Associate Director, Carbon & Nature Projects

• Join a mission-driven, dynamic team working alongside senior leaders in the climate space
• Gain hands-on investment and project development experience, working across multiple nature-based solutions projects
• Shape your career at the intersection of finance, climate and innovation
• Open to candidates in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth
• This is a full time permanent role, however we are also open to engaging contractors who can step in quickly

About us:

Pollination is a specialist climate change investment and advisory firm, accelerating the transition to a net zero, nature positive future.

Our people are the key to unlocking change. Brought together from across industries, we are global leaders in finance, investment, technology, business, law and policy.

We combine our diverse expertise to connect dots and see around corners where others can’t. With strong relationships at the highest levels of government and the private sector, we shift barriers and catalyse transformative partnerships.

Our clients span governments, businesses and public and private capital. Using our broad experience, we help navigate the climate transition and design and invest in breakthrough ideas that deliver financial returns.

The opportunity:

Pollination is seeking an Associate or Associate Director, to join our Carbon & Nature Projects team to help support the commercial and financing aspects of some of the most ambitious nature-based solutions in the world.. This role will support the project development business unit of the Pollination Group, which originates, invests and develops opportunities and partnerships globally. Some notable projects the team are developing include the Rai Matak community agroforestry program in Timor Leste; and Delta Blue Carbon – a large-scale mangrove restoration project in the Sindh province of Pakistan.

This role will be critical to the origination, development and financing of iconic nature-based solutions projects across the Asia Pacific region.

Responsibilities:

Project Development and Investment

• Support on project origination, investment analysis, project development and project capital raise activities, including transaction management and coordination.
• Lead elements of project financing and capital raise activites, including transaction coordination
• Build and review detailed financial models, prepare investment recommendations, and draft internal investment papers.

Investor Relations and Market Insights

• Develop investor material, including project teasers, investor pitchbooks, and information memorandum.
• Assess emerging technologies, methodologies, new entrants and industry trends and how these affect the team’s origination and project development strategies.

Operational and strategic support

• Contribute to project operations, strategy formulation, communications, and reporting
• Assist in budget oversight and performance tracking

What do you need to apply?

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, or a related field;
• Proven experience (ideally) in project finance, transactions, corporate development, infrastructure development or engineering, ideally within the resources or nature-based carbon sectors;
• Strong proficiency in financial modelling, report writing, and project management;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to translate complexity into clarity.
• Proactive, organised and commercially minded, with an understanding of climate and sustainability concepts.
• Extensive knowledge of MS Office applications; and
• An analytical and commercial mindset, with an understanding of key climate change concepts that impact on the delivery of successful projects.

Highly desirable:

• Knowledge of carbon finance, methodologies and policy frameworks (VCS, Gold Standard, ACR, ACCU and/or JCM)
• Familiarity with nature or climate related sectors such as forestry, biodiversity, or ecosystem restoration.

Qualities:

• Thrive in an entrepreneurial environment, curious, resourceful and salutation-focused.
• Demonstrate strong commercial awareness and financial literacy.
• Bring creativity and foresight, able to ‘see around corners’ and anticipate trends.
• Collaborate generously across teams, disciplines and geographics.

Location/Eligibility:

Location: Sydney, Melbourne or Perth. (Singapore considered for exceptional candidates).

Eligibility: Must hold the right to work in Australia.

How to apply:

Please apply by submitting a cover letter and CV. You must hold the right to work in Australia.

We are managing this recruitment process internally and will not be engaging agency support. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies refrain from contacting us regarding this role.

Applying with Pollination:

At Pollination we believe solving climate change is the greatest economic and social opportunity of our time.

Pollination is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application. We will then work with you to identify the best way to assist you through the recruitment process.

Ways of working:

We love to come together in person where possible. We have a 50% in office hybrid working policy and have flexibility to accommodate our global workforce.