Senior Manager, CCB & SD VISta Programs

Job Title:                 Senior Manager, CCB & SD VISta Programs

Location:                 Remote – Worldwide with significant overlap with US business hours

Start Date:              Immediate

Reports to:             Director of Sustainable Development Programs Management

The world is quickly requiring incorporation of the principles of sustainable development into project design in all sectors to ensure that tangible and measurable benefits to people and the environment are realized. Verra is seeking a Senior Manager, CCB & SD VISta Programs to oversee a team conducting project registration and verification requests, coordinating closely with validation/verification bodies, and ensuring the integrity of all CCB and SD VISta projects.

Verra is a global leader helping to tackle the world's most intractable environmental and social challenges. As a mission-driven non-profit organization, Verra is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving livelihoods, and protecting natural resources across the private and public sectors. We support climate action and sustainable development with standards, tools, and programs that credibly, transparently, and robustly assess environmental and social impacts and enable funding for sustaining and scaling up projects that verifiably deliver these benefits. We work in any arena where we see a need for clear standards, a role for market-based mechanisms, and an opportunity to generate significant environmental and social value.

Verra manages a portfolio of standards, including the:

• Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) -- the world's leading carbon crediting program, with more than 1600 registered projects in 80 countries, and accounting for two-thirds of all voluntary carbon market transaction volume.
• Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard (SD VISta) -- a flexible framework for assessing and reporting on the sustainable development benefits of project-based activities.
• Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards -- to identify projects that simultaneously address climate change, support local communities, and conserve biodiversity.
• Plastic Waste Reduction Program -- to enable robust impact assessment of new or scaled-up waste recovery and recycling projects around the globe.

A day with Verra's Sustainable Development Program Management Team might include:

• Providing guidance and technical support to a team member reviewing CCB or SD VISta project registration and verification requests.
• Assessing a recommendation from a team member to approve or deny a project request and assisting staff in writing clear, actionable findings.
• Making a recommendation about action to take to improve the performance of a validation/verification body (VVB).
• Attending a VVB on-site audit at a project location to assess the VVB's performance and make recommendations for improvement.
• Leading a discussion with the relevant members of the organization to identify solutions to unique issues that arise for users of the CCB and SD VISta Programs.

Specific functions you will be responsible for leading:

• Managing a team of colleagues that ensures the integrity and quality of projects registered in the CCB and SD VISta Programs.
• Assessing project reviews conducted by colleagues and approving or rejecting the associated project registration and verification requests.
• Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the project review process to ensure projects are processed on time and to the requisite quality standards.
• Supporting professional development and promotion within your team, ensuring the team continues developing its skills and expertise.
• Supporting ongoing efforts to build VVB expertise in sustainable development, track performance, and improve the quality of their audits.
• Serving as a sustainable development subject-matter expert to the team and Verra more broadly.
• Contributing to draft revisions and approvals of SD VISta methodologies and program rules and procedures relevant to sustainable development to maintain those programs' robustness, workability, and impact.
• Representing Verra at relevant industry conferences, workshops, and events.

You bring with you:

• A degree, preferably a master's, in sustainable development, environmental science, community development, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of relevant professional experience (or combined experience and graduate-level education), including at least five years in the development, implementation, or assessment of sustainable development projects or related standards programs (e.g,. project developer, auditor, consultancy, standards organization).
• Working experience with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, community engagement, or social safeguards implementation.
• People management and organizational skills, including prioritizing and working efficiently and effectively under deadlines.
• Culturally aware with the ability to work with stakeholders and partners from different countries and cultures.
• Good written and verbal communication skills. Fluency in English is essential. Fluency in other languages would be an asset, with a preference for Spanish, Portuguese, French, Swahili, or Bahasa Indonesia.

In this role, you will grow and expand your expertise by:

• Working at the cutting edge of programs designed to drive finance towards high-impact activities that tackle some of the most pressing environmental and social issues of our day.
• Working on challenges and opportunities faced by practitioners of activities aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving livelihoods.
• Supporting the development of a junior team of professionals from a diverse range of backgrounds, experience levels, and expertise.

You will know you are successful if:

• All CCB, SD VISta, and Sustainable Development Contribution reviews are completed on time and to a high standard.
• Your team thrives under your leadership.
• You are seen as a leader, a go-to resource by your peers, and a reliable and capable team member by your manager.
• You build on your appreciation and respect for the challenges and opportunities faced by users of Verra’s programs and can ensure the quality of projects certified under Verra programs effectively.
• Your supervisees, other internal Verra staff, and Verra stakeholders consistently express positive feedback regarding your ability to collaborate to find workable solutions to challenges they face.

You will join a team...

• From diverse locations and backgrounds, including carbon market experts, project developers, consultants, climate negotiators, researchers, auditors, and more.
• Committed to driving quality so that finance can flow at scale to projects and programs that advance climate action and sustainable development through high-quality standards and programs.
• That embodies the values Verra has established for itself, which include Teamwork, Results, Integrity, Balance, and Exploration.

Compensation at Verra

To help us attract and retain top talent, Verra pays employees competitively to the market. In return, we expect each employee to, at a minimum:

• Meet expectations in terms of work effort and performance;
• Take the initiative to build the skills and knowledge needed to do their job effectively; and
• Embody Verra’s values.

For this position, the salary range is USD $90,474-$102,838 depending on experience.

We will recognize employees who go beyond expected performance with salary increases and/or promotions, but the bar for earning those rewards is high.

Salary is one component of Verra’s total compensation package which also includes:

• Health, vision and dental care, and life insurance;
• Verra contributions to each employee’s retirement plan;
• Verra contributions as required by national labor laws in countries where staff are located;
• Paid Time Off (PTO), comprising 22-30 days plus eleven floating holidays, sabbatical after five years of service, and other leave allowances; and
• Funds to support professional development.

How to Apply

To apply, please send us the following:

• Cover letter (not to exceed one page)
• Resume/CV (not to exceed two pages)

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Verra provides equal opportunity for all job applicants and employees and is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination. We conduct our recruitment and hiring without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetics, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.