Head of Portfolio Delivery

Job Description

Acre is delighted to be once again partnering with Climate Impact Partners, a leading provider of high-quality carbon credit programmes, to identify a Head of Portfolio Delivery to join their Project Development Team. The role is focused on the deliveryof an international portfolio of Nature Based Solutions (NBS) and Energy development projects, from the earliest stages of development, under recognised voluntary carbon standards.Climate Impact Partners make and manage long-term investments in development projects in return for verified emissions reductions (VERs). Working closely with project development partners who are implementing project activities on the ground, sharing theirexpertise and oversight to ensure that projects are designed, set up and managed to deliver the expected volume of high-integrity VERs and other impacts.RESPONSIBILITIES

• Management of long-term contracts with project implementation partners to ensure that projects deliver the committed carbon and other benefits to Climate Impact Partners within budget and enabling CIP to meet commitments to their investing clients fromboth a carbon and impact delivery standpoint and reputationally.
• Support definition of commercially and operationally robust payment milestones during the final stages of contracting and subsequently make recommendations for dispersal of development funding consistent with delivery of payment milestones.
• Regularly review project status and outlook with project partners; make timely recommendations for actions required by Climate Impact Partners and/or project partners to resolve issues, mitigate risks, ensure ongoing alignment of project stakeholders andproject delivery; where needed, lead contract amendment renegotiations to a conclusion.
• Provide timely, accurate and concise project reporting internally to the Global Director of Project Development, the Board and finance.
• Visit each of the project sites, including internationally, at least annually, providing feedback internally to project partners on the findings of the visits.
• Build on the companys award-winning project development reputation to position the company as the partner of choice by demonstrating value to project partners.

CAPABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE

• Significant experience and relevant track record in management of long-term project development and operational contracts or investments with budgets of at least $10m, requiring an understanding of on-the-ground realities of project delivery.
• Proven project management skills and track record of managing delivery partners and contracts, including negotiation of contract amendments and issue resolution.
• A desire to learn quickly about carbon project development and carbon markets is essential.
• Exposure to the challenges of working in emerging markets with a variety of delivery partners, including smaller companies and NGOs, with an understanding of local stakeholder issues (from Governments to local communities and suppliers).
• An ability to build effective long-term relationships with partners, contractors and suppliers, balancing support and challenge; not always taking the first answer at face value and having the commercial maturity to assess stakeholder motivations and capabilities.

It would be advantageous, but not essential, to have:

• Experience in NBS, Energy carbon project development, and impact investing or exposure to carbon markets; for example, experience in sustainable infrastructure, energy or construction project development and operational asset management would be relevantexperience.
• Experience in managing funding or investment from large corporate entities or investors.

Climate Impact Partners are and have always been leading from the front in the Nature Based Solutions/Renewable Energy voluntary carbon markets; this is a rare opportunity to lead a diverse and critically impactful portfolio of projects for a fantasticbusiness.For more information, please contact Jack Malhotra-Mulloy at .