SENIOR CARBON TRADING ANALSYST

Duties and Responsibilities 

Working under the guidance and supervision of the Director, Climate Change, the Senior Carbon Markets Analyst will assist in carrying out the following tasks: 

1. Coordination of annual emission reduction reporting from project; 
2. Review of project listing application; 
3. Review, validation and verification of reports; 
4. Coordination of development and/or approval of new methodologies; 
5. Carbon accounting for NDCs and mitigation outcome transfers; 
6. Preparation of annual report to UNFCCC on A6.2; 
7. Preparation of annual reports on all carbon trading; 
8. Development and maintenance of internal tools to track carbon finance performance matrices; 
9. Conducting other quantitative and analytical tasks in the carbon trading as needed; and 
10. Undertake any other duty as may be assigned by the Director, Climate Change.

Position Requirements 

In order to be considered for the position, the applicant must be in possession of the following:  Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a quantitative discipline with a strong grounding in science, mathematics, engineering, actuarial science, statistics, business or other quantitative training. 
• Master’s Degree in any of the above, or a related field from a university recognized in Kenya. 

 Experience 

The applicant should have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in carbon trading, out of which three (3) years must have been in Kenya. 

Knowledge, Skills and Competences 

1. The applicant should have a good understanding of the national climate change institutional framework and poses strong technical and policy background on NDC, NAP and NCCAP processes. 
2. In addition, he/she should demonstrate possession of the following: 
• Strong writing, analytical and quantitative skills; ii) Excellent drafting, presentation and report writing skills; 
• Statistics and Accounting skills; 
• Highly motivated, results driven, and able to multi-task; 
• Excellent computer application skills in common word processing (MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint and internet search); 
• Excellent command of English and Kiswahili languages. 
3. The applicant should also demonstrate ability in the following: 
• Work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders across various sectors at all levels; 
• Create complex carbon models; 

Added Advantages 

1. Specialized training/short courses and experience in the following areas: 
• Carbon Market Registry; and/or 
• Carbon Trading will be added advantages

Deadline: 2 May 2023

Application details: https://www.environment.go.ke/vacancies/