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Carbon Strategy and Market Positioning

• Own and execute Kijani’s end-to-end carbon strategy across Forestry, Restoration, and Biochar.
• Define credit pipelines, delivery timelines, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Align project design with global carbon market trends, buyer expectations, and long-term permanence requirements.
• Represent Kijani in carbon market forums, policy discussions, and regulator engagements in Uganda and internationally.

Certification, Compliance & Risk Management

• Lead all certification processes (Verra, Gold Standard, or equivalent), from PDD development through issuance.
• Own relationships with VVBs, standards bodies, auditors, and regulators.
• Ensure compliance with Ugandan carbon regulations, land tenure rules, and international frameworks.
• Partner with Legal to ensure contracts, land-use agreements, and permanence clauses fully support carbon claims.
• Act as final internal authority on carbon eligibility, leakage, additionality, and permanence risk.

MRV, Modeling & Data Systems

• Design and oversee robust MRV systems across all carbon models.
• Own carbon modeling assumptions, baselines, growth curves, SOC inputs, and uncertainty management.
• Drive adoption of digital MRV (dMRV) tools, GIS systems, and field-to-registry data pipelines.
• Ensure audit readiness at all times, with clean documentation trails from field to issuance.
• Define and track carbon KPIs (e.g., hectares verified, survival rates, SOC change, biochar tonnage, credits issued).

Field Integration & SOP Governance

• Ensure field SOPs (planting density, thinning, survival checks, firebreaks, biochar feedstock handling) are carbon-compliant by design.
• Embed carbon requirements into Ops, MEL, and farmer-facing training systems.
• Ensure that “what happens in the field” exactly matches “what is documented and verified.”
• Build carbon literacy across Nursery Hub, Restoration, and Biochar teams.

Commercial & Partnership Enablement

• Act as Kijani’s technical authority in buyer, investor, and partner conversations. Provide models, documentation, and verification logic for carbon sales and due diligence.
• Work closely with the Chief Growth Officer on proposals, pricing logic, and delivery schedules.
• Support exploration of new methodologies and credit types.

Team Leadership & Capacity Building

• Build and manage Kijani’s Carbon function.
• Set clear roles, deliverables, and career progression within the carbon team.
• Mentor internal staff and raise carbon competency across the organization.
• Foster a culture of integrity, rigor, and accountability in all carbon activities.