Manager- Corporate Partnerships

ROLE PURPOSE

Gold Standard’s Market Development and Partnerships team is responsible for the organisation’s engagement with partners across government, project development, investors, companies and other stakeholder groups, and plays an important role in the organisation’s mission to enable and encourage high-impact approaches to climate security and sustainable development.

We are recruiting for a new Manager, Corporate Partnerships to lead our engagement with companies and the development of new models, platforms, and approaches to enable companies to adopt Gold Standard’s products, services, and ideas.  The role-holder will report to the Senior Director for Market Development and Partnerships and will be supported by a Market Relations Assistant, with the potential for further team expansion in the future.

The role holder can be based in the UK, Germany, working remotely or based at our headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland (Hybrid).

WHAT WE DO

Gold Standard is a standards body and thought leader that promotes the best that can be achieved in climate and development projects. It was established in 2003 by WWF and other international NGOs as a best practice standard to ensure projects that reduced carbon emissions under the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) also delivered sustainable development benefits. Today, our standard, ‘Gold Standard for the Global Goals’, allows climate and development initiatives within carbon markets, corporate supply chains, and sustainable finance to manage, measure and maximise their impacts toward the Net Zero ambition of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. Certification against the standard provides the confidence that these results are measured and verified, enabling credible impact reporting. ISEAL Code Compliant and backed by a broad NGO Supporter Network, Gold Standard has 2000+ projects underway in over 90 countries, creating billions of dollars of shared value from climate and development action worldwide.

OUR VALUES

• PIONEERING

For almost 20 years, Gold Standard has shown how carbon finance can achieve its highest potential. We’ve created innovative new standards, programmes and tools that raise the bar for quality across a broader range of applications than carbon markets. We focus on those that have the most promise to contribute to our vision and mission, bringing them to market with the requisite planning and resources.

• RIGOROUS

We build on our reputation for quality and rigour with more robust measurement of outcomes, stronger safeguards and greater impact across the Sustainable Development Goals. Our objective is to make rigour simpler and more achievable at scale.

• COLLABORATIVE

We work with key partners who share our goals and complement our strengths. Our partnership strategy aims to move beyond working opportunistically as a delivery partner in favor of collaborating in long-term strategic synergy.

• TRANSPARENT

We were established to bring confidence, trust, and accountability to carbon markets. We will continue to take strides to improve transparency in our own processes, in the broader market and in non-market mechanisms.

The Gold Standard Foundation is looking to build our team with exceptional people who are excited and driven to shape and deliver this ambition and uphold our values.

YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• Work with Gold Standard’s technical team on the development, implementation and management of a new platform to support best practice climate action by companies, including responsibilities for business development and platform coordination.
• Proactively identify and take forward new corporate partnership opportunities related to Gold Standard’s products and services.
• Manage and oversee day-to-day relationships and partnerships with companies and other prospective buyers, ensuring effective communication and coordination to meet mutual expectations in a timely and professional manner.
• Advocate for Gold Standard solutions among companies and other buyers, including through representation at corporate sustainability events, virtually and in person.
• Collect information and insights from companies and other users of Gold Standard solutions and products to inform improvements to our existing products and models as well as future innovations.
• Manage demand-side engagement on Gold Standard’s Marketplace, including developing new models to improve efficiency and increase use of these services.
• Work with Gold Standard’s Communications team to develop and implement strategies to increase brand awareness and use of Gold Standard products and services globally.
• Work closely with other relationship managers in the Market Development and Partnership team to ensure alignment across Gold Standard’s partnerships with companies, investors, governments, project developers and other actors.

YOU WILL BRING TO THE ROLE:

• At least 5+ years of management experience (Manager or Senior Manager) in outreach and development and/or commercial product management
• Excellent knowledge of corporate sustainability issues; carbon market experience highly valued
• Confidence in presentation skills; demonstrated ability in public speaking
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills and ability to identify and assess new opportunities
• Knowledge of technology and e-commerce, and experience of developing business models applying these, is a plus
• Excited by complexity, responding with agility and creative thinking
• A desire to make a difference in the world and commitment never to compromise integrity for opportunity
• Good collaboration and communication skills with the ability to work with a range of staff based all around the world
• Languages: the working language of the Foundation is English; fluency required, mother tongue preferred; other languages an asset
• The ability to work legally in regions stated

WHAT WE OFFER:

The salary range for this role will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Other benefits to working at Gold Standard include:

• A mission-driven organisation working at the leading edge of climate and sustainability
• Rewarding work in a dynamic non-profit environment
• A collaborative workplace within a multicultural team
• An ambitious, agile and flexible environment

CLOSING DATE

Applications for this role will close on COB Monday, 27th March 2023. Successful candidates will be contacted for an interview.

APPLICATIONS

Please submit a 1-page cover letter explaining why you want to work for the Gold Standard and a CV through our recruitment portal.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Gold Standard provides equal opportunity for all job applicants and employees and is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination. We are dedicated to an inclusive culture and we strive to create a workplace where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together.

We welcome applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, races, background, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.