French-speaking Consultant, Senior Consultant – Carbon Markets, Nature-based Solutions

HAMERKOP Climate Impacts

. Support or lead technical and advisory work focused particularly on Francophone Africa clients and assignments .

Posted 11/7/2026full-timeLondon • United KingdomSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in carbon market policies and frameworks, project management, and stakeholder engagement, with proficiency in GHG accounting concepts and technical writing in both English and French.

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Carbon Market Policy DevelopmentProject Management ExperienceStakeholder ManagementGHG Accounting ConceptsTechnical Writing in English and French

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Hard Skills

Carbon Asset DevelopmentQuantitative Data AnalysisField Survey DesignRisk AssessmentCarbon Quantification Models

Soft Skills

Communication SkillsProblem-SolvingCollaborationAdaptability

Industry Keywords

VerraGold StandardPACMEnvironmental IntegrityCommunity Engagement

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support or lead technical and advisory work focused particularly on Francophone Africa clients and assignments
Contribute to carbon market policies, frameworks and jurisdictional-level mechanisms for governments and international organisations
Advise on community engagement, free, prior and informed consent, and benefit-sharing arrangements
Advise on project design, carbon asset development and management with attention to environmental and social integrity
Support clients through certification under Verra, Gold Standard, PACM and other standards
Guide and quality-assure partner field teams, mostly remotely and during field trips
Build and defend carbon quantification models covering baselines, stratification, biomass estimates, uncertainty and leakage
Manage technical feasibility studies and due diligence on third-party projects or oversee workstreams
Learn unfamiliar methodologies, identify result-driving parameters and produce high-quality work
Own workstreams or run assignments end-to-end depending on level, including scope, workplans, budgets, timelines and deliverable schedules
Coordinate or lead internal and external consultants, technical experts and subcontractors
Manage relationships and expectations with clients, funders and partner organisations
Improve company processes and capabilities
Contribute to thought leadership, publications, industry events and external engagements
Work primarily from the London office on analysis, methodology, reports, proposals and client/partner calls
Undertake approximately 3–5 international trips per year, typically to Francophone Africa, with more travel at Senior Consultant level
Participate in weekend travel and field days involving inventories and surveys

Requirements

What you’ll need

A degree in a related field is essential
Around 2–4 years’ experience for Consultant level
Around 5 years or more for Senior Consultant level
Proven project management experience, including autonomously planning and tracking multiple workstreams and delivering on time and within budget
Ability to identify and reassess risks early to mitigate budget and operational overruns
Stakeholder management experience, including handling difficult conversations about delayed inputs, scope transgressions and changing expectations
Ability to remotely coordinate and manage partners, stakeholders and collaborators not directly employed by HAMERKOP
Ability to produce clear, accurate technical writing in English and French and communicate complex technical findings to different audiences
Comfort with GHG accounting concepts, including baselines, additionality, leakage, permanence and uncertainty
Hands-on survey and/or inventory experience, including designing, implementing or overseeing field plots and surveys, mensuration and subsequent data handling
Confidence working with quantitative and qualitative data, analysing results, assessing uncertainty and critically evaluating assumptions and methodologies
Willingness to travel internationally, including weekends
Right to work in the UK without employer sponsorship
Postgraduate study is desirable but not required
Optional experience contributing to climate and carbon market policy, including regulatory frameworks and national carbon market design
Optional experience advising governments or institutions on policy design and implementation
Optional experience taking projects through carbon standards such as Verra, Gold Standard, Plan Vivo, CDM or PACM
Optional fieldwork experience in Africa, Central or Southeast Asia

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual salary review
Performance bonus
Gym membership options
Voucher scheme
Defined next-step criteria and career development progression
Four-day UK office schedule during probation, reducing to three days depending on performance, with remaining days worked from home
Additional home-working days can be arranged when needed
25 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays
On-the-job learning from senior colleagues
Global training budget for external courses and conferences
Full travel and medical insurance cover during personal free time in-country on work trips