Senior Project Coordinator

ABOUT US

Climate Impact Partners delivers solutions for climate action. We are carbon market specialists and a go-to partner for every stage of the net zero journey.

With over 25 years of industry experience and fuelled by a relentless drive for rapid action and results, we have made it our mission to urgently ensure a thriving future for all life on earth.

We do this by providing an end-to-end service that delivers high-quality, thoroughly vetted climate projects which reduce carbon emissions, improve health and livelihoods, and enhance biodiversity.

Together with our clients and project partners we have been responsible for the reduction or removal of more than 144 million tCO2e.

Check out our Impact Report to learn more about us and some of the work you could help us drive forward.

What sets us apart:

· Boundless, urgent ambition. We are accountable, relentless, resilient.

· Courage to innovate. We are courageous, creative, curious.

· Integrity without compromise. We are trustworthy, credible, committed.

· Empowered to serve. We are respectful, inclusive, collaborative.

YOUR IMPACT

As Senior Project Coordinator, you will play a key role in supporting the successful delivery of the Aranya (Panna) Project. You will work closely with implementing partners and CIP teams to ensure activities are executed accurately, efficiently, and in line with carbon, community engagement, and safeguarding standards.

You will provide guidance, technical support, and issue resolution to partners, help verify and analyse project data, and ensure robust reporting and quality control. Your work will also support community benefit delivery, stakeholder engagement, and compliance with VCS and CCB requirements, contributing to the credibility, impact, and long-term success of the project.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Implementing Partner Support:

Contact: Main point of contact with Senior Field Level partner project staff to support successful project delivery

Issue Management: First point of contact for issue identification, responsible for supporting and ensuring partners follow issue management and resolution protocols

Monitoring, Reporting and Verification

Reporting: Support PIPs to submit consistent and robust data and reporting aligned to project management requirements, milestone and KPIs.

Data verification and analysis: Verify data accuracy, collect and analyse project activity and result data under the guidance of CIP Senior Management

Carbon requirement

Carbon Standards: Under the guidance and supervision of CIP's technical team and the Senior Project Manager Guide, support PIPs to implement the project in accordance to VCS and CCB requirements.

Verification & Validation: Support in the Verification and Validation of the project working with auditor

Agroforestry Support

Quality Control: Quality Control and support to PIPs on all aspects of agroforestry, including all sub-activities of nursery, pre-planting, planting and operational and maintenance.

SOP Adherence: Support the PIPs to follow all Standard Operating Procedures which have been agreed.

Community Engagement

Community Benefits Fund: Under guidance and support from Community Manager Field and Senior Project Manager, lead on the management and distribution of the Community Benefit Fund for an allocated area, ensuring Community Funds are distributed and used in according to VCS/CCB standards.

Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Relationships: Develop, strengthen and sustain relationships with key stakeholders in the region, including leading on relationships with Gran Panchayats.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding: Under guidance and support from Community Manager Field and Senior Project Manager, ensure project delivery by the partners and CIP adheres to all safeguarding requirements.

Grievance Redress Mechanism: Responsible for ensuring all project stakeholder are aware how to engage with the Project Grievance Redress Mechanism,

Project Support

Project Support:General support for the project and CIP as directed. 

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Proven experience coordinating complex rural development or climate projects, preferably in India, with responsibility for partner management, operational delivery, and stakeholder engagement.

• Strong project management skills, including planning, monitoring, issue resolution, and reporting against milestones and KPIs.

• Experience supporting carbon projects or compliance with environmental standards, including familiarity with VCS, CCB, or equivalent methodologies.

• Demonstrated ability to support community engagement initiatives, including the implementation of Community Benefit Funds, FPIC processes, and safeguarding measures.

• Strong analytical skills, with experience verifying and interpreting project data to inform decision-making and reporting.

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, able to work effectively with field teams, partners, and local stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s degree in Sustainable Development, Agriculture, Environmental Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

VALUES ALIGNMENT

• Passionate about Climate Impact Partners’ mission to deliver climate action and make a measurable difference for people and the planet. 

• Alignment with company values of ambition, integrity, innovation, and service, with a demonstrated commitment to leveraging your role to drive positive impact and meaningful change.

WHAT WE OFFER

• An opportunity to work in an exciting, fast-paced team 

• Hands-on experience in the sustainability sector 

This is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.

We partner with Pebl to offer you the best benefits and employment practices in your home location. Some of our global benefits include:

• Remote working

• Generous annual leave

• **Bonus scheme, subject to company and individual performance

• Summer Fridays (start your weekend early if you've finished everything on your to-do list)

• Working from Abroad (up to 4 weeks a year)

• Mental Health First Aiders

• LinkedIn Learning Licence and Professional Training Budgets

Climate Impact Partners is an equal opportunities employer. Our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce, that embraces our differences, and so all aspects of employment including the decision to hire and promote, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business need. We do not discriminate on the basis of characteristics protected under federal, state, or local law. To support this, all applications are anonymised until the interview stage which means that regardless of who has applied, your characteristics are totally anonymous.