Climate Change Jobs

Methodology lead – nbs standard

Organization

ERS – Ecosystem Restoration Standard

Department

Secretariat

Organization URL

ERS website

Job Location Type

TELECOMMUTE

Job Location

Remote

Applicant Location Requirements

Americas    Europe    

Application Deadline

Until Filled

🎯 The role

Job brief

As the Methodology Lead, you oversee the development and refinement of methodologies, collaborate across teams, and ensure compliance with international frameworks and best practices to build the world’s leading nature-based standard.

Responsibilities

Drive Continuous Improvements & New Methodologies

– Lead the development and improvement of nature-based methodologies.
– Develop and uphold processes for regularly updating the ERS Standard to reflect the latest science and industry best practices.
– Provide expert guidance to address technical and complex challenges related to methodologies.
– Engage with relevant stakeholders and the Secretariat to consult on methodology development.
– Finalise and submit draft methodologies to the Director of Secretariat for review and approval before submission to the Technical Advisory Board (TAB), an independent group of subject-matter experts.

Coordinate Cross-Team Projects

– Act as the key coordinator for methodology-related projects, ensuring alignment across teams such as Certification, Secretariat, and R&D.
– Provide clear guidance and support to teams to drive decision-making and execution of methodology updates.
– Facilitate collaboration with the Data and Product teams to upgrade and refine their tools and workflows, ensuring alignment with new methodology revisions.

Ensure Compliance and Industry Alignment

– Monitor and ensure the ERS Standard complies with external accreditations (e.g., ICROA, IC-VCM, CORSIA) and national regulations where projects are active.
– Keep the organisation informed of emerging science, trends, and best practices in the ecosystem restoration and carbon markets sectors.

Within a month, you will develop a full understanding of standard documents, certification processes, and cross-team collaboration dynamics.

Within three months, you will draft your first methodology, focusing on agroforestry.

Within six months, you will finalise and publish the methodology following public consultation and integration of market feedback.

Special Requirements
Skills we value for this role – You bring at least 5+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: – Implementing and managing land-based projects, preferably nature-based carbon projects. – Drafting methodologies for land-based standards (e.g., agroforestry, mangroves, conservation), ideally for carbon standards. – You have 2+ years of experience coordinating cross-functional teams and managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects. – You have excellent knowledge of carbon markets, leading accreditations (e.g., ICVCM, CORSIA, ICROA), Standards (e.g., VCS, Gold Standard), and ARR, REDD+ methodologies (e.g., VM0047). – You excel in organisational and copywriting skills, with the ability to produce clear and concise standard documentation. Your strong attention to detail, benchmarking skills, and capacity for literature reviews ensure high-quality outputs. Please include the square root of 81 at the bottom right of your CV. – You possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Fluency in English is required, and proficiency in other languages is an advantage. – You thrive on first-principle thinking, with a pragmatic approach to solving challenges. You bring deep curiosity and strong decision-making capabilities. – You enjoy working with diverse teams, have a strong sense of ownership, and take the initiative to push projects forward effectively. – You are familiar with collaborative tools like Notion, Google Workspace, DocuSign, and ChatGPT.

Apply online or via email

Apply here
talent@ers.org