Project Manager
ABOUT US
Climate Impact Partners delivers solutions for climate action. We are carbon market specialists and a go-to partner for every stage of the net zero journey.
With over 25 years of industry experience and fuelled by a relentless drive for rapid action and results, we have made it our mission to urgently ensure a thriving future for all life on earth.
We do this by providing an end-to-end service that delivers high-quality, thoroughly vetted climate projects which reduce carbon emissions, improve health and livelihoods, and enhance biodiversity.
Together with our clients and project partners we have been responsible for the reduction or removal of more than 144 million tCO2e.
Check out our Impact Report to learn more about us and some of the work you could help us drive forward.
What sets us apart:
· Boundless, urgent ambition. We are accountable, relentless, resilient.
· Courage to innovate. We are courageous, creative, curious.
· Integrity without compromise. We are trustworthy, credible, committed.
· Empowered to serve. We are respectful, inclusive, collaborative.
YOUR IMPACT
As Project Manager for Project Aranya, you will play a key role in delivering a high-impact, community-centred climate project in India. You will be accountable for the successful delivery of Phase 1, ensuring activities are delivered on time, within budget and to a high standard.
Alongside project delivery, you will provide technical oversight for all community engagement components, ensuring robust implementation of FPIC, safeguarding, grievance mechanisms and gender-sensitive programming in line with CCB and VCS standards. Working closely with delivery partners, field teams and community stakeholders, you will build strong relationships, manage risks and support effective on-the-ground execution.
This role is ideal for an experienced, hands-on project manager with a strong background in rural development, who is motivated by delivering meaningful climate and community impact in complex environments.
THE ROLE
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Project Management
Delivery: Accountable for ensuring the Phase 1 component of Project Aranya is delivered on time, to a high quality and to budget.
Workplans: Accountable for ensuring that all partners and team members have accurate and up-to-date annual, quarterly, monthly and weekly workplans which ensure delivery of project targets and milestones.
Risk Management: Accountable to ensure all activities have key risks identified, and mitigating actions baked into delivery plans.
Issue Management: Accountable in the management of issues within project delivery, ensuring issue resolution protocols are followed.
Data and Reporting: Accountable for the accurate collection and reporting of all data from Phase 1 activities.
Team Management: Management of 4 – 7 field staff, ensuring an emphasis on staff wellbeing and team cohesion.
Community Engagement Technical Backstopping
Community Engagement Technical Backstopping: Accountable for ensuring that all community engagement components of the full Project Aranya are implemented at minimum to CCB standards. This includes, but is not limited to, a focus on ensuring a robust FPIC process has taken place, that the grievance redress mechanism is operational and suitable, that safeguarding risks are identified and delivery plans adopted to mitigate them, that gender sensitive programming is mainstreamed into all activities.
Skills Development: Training and coaching project delivery staff on technical aspects of community engagement (FPIC, safeguarding, Grievance Redress Mechanism, participation) in addition to in-field skills including facilitation, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
Stakeholder Management
Delivery Partners: Be the main point of contact, relationship management, management of delivery, contract management, reporting management,
Community Stakeholders: Develop, sustain and strengthen relationships with key stakeholders at the village and district level who impact the project.
Conflict resolution: Lead on resolution of issues involving project stakeholders.
Carbon Standards
Carbon standards adherence: With support from CIP’s technical team, ensure project delivery for Phase 1 aligns with VCS and CCB standards.
Project Support
Project Support: General support for the project and CIP as directed.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Extensive, hands-on experience typically gained through leading multiple large-scale rural development programmes in India, with accountability for delivery, teams and stakeholder relationships, working as a practitioner in rural development in India in a relevant field, i.e. poverty reduction, gender, agriculture, rural development, WaSH, market systems development, agroforestry or any related field.
Experience working in a senior position in field implementation, able to confidently build and sustain relationships and resolve conflicts with key stakeholders.
Strong Project Management experience, managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders in rural India. Comfortable with Microsoft office suit.
Strong experience and technical skills in community engagement, including safeguarding, FPIC.
At minimum, a basic understanding of CCB & VCS safeguarding standards.
Bachelors degree in Sustainable Development, Agriculture, Economics, Business, Agronomy or another related field.
LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES
Leading with accountability by fostering an ownership mindset, setting ambitious goals and KPIs and utilising data-driven decision-making.
Commerciality with excellent strategic planning skills and effective stakeholder management to drive outcomes.
Focus on innovation and continuous improvement to foster a growth mindset, drive process optimisation and add value to our business and clients.
Exemplify our values, leading by example, recognising others who do the same and guiding our colleagues through change.
VALUES ALIGNMENT
Passionate about Climate Impact Partners’ mission to deliver climate action and make a measurable difference for people and the planet.
Alignment with company values of ambition, integrity, innovation, and service, with a demonstrated commitment to leveraging your role to drive positive impact and meaningful change.
WHAT WE OFFER
An opportunity to work in an exciting, fast-paced team
Hands-on experience in the sustainability sector
We partner with Pebl to offer you the best benefits and employment practices in your home location. Some of our global benefits include:
Remote working
Generous annual leave
Bonus scheme, subject to company and individual performance
Summer Fridays (start your weekend early if you've finished everything on your to-do list)
Working from Abroad (up to 4 weeks a year)
Mental Health First Aiders
LinkedIn Learning Licence and Professional Training Budgets
This role is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract
Climate Impact Partners is an equal opportunities employer. Our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce, that embraces our differences, and so all aspects of employment including the decision to hire and promote, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business need. We do not discriminate on the basis of characteristics protected under federal, state, or local law. To support this, all applications are anonymised until the interview stage which means that regardless of who has applied, your characteristics are totally anonymous.
- Department
- Carbon Project Delivery
- Locations
- Madhya Pradesh, India
- Remote status
- Hybrid
About Climate Impact Partners
Climate Impact Partners delivers solutions for action on climate. Together with the world’s leading companies and quality project partners we will reduce 1 billion tonnes of CO2 to transform the global economy, improve health and livelihoods, and restore a thriving planet.
Climate Impact Partners builds on the expertise, integrity, and innovation of two companies that have led the voluntary carbon market, Natural Capital Partners and Climate Care. Fueled by a relentless drive for rapid action and results, our global team continues to pioneer the market’s development, and set the standards for quality that will maximize its impact.
What we do
We believe that carbon markets have a critical role to play in delivering action by putting a price on carbon and funding carbon reduction projects to meet our global climate goals.
We develop and deliver the highest quality carbon financed projects from which we create carbon credit and energy attribute certificate portfolios for our clients. This enables organizations to offset the emissions they can’t reduce, put a price on carbon to incentivize change, and meet their ambitious climate goals.
Who we work with
We work with leading corporates, NGOs, and governments to deliver solutions for climate impact, ensuring they meet their carbon neutral, net zero, and renewable energy goals.
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