Posted: By:Hiring Kenya
What You Will Do
The key objective of this role is to ensure smooth and compliant management of carbon projects that underpins KOKO Networks’ carbon credit revenue streams. This role also drives regulatory risk assessment and strategic planning to adapt to the evolving carbon market landscape. The role involved End-to-end planning and management of the project cycle workflow, including:
Single-handedly designing and driving registration cycles for new carbon projects
Collaborating with the Issuance Cycle team to lead end-to-end management of renewal cycles for existing projects
Assist in planning and implementing the carbon credit issuance cycle for all active projects.
Design and collaborate with local teams to execute baseline field studies required for carbon methodology compliance.
Assist in implementing and managing annual fuel consumption studies (e.g. Kitchen Performance Tests) and coordinate with third-party audit agencies for on-site verifications.
Write analytical research reports and field documentation to support carbon registration and issuance cycles.
Support the onboarding and training of local field teams and enumerators.
Designing and Conducting quality check processes to ensure correctness and reliability of the sampling and collected data
Ensure appropriate management of the records and documents related to all research activities
Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure effective project execution and alignment with business objectives.
What You Will Bring
Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Environmental Engineering, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, or related field.
4+ years of experience in leading and independently managing carbon credit projects and understanding of carbon market regulations, especially clean cooking projects.
Strong understanding of clean cooking technologies, household energy transitions, and related SDGs; thorough expertise of clean cooking methodologies, MRV systems, data analytics, and digital monitoring tools.
Strong Expertise in statistics for data sampling and statistical analysis create a specialized spreadsheets for carbon projects in accordance with Carbon Sampling and Survey Guidelines
Strong project management and stakeholder coordination skills, especially with auditors, NGOs, or field survey firms.
Excellent written communication and reporting skills.