AFOLU Carbon Project Developer (m/f/d) as Freelancer
AFOLU Carbon Project Developer (m/f/d) as Freelancer
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25-07-2025
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Your responsibilities
We are seeking a Senior AFOLU Carbon Project Developer to join our dynamic team and lead the development of high-quality carbon projects in the Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector. This role focuses specifically on Improved Forest Management (IFM) andAfforestation Reforestation and Revegetation (ARR) projects with a strong emphasis on enhancing project quality to achieve superior ratings from leading credit rating agencies.
The successful candidate will play a crucial role in strengthening our carbon project portfolio by working closely with credit rating agencies such as Sylvera BeZero andCalyx Global to ensure our projects meet the highest standards of environmental integrity and market acceptance. This position requires extensive experience in carbon project development deep knowledge of international carbon standards and proven expertise in project enhancement strategies.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to meaningful climate action while building a robust pipeline of high-quality carbon credits that deliver real environmental and social impact.
Your responsibilities will be:
The successful candidate will play a crucial role in strengthening our carbon project portfolio by working closely with credit rating agencies such as Sylvera BeZero andCalyx Global to ensure our projects meet the highest standards of environmental integrity and market acceptance. This position requires extensive experience in carbon project development deep knowledge of international carbon standards and proven expertise in project enhancement strategies.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to meaningful climate action while building a robust pipeline of high-quality carbon credits that deliver real environmental and social impact.
Your responsibilities will be:
- Lead the end-to-end development of AFOLU carbon projects specifically IFM and ARR initiatives from initial feasibility through to credit issuance
- Develop comprehensive Project Design Documents (PDDs) in accordance with VERRA VCS Gold Standard and CAR methodologies
- Conduct thoroughfeasibility studies including carbon accounting baseline development and emission reduction estimates
- Manageproject timelines budgets and deliverables while ensuringcompliance with international carbon standards
- Manage partnerships with verification bodies standards organizations and credit rating agencies
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams including environmental scientists GIS specialists and social impact experts
- Stay current with developmentsin carbon markets rating agency methodologies and regulatory frameworks
Your profile
- Minimum 5 years of demonstrated experience in AFOLU carbon project development and a Bachelors degree in Environmental Science Forestry Climate Science Agriculture or a related field
- Proven track record in developing carbon projects under major international standards and in strengthening carbon project portfolio by working closely with credit rating agencies
- Knowledge of forest management practicesecological restoration techniques and agriculturalsystems
- Strongcommunication skills for engaging with diverse stakeholder groups an theability to manage complex multi-party partnerships in diverse geographic locations
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English additional knowledge of Spanish would be an advantage
What we offer
- Collaboration in an international interdisciplinary and dynamic team
- Exciting field of work at the interface between business and climate protection
- A casual work environment with impact
- A comprehensive introduction to our team and processes while providing the space to develop your own solutions new ideas are expressly welcome
OUR MISSION:
We let values GROW:
- we grow well financed managed and monitored forests and ecosystems
- we grow long-term alliances with project stakeholders and clients
- we grow financial mechanisms and payment for ecosystem services to scale and improve projects
- we grow transparency and traceability through robust carbon standards digital solutions and earth observation technologie
- we grow the competency of our team by trainings education and onboarding world leading experts.
- we partner with implementation organizations international investors and development banks to develop the most robust climate projects
- we help industry clients to account and manage their greenhouse emissions
- we monitor report and verify impact and results of performance indicators
- we create climate solutions that are based on scientific research
- we initiate transformation to fight climate change and to achieve carbon targets.
- we mobilize finance for ecosystem services and develop new integrated value chains together with local stakeholders
- we use nature to build robust and proven carbon sinks by applying internationally recognized carbon standards and methodologies
- we turn carbon reduction plans into concrete action and projects
- we think new ways and combine proven nature-based solutions with innovative financial mechanisms and state-of-the-art technology
- we unlock new climate action project types and promote developing of new methodologies for carbon sinks.
About us
FORLIANCEinitiates finances creates and manages robust nature- based climate projects and integrates them into sustain-ability strategies with our clients to achieve their Net Zero Carbon targets. Together with our global partners and our 50 team members in ten countries we strive to create intact forests and ecosystems that positively impact our climate biodiversity and human well-being. We offer companies effective solutions for climate protection by developing individual climate protection strategies.
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