BURN is seeking a Senior Carbon Technical Manager (A.6.2 & Electric / Metered Cookstove Lead) to lead the technical management of its carbon portfolio, ensuring timely, compliant, and high-quality carbon credit issuance across multiple markets. The role will drive Article 6.2 programmes, oversee MRV systems, and collaborate cross-functionally to maintain data integrity, regulatory compliance, and strategic alignment.
Duties and Responsibilities
Ownership of BURN's carbon (A.6.2, Electric and metered projects) portfolio health — ensuring issuance volume delivery on time, on scope, and on budget.
Assign projects to SCTEs and SCTOs; set reporting targets and reporting functions with junior technical teams, QA/QC, and other internal BURN customers.
Working with the Carbon Policy and QA/QC teams — ensure that BURN's portfolio of projects is compliant with all methodological and industry-approved integrity benchmarks.
Lead VVB contract management for the assigned project portfolio.
Information management — manage all carbon technical documentation and access; craft and provide technical responses on new methodologies, ratings agencies, press, and investor updates.
Review emergent trends in the ICVCM and forecast technical threats and opportunities in relation to BURN's corporate interests.
Oversee implementation of BURN's capacity building and training programme.
Provide quarterly SMT reports on BURN's portfolio health and inter-departmental initiative tracking.
Lead or participate in technical workshops, methodology reviews, and industry seminars.
Develop and update investor update decks and carbon portfolio briefing materials.
Conduct onboarding programmes for senior BURN staff on carbon technical matters.
Lead internal inter-departmental training.
Manage inter-departmental Carbon Asset Development assignments.
Resource management — provide monthly updates to the HOD / Director on technical staffing needs.
Develop and maintain relationships with VVBs and GHG certification registries.
Appraisals and check-ins for immediate direct reports; oversee the appraisal structure for junior talent.
Article 6.2 Bilateral Programme Leadership
Lead the full technical management of BURN's Article 6.2 bilateral carbon programmes — currently including the KLIK Ghana EIC project under the Switzerland–Ghana bilateral agreement.
Serve as BURN's primary technical liaison with Article 6.2 counterparties: FOEN (Switzerland), the Ghana Carbon Market Office (CMO), Designated National Authorities, and Gold Standard.
Work with carbon policy and government relations teams to manage the Corresponding Adjustment (CA) process.
Monitor UNFCCC COP Article 6.2 guidance developments and translate new requirements into updated project procedures.
Lead preparation and submission of Article 6.2 authorisation requests, monitoring reports, and VVB verification packages.
Oversee the quarterly sampling plan submission to Focal Point / CMO.
Manage BURN's registry accounts for Article 6.2 projects.
EIC and Metered Cookstove Technical Management
Own the technical interpretation and application of EIC-specific methodology requirements.
Lead the design, quality control, and continuous improvement of IoT-based and metered MRV systems.
Ensure KOBO survey instruments are fully MADD-compliant and localized.
Lead the quarterly KPT and ex-post monitoring survey cycle.
Lead preparation and review of quarterly and annual monitoring reports.
Manage the annual desk review of overlapping carbon projects.
Verification and Registry Operations
Lead preparation of all VVB verification packages for Article 6.2 and EIC projects.
Track and document all A.6.2 certification processes.
Act as the primary technical contact during VVB audits.
Manage BURN's registry accounts for Article 6.2 projects.
Data Quality and Cross-Functional Coordination
Develop, maintain, and enforce SOPs and QA/QC plans for all Article 6.2 and EIC MRV processes.
Collaborate with the Data & Analytics (DnA) team to ensure database fields meet verification requirements.
Work with the QA/QC team to maintain the evidence archive for VVB review.
Coordinate with Carbon Excellence and Customer Experience teams on e-waste compliance and grievance mechanisms.
Maintain annual desk parameter updates for EIC projects.
Skills and Experience
Minimum 5 years' experience in voluntary or compliance carbon markets, with expertise in MRV and VVB verification management.
Direct experience with Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, including ITMO authorisation and Corresponding Adjustment processes.
Strong knowledge of Gold Standard methodology for electric/metered cookstove programmes.
End-to-end ownership of at least 3 projects certified within the last 36 months.
Experience managing at least 1 PoA developed and certified within the last 36 months.
Demonstrable experience managing VVB audit firms through full cycles.
Proven experience managing KPTs and household energy surveys in metered contexts.
Proficiency in statistical methods for MRV (stratified sampling, reliability analysis, outlier analysis).
Experience managing KOBO-based survey pipelines.
Minimum 2 years managing a team of 5–15 technical professionals.
Knowledge of Ghana's carbon market regulatory environment is an advantage.
ISO Lead Auditor training or equivalent preferred.
French or other relevant language skills are a plus.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should go to the BURN careers portal at https://burnmanufacturing.applytojob.com to submit their application.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to BURN on burnmanufacturing.applytojob.com to apply. Ensure your application covers the relevant technical experience in carbon markets and MRV systems.
