Senior Specialist, Sustainability and Carbon Management; Climate and Environmental Innovation Programme

Dhaka-based + Contractual Employment + Competitive salary package ============================================ BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential. Project Brief: The BRAC Climate Change Programme (CCP) supports communities to develop their capacity to adapt to climate change and improve their resilience to climate change, as well as supporting communities and organisations to reduce their climate change impact. Eager to make a difference and help communities to tackle climate change? Work with us to protect resources, improving quality of life and raise awareness, while providing people with access to the tools and knowledge to adapt and respond to adverse climatic impacts and adopt sustainable practices. This position is responsible for designing, managing, and evaluating greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction initiatives to reduce the organization’s carbon footprint and support its climate objectives. The role involves translating climate goals into measurable and credible carbon reduction and carbon credit opportunities in compliance with relevant national and international standards. It also ensures robust carbon accounting, monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) to support evidence-based decision-making and sustainability reporting. This is a contractual position and initial contract will be one year. Key Responsibilities: Responsible for building and maintaining detailed Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions inventories for assigned BRAC programmes, applying standard emission factors and GHG Protocol methodologies. Ensure the accuracy and quality of technical calculations, baseline assessments, and documentation for community- and nature-based carbon reduction initiatives in accordance with Verra (VCS), Gold Standard, and relevant national frameworks. Responsible for establishing, monitoring, and troubleshooting day-to-day Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) data systems and processes to ensure the accuracy, consistency, and verifiability of project data. Responsible for conducting technical quality assessments of additionality, baseline scenarios, permanence, and leakage risks to ensure alignment with applicable carbon standards and registry requirements. Ensure the extraction, cleaning, analysis, and structuring of carbon-related operational data to support BRAC’s sustainability reporting in alignment with the IFRS Sustainability Standards (ISSB). Provide the necessary technical guidance, tools, and support to programme and field teams to ensure consistent and reliable emissions data collection and tracking. Responsible for organizing meetings, seminars, training sessions, and workshops to facilitate knowledge sharing, stakeholder engagement, and meaningful participation of beneficiaries. Responsible for conducting research, collecting data, and analysing relevant topics as requested by the supervisor. Safeguarding Responsibilities: Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme's goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment. Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action. Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so. Educational Requirements: Bachelor’s/ Masters in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Climate Change, Climate Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development, Energy Management, Carbon Management, or other relevant disciplines will be preferred. Experience Requirements: Minimum 05 years of hands-on technical experience in GHG accounting, carbon offset project design, or environmental data analysis. Direct experience working with Verra (VCS) or Gold Standard credit methodologies and documentation. Proven track record of supporting at least one carbon inventory or credit project through third-party verification Additional Job Requirements: Support capacity-building initiatives, including training and knowledge-sharing sessions on GHG accounting, carbon footprint assessment, MRV, and carbon management. Monitor emerging developments in carbon markets, GHG accounting methodologies, climate-related disclosure requirements, and relevant national and international standards. Strong analytical, quantitative, and data management skills for GHG inventory and carbon footprint assessment. Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to interpret complex technical and carbon-related information. Benefits: Festival Bonus, Health and Life Insurance, and others as per policy. Last Date of Application: September 30, 2026 Other way to apply: You may also send your updated CV to resume@brac.net mentioning the position name in the subject line. BRAC believes that everyone we work with including our staff, programme participants, partners, and the communities have the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). We uphold human dignity and inclusion for all, regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability, ethnic origin, or socio-economic condition. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from gender-diverse individuals and people with disabilities. Selected candidates will have to go through a rigorous reference and background checking process which may include police verification. This position is open for Bangladeshi nationals only. BRAC does not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process.