Carbon Finance Associate, Global Carbon Markets

  • Full Time
  • Remote
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Website The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy’s mission is to protect the lands and waters upon which all life depends. As a science-based organization, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world’s toughest challenges so that we can create a world in which people and nature thrive.

Want to help address climate change? Our Global Carbon Markets Team is a dynamic, diverse group of people driving innovative, high-quality projects around the world to address climate change, conserve biodiversity, and improve livelihoods. We support a flexible work schedule and offer many options for learning and growth. This is an exceptional career opportunity for a highly motivated, capable individual interested in joining the world’s leading conservation organization!

The Carbon Finance Associate will be a member of TNC’s Impact Finance and Markets Division, working within the Conservancy’s Global Carbon Markets team and closely with conservation business units on project finance activities for Natural Climate Solutions (NCS). They will increase the overall quality of our NCS carbon project portfolio with support for financial modeling, ensuring equitable benefit sharing arrangements, and coordination with impact investment opportunities. The Carbon Finance Associate will work with other TNC staff, as well as external actors as applicable, to help drive the implementation of TNC’s Global Carbon Market’s Strategy.

RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE

  • Develop financial models and financial viability assessments for NCS carbon projects and support the Global Carbon Market’s technical team with feasibility studies and project design documentation.
  • Develop tools for TNC business units and project partners to streamline collection of key financial model inputs and assumptions across NCS project types.
  • Support the development of equitable benefit sharing arrangements at the project level, including the design of fair and inclusive profit-sharing mechanisms, community compensation and incentive payment schemes, and financial planning for long-term sustainable livelihood transition.
  • Stay up to date on carbon markets trends, including carbon credit prices and emerging offtake and investment opportunities for NCS projects.
  • Travel and work flexible hours, as needed.
  • Act independently within broad program goals to prioritize tasks in the absence of specific instructions and exercise independent judgment to identify and solve problems.

This position may be based in any country where TNC has an established entity, taking into consideration legal restrictions, such as non-national ratios and immigration processing times.

For U.S. based applicants only, the starting pay range for a candidate selected for this position is generally within the range of $80,000-$105,000 for annual base salary and is based on location, qualifications, specific skills and experience.

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