset development focused in Australia under the ERF.

The Carbon and Forest Technical Expert will provide support to the following core components under the role: Delivery of project development services under the Australian Emissions Reduction Fund and other Australian based standards.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Head of Carbon. The Technical Expert will be supported by Bioeconomy’s project operations team, which oversees ongoing project monitoring, reporting, and verification.

**Responsibilities**
- Establish and manage HIR and other Australian based ERF projects which conform to the requirements of the Clean Energy Regulator or other Australian based certification scheme.
- Be primarily responsible for the estimation and calculation of carbon from Australian projects
- Quick accurate estimation of project carbon potential from new project opportunities to support commercial team
- Evaluation of projects ability to meet eligibility criteria of various ERF methodologies, and project risk analysis from a technical perspective
- Lead technical support for the development of Australian ERF projects including responsible for all FULLCAM calculations, registration, stratification and regenerative reports to ensure successful issuance ACCUs
- Project Data collection, data management and analysis for all aspect of project development
- Ongoing management of Australian projects from a technical perspective
- Keep up to date and be able to deliver critical assessment or new carbon accounting approaches and new methodologies within the Australian context.
- Build team expertise in understanding of GHG protocols and emissions data - mentoring and developing junior team.
- Undertake/manage on site inventory activities and establishment of sample plots
- Ongoing Monitoring and verification of existing projects, and optimising MRV.
- Oversee GIS and Remote sensing data processing as well as carbon data analysis
- Travel when necessary to project sites

**Qualifications**
- Have been involved with and taken at least one ERF project through to successful issuance.
- Intimate familiarity with FullCAM and ERF carbon calculation methodologies.
- Experience with one or more GIS/Remote Sensing and have experience mapping out Carbon Estimation Areas and undertaking stratification for ERF projects or like experience.
- Strong familiarity in carbon accounting related work streams for national or project level.
- Experience in regeneration of a native forest is highly desirable.
- Experience in designing, evaluating, and/or implementing nature-based carbon projects in the voluntary carbon market.
- Understand carbon accounting/modeling activities in accordance with ERF, the Voluntary Carbon Standards (VCS), Climate Action Reserve (CAR) or other reputable standard.
- Knowledge and understanding of carbon accounting frameworks and standards/guidelines: UNFCCC, IPCC 2006 guidelines (refined 2019), GFOI methodological guidance, FCPF methodological framework; including the relevance of legal and political context, ERF, ACCU.
- Excellent mathematical skills.
- Familiarity with reforestation and deforestation issues, forest ecology, climate change mitigation/adaptation, peatland science, and related environmental change issues
- Experience and comfortable presenting to and/or communicating with government or legislative staff, community or business leaders, program leadership and/or similar audiences

**General Requirements**
- Fluent in English.
- Excellent written and spoken communications skills.
- Fluent in MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, FullCAM and possibly MATLAB, ArcGIS, Google Earth Engine, etc.
- Focused, results oriented person with keen attention to detail.
- Able