What’s on offer:

Carbon Growth Group offers the opportunity for a Carbon Market Advisor to help realise and sustain the group’s ambitious growth plans.

Based in Melbourne, Sydney or Hong Kong, the Carbon Market Advisor will join an agile and rapidly growing investment management team with more than 100 years’ combined experience in environmental finance, carbon finance and policy, investment markets and community development. An inquisitive thinker and confident communicator, the Carbon Market Advisor will undertake carbon market research and analysis to inform the Carbon Growth Group’s investment and business strategy, guide engagement with corporate and government decision makers and support the Group’s marketing and communications.

Who we are:

Carbon Growth Group (CGG) is a leading investment manager in global carbon markets with more than AUD $300 million under management*. CGG is run by a small team located across a range of time zones in Australia, Hong Kong and North America. CGG focusses on delivering three key objectives for investors and for the planet:

1. Generating financial returns by building a diversified portfolio of highest integrity carbon credits and related climate finance instruments.
2. Protecting & restoring nature by investing in projects that deliver co-benefits to forests, grasslands and wetlands, and the people who rely on them.
3. Accelerating climate action by supporting energy transitions in Developing Countries and bringing trusted carbon offset solutions to businesses.

What you’ll do:

Reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer, and working alongside the strategy, investment, and communication teams you will be responsible for:

• Undertaking and synthesising targeted research and analysis of international carbon markets with a focus on both voluntary and regulated markets.
• Analysing and tracking supply and demand drivers in the carbon market including corporate climate commitments, carbon credit generation across carbon registries and evolving global rules and trends in carbon markets.
• Undertaking state, federal and region level policy analysis related to carbon projects in selected least developed and developing countries.
• Preparing research papers, submissions to consultation processes, briefing notes, investment committee memos, investor communications, presentations, and pitches.
• Sharing carbon market insights and providing written and verbal advice to internal and external stakeholders including Group Executive, investment and trading teams, investors, and partners.
• Supporting engagement and relationship building with key market participants including voluntary carbon registries, governments, project developers, key companies, and corporates, ICVCM, IETA, VCMI and SBTi.

What you’ve done:

You will have:

• Experience in a similar role in policy analysis, research and/or advice, preferably in the climate and/or carbon sector either within government or a corporate context.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and engage with the carbon markets landscape across both public policy and corporate strategy.
• Strong analytical skills, ability to think strategically, analyse and synthesise diverse qualitative and quantitative data and information.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills, with the ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently, articulate issues and recommend pragmatic solutions.
• An inquisitive mindset and egalitarian spirit, willing to do what’s needed to thrive in a rapidly growing business and small team.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with others both within and external to the organisation.
• Tertiary-level relevant qualification in economics, finance, law, sustainability or any climate change and carbon-related field.
• Knowledge and thought leadership in the role interpreting and understanding carbon policy drivers and challenges in today’s market.
• Ability to think critically, act decisively, and deliver results.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
• National, or holder of a valid right to work visa in Australia or Hong Kong.

The benefits and rewards:

Small, dedicated team of passionate industry professionals.

• Opportunity to work in a growing industry on one of the world’s newest and most important investment thematics.
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements including support for working from home and/or office close to public transport cafes and shops.
• Great staff environment committed to recognising staff contributions and providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity.
• Opportunities for growth and development.
• Generous paid parental leave.

We’d love to meet you:

If you have the skills, experience, and motivation to succeed in this role, please take the next step and submit your application. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability.

*AUD as at June 2022

A position description is attached.