Philippines Senior Consultant – Forest management & carbon markets
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Job Location:
Davao City - Philippines
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Duty station: the Philippines
Start date: Q4 2025
Shape Southeast Asias climate future with HAMERKOP.
Hamerkop Climate Impacts is seeking a Senior Consultant with deep forestry expertise to lead and deliver high-impact nature-based climate solutions across Southeast Asia. If you are an experienced forester passionate about scaling carbon projects and influencing the regions carbon market landscape we want to hear from you.
Role Description - Responsibilities
This newly created consultant position will consist of growing and delivering a diverse range of stimulating technical and strategic consultancy assignments in relation to forestry land use and management and biochar.
What you will do:
- Lead technical delivery: oversee and deliver complex studies analytics and technical reports for forestry management conservation and restoration projects in Southeast Asia primarily focusing on the Philippines and secondarily on Malaysia Vietnam Cambodia and Indonesia.
- Carbon project leadership: guide the formulation feasibility and certification of emission reduction projects under major standards (such as Verra Gold Standard Plan Vivo ERS) ensuring technical excellence and market integrity.
- Strategic advisory: advise clientsincluding NGOs private developers and governmentson voluntary carbon markets project structuring and climate finance strategies aligned with evolving regional and international frameworks.
- Business development: identify and pursue new project opportunities build regional networks draft high-quality technical and commercial proposals.
- Stakeholder engagement: build and maintain trusted relationships with project teams clients government agencies and partner organisations; represent HAMERKOP at regional forums and industry events.
- Policy and market intelligence: monitor and interpret climate policy carbon market trends and relevant legislation in Southeast Asia; provide thought leadership and contribute to knowledge sharing.
- Team leadership: mentor junior consultants contribute to internal capacity building and help shape HAMERKOPs growing Southeast Asian practice.
Who you are
Required
- MSc in forestry environmental science conservation ecology or a related technical field.
- At least 510 years of professional experience in forestry land management or climate-related projects with significant experience in Southeast Asia.
- Strong understanding of voluntary and compliance carbon markets including regional mechanisms and international standards.
- Excellent analytical problem-solving and report-writing skills; attention to detail and a track record of delivering high-quality outputs.
- Fluent in spoken and written English plus a second Southeast Asian language (Tagalog Bahasa Indonesia Vietnamese Khmer or Malay).
- Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of a multicultural distributed team.
- Strong interpersonal skills with a collaborative approach and a commitment to mentoring others.
Desired
- Demonstrated expertise in carbon project development technical feasibility and certification processes for nature-based solutions.
- Prior consulting experience including client and project management.
- Experience working with government agencies NGOs and/or private sector actors in Southeast Asia.
- Familiarity with greenhouse gas emission accounting climate finance and GIS tools.
Term and location of the position
Permanent full-time position based in the Philippines with regional travel up to 10-20% of your time.
Application process
Submit a concise CV (max 3 pages) and a one-page value proposition. Selection includes:
- Initial interview with two members of the advisory team
- Case study assessment
- Final interview with the CEO
Experienced foresters and climate professionals from the Philippines are strongly encouraged to apply.
Join HAMERKOP and help shape the regions forests and climate legacy.
Key Skills
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- Change Management
- Order Management System
- Business Analysis
- Visio
- Data Management
- Project Management
- Metadata
- Management Consulting
- Data Analysis Skills
- Taxonomy
About Company
HAMERKOP IS AN ENABLER - AN INDEPENDENT TECHNICAL CONSULTANCY OPERATING WORLDWIDE.Headquartered in London & with offices in Singapore, HAMERKOP supports carbon project developers in the Global South and the carbon market ecosystem, to enable emission reductions associated with strong ... View more
