CSAT Officer – Ghana and The Gambia
Clean Cooking and Sustainable Energy
C-Quest Capital LLC (CQC) is a social impact project developer & carbon finance business that works in the poorest communities around the world providing access to sustainable energy services and clean energy technologies that help reduce humanity’s carbon footprint, mitigate global climate change and improve the health of those in the greatest need. Our Transformation Carbon Projects (TCP), provide investors with verified carbon offset credits sourced from social welfare projects in developing countries under our three operational platforms: Cleaner Cooking, Efficient Lighting & Sustainable Energy. These projects are conducted at scale with our internationally based teams & on-the-ground implementation partners resulting in measurable impacts for the families and communities we serve worldwide.
CQC is headquartered in Washington DC, USA, with subsidiaries and operations across the globe.
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This position is a remote/ hybrid role based out of either Ghana or The Gambia and will report to the Regional Director of West Africa (Sarah Stever). As CQC expands programs throughout the continent, there is potential for the candidate hired for this position to take on CSAT responsibilities for more countries in West Africa.
CQC is rapidly expanding investment in cleaner cooking services, efficient lighting, and sustainable energy across core geographies to improve the overall well-being of the communities and align with the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the overall development approach. This position will support in achieving the global goal of driving community based local change by contribution to the various GHG and SD VISta programs.
Core Responsibilities:
- Provide support to the CSAT (Carbon & Sustainability Accounting Team) in planning, implementation and monitoring to adhere to the guidelines outlined under the GHG crediting program.
- Act as primary liaison with key stakeholders, facilitating, maintaining and leveraging productive communication with all relevant government’s bodies, communities, ministries and partner organizations.
- Work collaboratively with operations team to provide timely responses to local and regional level government officials on the current status of GHG crediting projects.
- Provide recommendations to enhance stakeholder relationships and overall communication with relevant organizations, communities and ministries within the region.
- Plan and execute GHG related monitoring & audits at different project locations across the country including support for data cleaning, on-site verification and/or remote site verification.
- Work closely with operation field staff, surveyors, and the data analyst team to ensure quality and reliability of data being collected.
- Work in a close collaboration with operations team to ensure quality of spot audit and provide recommendation if any compliance risk identified.
- Provide technical training to operation team members to ensure the project functions smoothly and overall team capacity builds over time.
- Identify, hire, train and manage short-term contractors to conduct GHG-related/monitoring audits.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualification and specialized knowledge/experience required:
- A degree in a relevant field such as energy or environmental engineering, technology, or similar industry.
- In depth experience effectively working and interacting with officials at various levels of government and relevant ministries. Knowledge of and/or established relevant relationships.
- Experience in community outreach and understanding of community needs and government resources.
- Country level professional experience, preferably working for a developmental organization, NGO, consultancy, project developer, and/or auditor in the field of community level projects development and execution.
- Basic knowledge/understanding of various GHG mechanisms and Sustainable Development Indicators is a plus.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- Written and oral proficiency and literacy in English language and fluency in 1 or more local language.
- Basic working knowledge in Microsoft office (MS Word, MS Excel and MS Power Point).
- Previous training/presentations to small groups in local languages.
- Prior experience managing small teams on data-forward technical objectives.
- Patience and the desire to contribute to livelihoods development and climate transformation technologies.
- A valid driving’s license and experience throughout the country.
Travel: The CSAT Officer is expected to travel frequently on an as-needed short-notice timeline to project sites.
Location: West Africa- Ghana or The Gambia preferred.