Job Description

Everland exists to support communities in their efforts to protect their forests and wildlife and improve their livelihoods, resulting in climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation benefiting everyone. We do this by helping communities in the developing world monetize their forest and biodiversity assets by marketing Verified Emissions Reductions (VERs) from the world’s most impactful REDD+ projects. This generates critical resources to support conservation activities on the ground. We support conservation projects that go beyond the requirements of REDD+ verification, representing only projects that demonstrate transformative impacts for forest conservation, wildlife protection, and community livelihood development.

We are a values-driven company. We believe that in order to deliver on our purpose and serve our stakeholders, the organization must embody the kind of change we want to help create in the world. We do this through our commitment to practicing a set of core values and personal commitments that reflect the ethos of the company, and which animate our interactions with one another and our stakeholders.

Our Values:

1. Care of the Earth
2. Care for People
3. Fair share
4. Trust
5. Teamwork
6. Integrity

Our Commitments:

1. Give our very best
2. Be of service to all
3. Be reliable: I do what I say I will do
4. Be receptive: Observe non-judgmentally, listen deeply
5. Be transparent, be truthful, be trusting, be trustworthy
6. Be empathetic: Understand deeply the work, needs, interests, and limitations of all of our stakeholders – and ourselves
7. Personal growth: Constant development of skills and knowledge

Everland strives to create a culture of diversity and inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better business results.  We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and encourage people of any and all backgrounds to apply.

Purpose Of Role:

At Everland we are looking for an analytical and results oriented Due Diligence Analyst to join our rapidly growing international team. The individual will be part of the Impacts team that focuses on evaluating and communicating the climate mitigation, biodiversity conservation and community development impacts of REDD+ projects supported by Everland. This is a remote position that is ideally based in the UK or the east coast of USA.

The primary purpose of Everland’s Due Diligence Analyst is to assess the extent REDD+ projects Everland represents adhere to the company’s project design, implementation and reporting standards and best practices. They will be responsible for both analyzing project and third-party documentation and validating the quality and completeness of project key performance indicator (KPI) data, to consolidate Everland’s knowledge of the projects and their potential to deliver systems change and positive and durable impact claims on forest conservation, wildlife protection, and community development. The Analyst will work closely with Vice-President of Impacts and Senior Manager for Impacts, Assurance and Reporting to refine and evolve Everland’s due diligence systems, processes and tools to ensure they remain fit for purpose as the portfolio of projects expands.

Accountabilities

• Conduct desk-based analysis and scoring of projects against design, adaptive management and enabling environment criteria using Everland’s established due diligence framework and rating tool, and in line with best practice methodologies and carbon credit rating requirements;
• Conduct desk-based analysis and synthesis of qualitative and quantitative information from VCS, CCB and SD Vista project description documents, validation and verification reports and monitoring reports;
• Validate the quality and completeness of project key performance indicator (KPI) data and ensure Everland’s project indicator database is up to update;
• Work closely with Everland’s Senior Manager for Impacts and Assurance to prepare project due diligence reports and quality ratings to inform field-based due diligence visits, and corrective action recommendations for project developers;
• Directly liaise with Everland’s Impacts Reporting Manager to bring selected insights from project due diligence into client reporting on impacts and investment priorities;
• Provide ongoing support to conceptualize, design and continuously improve Everland’s project due diligence framework and tool kit;
• Contribute to organizational and programmatic prioritization and planning as needed; and
• Other duties as assigned.

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Environment or Social Sciences, Geography, International Development, or related field, and combination of post-graduate education and/or professional experience;
• Familiarity with forest/wildlife conservation, sustainable development and nature-based solutions. Knowledge of REDD+ and carbon accounting desirable;
• Familiarity with conservation and sustainable development design and adaptive management best practices;
• Experience analyzing and synthesizing large amounts of qualitative and quantitative information and preparing reports that convey complex messages for both technical and non-technical audiences;
• Superior English writing and editing skills; other languages helpful but not required;
• Advanced skills in MS Office and Google Workspace;
• Knowledge and experience using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) desirable;
• Proficiency with methods required for interpreting and structuring complex information;
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and the ability to work effectively and independently under multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment; and
• Experience working with a multicultural, international audience.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.

How to Apply

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: conservation, environmental science, and Sustainability. Salaries: Not Disclosed.

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