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Thank you for your inquiry about employment opportunities and collaborations. Our current vacancies can be viewed below, or on our HR portal.
Chief Operations Officer
In the context of an exciting period of growth for Gold Standard, we are looking for a Chief Operations Officer working with the CEO and the Executive Team to enable excellence through the delivery of operations functions (Digital Systems, Finance, Procurement, Governance and Human Resources).
This process will be managed by the recruitment firm Birdeo, and candidates can apply directly on their website via the link below.
Associate - Assurance and Review Management (Land Use and Forests)
The Gold Standard Foundation seeks a highly motivated individual to join our technical team. This is a full-time position to support the Gold Standard assurance project and review to ensure compliance with standard requirements.
This is a remote position, the role holder can be based in the UK, Germany or India.
CLOSING DATE Ongoing
Manager - Assurance and Review Management
The Gold Standard Foundation seeks a highly motivated individual to join our technical team, reporting to the Technical Director. This is a full-time position responsible for managing the Gold Standard Quality Assurance and Quality Control System to ensure that projects/programmes are certified in line with standard requirements and assurance related risks are identified and mitigated.
This is a remote position, the role holder can be based in the UK, Germany or India.
CLOSING DATE Ongoing
Officer - Standards Development & Innovation (LUF)
The Gold Standard Foundation seeks a highly motivated individual to join our standard development team to support and drive the standard development and improvements with a focus on mitigation solutions under LUF scope. It is a full-time position responsible for working on standard development and innovations work.
This is a remote position, the role holder can be based in the UK, Germany or India.
CLOSING DATE Ongoing
Manager - Methodology Development & Innovations (Energy)
The Gold Standard Foundation seeks a highly motivated individual to join our Standard Development team to lead the development of innovative and robust methodologies, with a focus on mitigation solutions under the energy scope. It is a full-time position responsible for working on methodology development and related work.
This is a remote position, the role holder can be based in the UK, Germany or India.
CLOSING DATE Ongoing
IT Support Officer
This role is perfect for someone with basic IT support skills who has the desire to learn more about Azure and JAMF. You will be the first contact person for IT support issues, such as onboarding, permissions, basic security issues and helping with hardware problems. We are split into around half the company in the office and the rest remote. The role will give you the opportunity to learn and be trained on Azure and other Digital Services. We strongly believe in employee development and are looking for a candidate keen to develop their skills and experience.
This is a remote position based in UK or Hybrid working from our Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
CLOSING DATE 29 May 2023
We are currently seeking a consultant via this Terms of Reference for:
HR projects contractor (Policies & Procedures)
The Gold Standard Foundation seeks a contractor for a (6-month duration) for an immediate start to work on an important HR Project.
Working with the HR team for a defined period, the successful consultant will be accountable and responsible for developing and implementing HR Policies and related procedures, which will be updated in the staff handbook.
Closing Date 10th May 2023 18:00 CET
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We are currently seeking a consultant via this Request of Proposals for:
Implementing Partner on Biodiversity approaches – environment scan and barrier analysis
Gold Standard is seeking the services of an implementing partner who can help us better understand the demand and the supply of methods and tools for biodiversity credit/claims.
Closing Date 24th April 2023 18:00 CET
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Implementing Partner on Landscapes Approaches – Environment Scan and Barrier Analysis
Gold Standard is seeking the services of an implementing partner who can help us better understand the funding challenges that landscape proponents and other actors within landscape initiatives have. Gold Standard will use this information to understand how it can drive more investment into such initiatives by using - and developing - its products and services.
Closing Date 29th May 2023 18:00 CET
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We are currently seeking a consultant via this Terms of Reference for:
Short-term consultant to deliver Gold Standard’s Training Workshop for Adaptation Requirements
Gold Standard is organising an Adaptation Workshop in Cape Town South Africa from 18-19 April 2023. The workshop would introduce the key elements of the Adaptation Requirements and support participants in understanding the methods and approaches used to address some of the challenges of integrating adaptation into projects.
Gold Standard, therefore, seeks an expert who would be responsible for developing and delivering this training workshop.
Closing Date 5th April 2023 17:00 CET
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Thank you for your inquiry about employment opportunities and collaborations. Our current vacancies can be viewed below, or on our HR portal.
Associate - Assurance and Review Management (Land Use and Forests)
The Gold Standard Foundation seeks a highly motivated individual to join our technical team. This is a full-time position to support the Gold Standard assurance project and review to ensure compliance with standard requirements.
This is a remote position, the role holder can be based in the UK, Germany or India.
Officer - Market Intelligence
The Gold Standard Foundation seeks a highly motivated individual to join our strategy team. This is a full-time position to support Gold Standard’s go-to-market strategy development through competitive analysis, market and policy insights, pipeline assessment and forecasting and other analysis.
This can be a remote working position (UK/Germany based), or a hybrid working position at our HQ in Geneva, Switzerland.
Associate - Assurance and Review Management (Energy)
The Gold Standard Foundation seeks a highly motivated individual to join our technical team. This is a full-time position to support the Gold Standard assurance project and review to ensure compliance with standard requirements.
This is a remote position, the role holder can be based in the UK, Germany or India.
Manager - Assurance and Review Management
The Gold Standard Foundation seeks a highly motivated individual to join our technical team, reporting to the Technical Director. This is a full-time position responsible for managing the Gold Standard Quality Assurance and Quality Control System to ensure that projects/programmes are certified in line with standard requirements and assurance related risks are identified and mitigated.
This is a remote position, the role holder can be based in the UK, Germany or India.
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We are currently seeking an implementing partner via a Request for Proposals for:
Bilateral Support for Nationally Determined Contributions Implementation and Climate Governance in the Pacific Alliance
Gold Standard is seeking an implementing partner to deliver work to support governments in the Pacific Alliance on matters related to emissions inventories. Gold Standard is procuring two pieces of work:
- Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) preparedness
- Stocktake of national MRV, including for inventories
If you wish to submit proposals for both activities, please contact Gold Standard in advance (hannah.betts@goldstandard.org) at least 5 days prior to the submission deadline.
Closing Date 23rd December 2022 18:00 CET
DOWNLOAD RFP Biennal Transparency Report
DOWNLOAD RFP Stockatake of national MRV
SPANISH VERSIONS
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We are currently seeking an implementing partner via a Request for Proposals for:
Bilateral Support for Nationally Determined Contributions Implementation and Climate Governance in the Pacific Alliance
Gold Standard is seeking an implementing partner (consultant or organisation) to deliver work to support governments in the Pacific Alliance on matters related to carbon markets activities.
- Devaluation and competitiveness of carbon market activities
Closing Date 6th February 2023 18:00 CET
DOWNLOAD RFP Devaluation and competitiveness of carbon market activities
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DOWNLOAD RFP Devaluación y competitividad en el mercado del carbono
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Project Officer, Climate Impact in the Pacific Alliance Region
Gold Standard is responsible for a number of externally funded initiatives and projects intending to build capacity amongst governments, the private sector and civil society to implement high-integrity climate action. As part of this, Gold Standard is implementing a multi-year project assisting countries in the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru) on the implementation of their Nationally Determined Contributions, through dedicated support on issues related to monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV). We are recruiting for a Project Officer to support the implementation of Gold Standard’s capacity-building initiatives and projects, beginning with our support for the Pacific Alliance.
CLOSING DATE 20 April 2023
Manager Legal
Gold Standard seeks a highly qualified Manager – Legal. Reporting to the Senior Operations Manager, as a member of the Operations and Finance Team, the incumbent will serve to safeguard Gold Standard’s reputation and minimize exposure to legal and contractual risk. You will ensure that company policy and process complies with legal guidelines and remains fit for purpose, curate corporate legal documentation, and actively support a culture of legal, policy, and process compliance throughout the organization.
CLOSING DATE 23 April 2023
Senior Manager - Operations
Gold Standard seeks a Senior Manager Operations to provide leadership for the consistent implementation of high quality operations across Gold Standard. The role holder will oversee a team including a Legal Manager and Controls Officer with collective responsibility for establishing operational policy and processes, and ensuring consistent implementation across the organization through a risk management and controls function. This role is critical to enable GS to realise its strategic ambitions during a period of sustained growth. The role holder will personally manage special projects from time to time.
CLOSING DATE 23 April 2023
Officer - Sustainable Finance and Innovation (SFI)
This is a full-time position responsible for supporting the development and piloting of new tools and methodological approaches (including remote sensing, proximal sensors, and models) for biodiversity, nature-based solutions, forestry, agri/aquaculture and blue solutions. Applications range from carbon credit projects to impact claims (i.e., investment funds, landscape approaches, and value-chain reporting projects).
CLOSING DATE 23 April 2023
Officer, Market Intelligence
The Gold Standard Foundation seeks a highly motivated individual to join our strategy team. This is a full-time position to support Gold Standard’s go-to-market strategy development through competitive analysis, market and policy insights, pipeline assessment and forecasting and other analysis.
This can be a remote working position (UK/Germany based), or a hybrid working position at our HQ in Geneva, Switzerland.
CLOSING DATE 23 April 2023
