Head of Projects Marketing October 2021
About Natural Capital Partners and ClimateCare For more than 20 years, Natural Capital Partners and Climate Care have been at the forefront of delivering the highest quality solutions to make real change possible: reducing carbon emissions, generating renewable energy, building resilience in supply chains, conserving and restoring forests and biodiversity, and improving health and livelihoods. In April 2021, Natural Capital Partners merged with ClimateCare to form the world-leading solutions provider for companies and organisations looking to meet ambitious climate goals. The combination, which was organised by Averna Capital, brings together an unrivalled corporate client base with industry-leading project development capabilities and growth capital, to scale the ambition to reduce emissions and transform the global economy. The combined company has been responsible for the reduction of more than 100 million tonnes of CO2e and will have access to upwards of 600 projects reducing and removing emissions across 56 countries. The team works with more than 500 clients across six continents, including Microsoft, Sky, Logitech, Bain and Company, PwC, Salesforce and MetLife, providing the solutions to deliver on their ambitious carbon neutral and net zero goals. We work with our clients to secure their long-term offsetting positions through structured investments in projects from development stage through to credit issuance.
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2017
Our Story
2014
2008
Winner Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development.
Co-founded ICROA establishing best practice in the industry.
2013
1998
Winner Best Project Developer Public Health. Hold every year to date.
Carbon finance restores a rainforest in Uganda. Company founded by visionary entrepreneur Mike Mason.
The Kyoto Protocol adopted by the international community, to tackle climate change.
1997 1998-2005
Client Aviva wins UN Momentum for Change Award.
2006-2010
2002
The CarbonNeutral Protocol launched.
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Ranked number one B Corp in the UK (2018) & win a second Queen’s Award for sustainable development. CLIMATECARE AND NATURAL CAPITAL PARTNERS MERGE TO FORM WORLD-LEADING VOLUNTARY CARBON MARKET GROUP
2016-2021
2018
2011
Co-founded ICROA establishing best practice in the industry.
2019
ClimateCare is a founding member of B Corp and certified as one of the UK’s first B Corporations.
Company founded as Future Forests.
2008
Worked with Jaguar Land Rover to light up 1.2 million lives in Kenya – providing safe and clean light.
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2011-2015
Winner Best Offset Retailer Award. Hold every year to date.
2017
2015
Named largest transactor of I-REC globally, delivering renewable energy solutions for global operations.
2015
Client Microsoft wins UNFCCC Momentum for Change Award.
On the Advisory Committee for SD VISTA to measure and verify project impacts against the Sustainable Development Goals.
2021
Joined The Climate Pledge to be net zero by 2040.
2021
CarbonNeutral® selected by Amazon as a Climate Pledge Friendly trusted certification.
Job Summary The Role Role:
Head of Projects Marketing
Reports to:
Director of Marketing
Location:
London or Oxford, UK, Nairobi, Kenya or East Coast USA
Salary:
Competitive
Due to the merger of Natural Capital Partners with ClimateCare the marketing team is expanding to support the company’s rapid growth. We are currently ranked Best Project Developer in the Voluntary Carbon Market. In response to the escalating corporate demand for climate action, we are scaling our project development work across the world to deliver emissions reductions, conserve and restore biodiversity and support the global transformation to a low carbon economy. We are highly selective in our choice of project partners – working only with those that are of highest quality and specialising in those that deliver positive impacts for people and nature, as well as robust carbon reductions. As a vertically integrated organisation – working from project development right through to corporate client delivery, we are perfectly placed to match project development with changing market requirements. Read more about our projects here. To support this, we have created a new role for an experienced Head of Projects Marketing to join our global marketing team. This role can be located in London, Oxford, Nairobi, or US East Coast and will play a crucial role in delivering the strategic marketing plan for the company, by focusing on retaining and growing our global network of the highest quality project partners. The successful candidate is likely to come from a project development, NGO or impact investor background, with experience of working with project developers throughout the world and knowledge of the channels and techniques that will help us increase our profile and build our network of partners to work with us to cut carbon and improve lives. We are looking for a highly professional, hard-working individual, with exceptional organisation and planning skills and high quality written and verbal communications. Working with us will give you the opportunity to join a fast growth business in a rapidly growing market.
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Responsibilities • • • •
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Raising awareness of our expertise and track record in this space, to build our pipeline of project development partners. Creating content and identifying marketing channels to support and reach innovative, high quality project partners. Working with our team to support our network of project partners and build long-term relationships. Capturing internal expertise and using it to develop effective messaging and content and deliver this through appropriate marketing channels across all elements of the marketing mix. Supporting PR work to ensure positive media coverage and raise awareness of our project development expertise and manage calls for projects and funding announcements. Identifying appropriate speaking opportunities and event attendance to support our objectives. Regular measurement and reports on progress. Being an internal champion for this audience and ensuring internal teams are well informed about the importance of this work, and aware of our key messages.
Person Specification We are looking for an experienced marketing allrounder to lead this function. You should have direct experience of working either in: •
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Marketing for a climate or sustainable development project sourcing/funding function - for example within a bank, investment fund, NGO or government body; and/or The Marketing function for a climate or sustainable development project, and knowledge of their requirements.
You will also bring: • • • • • •
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Excellent written and verbal communications. Planning and project management skills. A collaborative approach to working across teams to achieve the best results. Experience of managing multiple stakeholders. An interest, enthusiasm and willingness to learn, adapt and deliver with a proactive approach. Knowledge of the voluntary carbon market is an advantage but not essential.
How to Apply All correspondence, at this stage, should be via Oxford HR. To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button on the job advert page, complete our online application form, and submit your CV and cover letter in two different documents, which should be prepared before applying as they will be considered in the application process. The cover letter should be no more than two pages long and explain why you are interested in this post and how your skills and experience make you a good fit. The document should be saved in PDF in the following format: Your First Name-Your LastName-Document Name-Date (mmyy) e.g., Pat-Jones-CV-102021-ClimateCare or PatJones-CoverLetter-102021-ClimateCare.
Selection process All candidates will receive an update regarding their application after the closing date. We advise candidates to add the role email to their safe senders list and regularly check their spam folder.
Equality Statement Equality and diversity are at the core of Natural Capital Partners and ClimateCarevalues. Staff are expected to work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of others is valued and respected.
Queries
timeline Closing Date: Wednesday 8th December 2021 First stage interviews: w/c 3rd January 2021 Final interviews: TBC
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If you have any queries on any aspect of the appointment process, need additional information, or would like to have an informal discussion, please email at climatecare@ oxfordhr.co.uk in the first instance.
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