Finance and Carbon Market Specialist: Forest, Carbon, Markets, and Climate

Position: FINANCE AND CARBON MARKET SPECIALIST: FOREST, CARBON, MARKETS, AND CLIMATE Term: Full-time Location: In Washington, D.C. with periodic international travel Deadline: August 1, 2012 Terra Global Capital is seeking qualified Finance and Carbon Market Specialist candidates for the Forest, Carbon, Markets and Climate program (FCMC). FCMC’s two major deliverables include assisting countries with ambitious REDD+ plans by building capacity within those countries to achieve long-term net emissions reductions from forests and land use and contribute to the evolving REDD+ framework. Responsibilities: · Reporting day-to-day to the FCMC COP, collaborate across other FCMC technical areas and lead the · development of Finance and Markets activities under FCMC · Manage the development of scopes of work and their deliverables for Finance and Markets related · activities including: · Respond and help shape USAID’s Finance and Markets desired work · Generate new and innovative work ideas to promote Finance and Markets for REDD+ and other · forest carbon activities under FCMC · Develop and gain approval for SOWs and related budgets, source STTA to perform approved · work, and overall manage delivery of high quality work to USAID · Manage relationship on Finance and Markets activities with USAID Finance and Markets point person, · under direction of COP · Bring new relationships to USAID with Finance and Markets related organizations to support developing · capacity in this new area · Technical activities will include: · Analyses on payments for carbon and other ecosystem services frameworks to finance REDD+ · activity; · Assessments, report and analysis targeted at developed country and REDD host country · stakeholders to increase and promote Finance and Markets · National level REDD+ financial plans that detail important sources of domestic and international · financing · Identify work that can catalyze private investment, leverage existing funds (like FCPF, Green · Fund) and identify new sources of funds for REDD+ that can be promoted through FCMC work · Regional level strategies for accessing revenue for REDD+ actions · Policies and actions for countries to implement their REDD+ financial plans · Support for development of operational platform, such as carbon market registry design, as · needed to support finance and markets · Methods and manuals on opportunity cost analysis and other means of value-placement on · carbon reduction · Training (materials and facilitation) on finance and carbon markets to diverse audiences · Establish and maintain productive and positive relationships with USAID, international government · officials, multilateral and donor organizations, and local partners; Qualifications Educational requirements include at least a Master’s degree in finance, economics, business administration, environmental finance, or a relevant environmental field with a substantial business background or related field of study, PhD preferred; · A minimum of five (5) years experience of a managerial or technical nature in forest carbon, payment for environmental services, carbon markets (voluntary or regulatory), and/or NRM project finance; · A minimum of five (5) years experience in private sector finance related activities, with a demonstrated · understanding of markets, multiple financing structures (equity, debt, bonds, project), and derivatives · Experience working with USAID’s or other donor organizations · Experience supervising complex field operations in closed and/or transitional or developing countries · preferred; · Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; · Training experience and exceptional verbal and written communication skills, especially in working across cultures preferred; · English proficiency required with advanced proficiency in Spanish preferred. · Interested Candidates Please send CV and Cover Letter to info@terraglobalcapital.com no later than August 1st. Terra Global Capital Overview · Founded in 2006, based in San Francisco with the mission to facilitate the market for land-use carbon · offsets · Exclusively devoted to agriculture, forestry and other land-use carbon markets · Technical innovator; first to submit methodology for mosaic avoided deforestation (REDD) to VCS · Only firm with integrated, in-house team of technical, development and carbon finance experts · Partners with NGOs, governments and private sector to collaboratively develop and monetize carbon · credits · Expertise in developing A/R, agroforestry, REDD, IFM and agricultural projects Focused on developing · cost-effective rigorous carbon accounting and innovative financing structures

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