Entrepreneurship in the territories: is it the right time?
Reforest'Action is a social company created in 2010 that works daily to preserve and restore forests in France and around the world. Through a collaborative approach based on the principle of "crowdplanting", citizens and companies can take concrete action in favor of forests by planting trees in rows. The trees are then planted in the field by our technical partners. Each plantation project has a global impact, in favor of the climate and biodiversity, and a local impact, in favor of the socio-economic development of the populations. Reforest'Action has already planted more than 17 million trees, with 300,000 Reforest'Actors and 3,000 companies, and is attracting a growing number of organizations acting within the framework of their CSR strategy or carbon approach.
To reach its goal of 1 billion trees planted in the next 10 years, Reforest’Action is linking its activities to the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM).
The VCM is a market-based mechanism designed to reap the low-hanging fruits of climate change mitigation. It allows individuals and organizations to finance demonstrated carbon removals at an optimized cost-for-impact. As an industry, the VCM is constantly evolving to remain at the forefront of emission reductions monitoring, while continuously raising the bar in terms of credibility of the credits generated.
The Voluntary Carbon Market is expected to grow 15-fold by 2030 and demand for forest-based carbon credits is already driving the development of our reforestation and forest conservation activities.
In this context of fast-growth, Reforest’Action is offering a new opportunity for a Junior Carbon Project Officer to lead AFOLU project certification under Voluntary Carbon Market standards.
The junior project officer intervenes throughout the project development cycle and manages certification in a way to ensure timely generation of carbon credits.
Main missions and responsibilities
o Under the supervision his/her manager, build in-depth knowledge of existing AFOLU methodologies for project certification under the VCS, Gold Standard and other VCM standards if needed;
o Assess new AFOLU project opportunities and conduct feasibility studies, from an operational a technical and a financial standpoint, in the prospect of project investment from Reforest’Action clients;
o In close collaboration with regional managers and local project managers, make sure project design, implementation and monitoring are in line with Voluntary Carbon Market standards and methodologies requirements;
o Draft all the project documentation, as required as part of the certification cycle;
o Coordinate third-party audits and reviews by the standard (desk review and field audits);
o Perform watch on new standards’ initiatives including new methodologies, digital monitoring / remote sensing, standards evolutions, in a way to stay at the state of the art in certification of AFOLU projects; o Share expertise within the Carbon team and with the regional hubs;
o Through technical input, collaborate with other teams, including communications, sales, credits procurement, etc.
