Senior Expert: Carbon, Forest, Agriculture

Candidate Profile

• PhD / Master's / Engineering degree in forestry, agriculture, environment, conservation, sustainable development, climate negotiation, carbon modeling
• 10 to 15 years of experience (with a strong field component) in setting up and conducting forest and agricultural carbon projects: plantation, natural forest management, agroforestry, agriculture; particularly in consultation with local populations and integrating wood/agricultural product value chains
• Knowledge of voluntary carbon markets, certification standards and methodologies, as well as international programs (UNFCCC, FCPF...) and major international agreements (Paris Agreements, Kyoto Protocol) for NBS activities
• Knowledge of environmental and social management tools and standards is a plus (High Conservation Values, FPIC approach, FSC/RSPO/other commodity standards, CCB standard)
• Sectoral networks and contacts
• Regular international missions to be expected
• Languages: English required, French recommended, knowledge of Spanish, Portuguese or a regional language will be valued

Activities

Participate in building the strategic vision

• Ensure technical and regulatory monitoring of carbon and NBS markets
• Contribute to the operation selection process to build a balanced activity portfolio and achieve carbon credit production objectives
• Ensure deliverables are consistent with TotalEnergies and TENBS strategy

Conduct technical studies necessary for project development and operations: carbon, forest, agriculture, compensation

• Conduct technical studies (prospecting, feasibility, pre-project, due diligence) on behalf of Business Development
• Prepare specifications and Terms of Reference (content, deliverables, agenda and budget)
• Coordinate activities and contributions of suppliers during the study
• Define and conduct comparative analyses to propose optimal forest/agricultural routes (in terms of technical feasibility, economic value, social-environmental co-benefits, carbon benefits). Synthesize recommendations in terms of carbon sink design and architecture and estimate carbon credit production probabilities in quality and quantity, as well as associated uncertainties and risks
• Work closely with the ESG (Environmental & Social Governance) team when developing technical routes
• Support TotalEnergies subsidiaries in developing studies they conduct locally, and any other NBS-related subject
• As part of activities initiated by Business Development, participate in Data-Room analyses and Due Diligences and any other formality contributing to information collection

Participate in the carbon credit production process for the Company

• Supervise validation and verification audits: selection and monitoring of Validation & Verification Bodies (VVB) and project developers (PDD, Monitoring Report). Monitor carbon credit production on TENBS registers
• Participate in the development of "Monitoring, Reporting & Verification" (MRV) tools and processes for operations

Actively contribute to team activities and knowledge and skills development

• Competitive intelligence on the following subjects: international and sectoral climate negotiations, carbon markets, methodological and technological innovations, competitive benchmarks, forest and agricultural technical routes, and any other field related to NBS through research, active networking and participation in conferences and sector-related events
• Contribute to the dissemination of team expertise knowledge

Represent the Company when necessary (Technical Committees, conferences, seminars)

Context & Environment

TotalEnergies aims to be a major player in the energy transition, committed to carbon neutrality as a multi-energy company. More energy, fewer emissions: this is the double challenge we are taking up alongside our customers, stakeholders and society as a whole to contribute to the sustainable development of the planet and face the climate challenge.

Created in May 2019, the TotalEnergies Nature Based Solutions (TENBS) team manages a portfolio of diverse operations in Africa, Latin America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, relying on the agricultural, forestry, carbon and business expertise that compose it.

Its main mission is to select, qualify, invest and manage natural carbon sink operations (Conservation & REDD+, Afforestation-Reforestation, Agriculture & Agroforestry, Biochar, Wetlands & Blue Carbon) with its partners while working on the right positioning, internally and externally, of nature-based solutions.

TENBS designs and implements its operations according to a landscape approach, in participation with local communities, including economic value chains aimed at the sustainability of natural carbon sinks and obtaining optimum environmental and social benefits. In this context, the TENBS team is looking for a Senior Expert in Carbon, Forest, Agriculture to strengthen its activity.