Director of Climate and Restoration
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Leading Preferred by Nature’s global climate and restoration certification programme. Developing services, partnerships and measurable environmental impact across international teams.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the Climate and Restoration Programme, ensuring effective service delivery and progress towards financial and impact targets
- Shape organisation-wide priorities for climate and restoration, aligning services, projects and expertise across divisions and regions
- Develop services and delivery approaches that respond to stakeholder needs and create meaningful environmental and social impact
- Oversee systems, tools, templates and technical guidance needed for accreditation and credible service delivery
- Build strategic relationships with clients, companies, NGOs, governments, donors, producers and assurance schemes
- Identify and pursue business development, partnership and fundraising opportunities
- Represent Preferred by Nature in conferences, technical networks, industry initiatives and other external forums
- Lead and develop the team through clear priorities, capacity planning, regular feedback and professional development
- Contribute to strategic planning, programme budgets, financial monitoring and reporting
- Advance the Climate Impact roadmap and deliver coordinated workplans and measurable progress
- Strengthen coordination across Certification, Advisory, Projects and regional teams
Requirements:
- At least 10 years of relevant professional experience, including substantial experience in senior leadership, programme development, stakeholder engagement and climate or restoration services
- Deep knowledge of climate mitigation, carbon markets, ecosystem restoration and related policy, market and regulatory developments
- Proven ability to set strategic direction and lead complex initiatives across multiple teams and stakeholder groups
- Ability to build alignment and deliver results in an international organisation where colleagues work across different functions and reporting lines
- Experience developing strategic partnerships and identifying opportunities that support organisational impact and growth
- Professional credibility in the climate, carbon, restoration or wider sustainability sector, including experience representing an organisation in senior external forums
- Understanding of business development and fundraising, with experience contributing to budgets and financial management
- Ability to lead and develop people, support teams through change and encourage collaboration, learning and accountability
- Entrepreneurial approach with practical judgement and focus on measurable results
- Commitment to positive environmental and social impact
- Experience across carbon project validation and verification, ecosystem restoration, and organisational or product carbon footprints would be advantageous but is not required
- Experience connecting assurance services, advisory work and project delivery within a shared organisational strategy would be advantageous but is not required
Benefits:
- Global work culture
- High degree of flexibility – remote work, work from home
- An in-depth onboarding and professional training
- Excellent opportunities for growth and professional development
- Potential future international travel opportunities
- A friendly, international team of colleagues, with a pleasant work environment
- Start with 20 days of vacation leave per year
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