Monitoring, Verification & Reporting (MVR) Technical Specialist - NATURE+

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Employee Contract Type:Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description

The MRV Technical Specialist will lead the development and continuous improvement of the NATURE+ Carbon Project’s MRV and data management systems to accurately quantify and report GHG emission reductions and removals. The role will provide technical leadership in monitoring frameworks, field data collection, forest inventories, biomass and socio-economic assessments, spatial analysis, and carbon accounting. The MRV Specialist will support project design, registration, validation, verification, and credit issuance processes, while ensuring robust QA/QC standards.
Working with project partners, relevant government agencies, and auditors, the role will strengthen MRV capacity, address audit findings, and ensure compliance with carbon standards, national carbon registry requirements, and international reporting obligations.
Please Note: World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization with a mission centred on following Jesus Christ in service to the world´s most vulnerable children. Therefore, in all locations to the fullest extent legally permissible, the successful applicant will affirm our core documents, observe conduct compatible with Christian principles, serve at a high level of professional ethics, and strive to act in accordance with cultural sensitivities. Furthermore, regular attendance with team and office devotions, chapel, and prayer gatherings are expected in line with policies in the World Vision host location and its departments
Job Responsibilities:

Technical-MRV

• Lead the design, development, deployment, and management of field data collection protocols, tools, and systems (including Kobo Toolbox, ArcGIS Field Maps, and related platforms) to facilitate efficient and accurate data capture by field teams.
• Support the design and implementation of forest inventories, biomass assessments, socio-economic surveys, and the design and establishment and monitoring of permanent and temporary sample plots in accordance with approved carbon methodologies and best-practice standards.
• Oversee the collection, management, analysis, and reporting of inventory and survey data to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with project monitoring and applicable standard requirements.
• Deploy and manage Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing technologies, and spatial analysis tools (such as Google Earth Engine, QGIS, and ArcGIS) to support project monitoring of land-use changes, deforestation, forest degradation, and other project performance indicators.
• Support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Monitoring Plans that comply with applicable carbon standards and methodologies, including Verra VCS and Gold Standard requirements.
• Support the preparation, compilation, and maintenance of validation/verification-ready project documentation, including Project Design Documents/Project descriptions (PDDs/PDs), Monitoring Reports (MRs), spatial maps, calculation spreadsheets, field datasets, and auditable evidence packages, in collaboration with relevant project stakeholders and counterparts.
• Serve as the primary technical focal point for third-party identified Validation/Verification Bodies (VVBs)
• Coordinate and ensure timely resolution of validation and verification findings, Corrective Action Requests (CARs), Clarification Requests (CLs), and other auditor observations to achieve successful project registration, verification, and carbon credit issuance.
• Support continuous improvement of project monitoring systems through the integration of emerging technologies, data management best practices, and lessons learned from validation and verification processes
• Ensure that all greenhouse gas (GHG) data, carbon accounting processes, and project reporting requirements are aligned with Kenya's National Carbon Registry (KNCR) systems, relevant regulatory frameworks, and applicable international transparency and reporting requirements.

Quality Assurance - Implementation, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning