Due Diligence Lead

Climate Impact Partners; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

25 days holiday

Private health insurance

Enhanced pension

Bonus scheme

Parental leave

Green commute

Summer Fridays

Working abroad

Volunteering day

Paddington office

Job summary

Climate Impact Partners is seeking a Due Diligence Specialist to join the Technical & Quality team within Operations. You will execute rigorous DD and risk assessments on nature-based and engineered carbon projects, ensuring high integrity and credible results.

Reporting to the Due Diligence Manager, you will collaborate with Sourcing and Project Development teams, stay updated on regulatory and market developments, and contribute to continuous improvement in our DD processes while maintaining

Qualifications

• 3+ years in the voluntary carbon market with hands-on due diligence experience.
• Experience with nature-based and/or engineered solutions preferred.
• Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in environmental science, sustainability, or related field.
• Experience reviewing Project Design Documents and monitoring reports for major standards.

Responsibilities

• Conduct technical screenings and due diligence assessments for a diverse range of projects.
• Evaluate projects against core quality criteria (additionality, baselines, permanence, leakage, etc.).
• Support the definition and application of quality criteria across the DD team.
• Maintain accurate DD data and documentation; support pipeline tracking and reporting.
• Engage with ratings agencies to inform project evaluations.
• Monitor changes in voluntary carbon standards and methodologies.

Skills

Voluntary carbon market experience

Due diligence

Nature-based/engineered solutions

GIS mapping

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor's in environmental science

Master's or PhD in sustainability

Tools

GIS mapping tools

Job description

ABOUT US

Climate Impact Partners is the trusted partner for organizations taking ambitious climate action. Since 1997, we’ve helped leading businesses reduce or remove more than 151 million tonnes of CO₂e, turning climate ambition into measurable results.

We deliver high-quality carbon market solutions: developing and financing impactful projects, managing carbon credit and energy attribute certificate portfolios, and helping companies put a price on carbon to drive change.

By connecting corporates, governments, innovators, and project partners, we accelerate investment in climate solutions that deliver verified impact and advance progress toward net-zero goals.

What sets us apart:

• Boundless, urgent ambition. We are accountable, relentless, resilient.
• Courage to innovate. We are courageous, creative, curious.
• Integrity without compromise. We are trustworthy, credible, committed.
• Empowered to serve. We are respectful, inclusive, collaborative.

THE ROLE

Climate Impact Partners, a leading provider of high-quality carbon credit programmes, is looking for a Due Diligence Specialist to join our Technical & Quality team, part of the broader Operations department.

The integrity of the carbon projects we work with is at the heart of our role as a trusted partner for both clients and project partners, and this role plays a critical part in upholding that integrity.

Reporting to the Due Diligence Manager, you will wors closely with colleagues across Sourcing and Technical (Project Development) to execute and continuously enhance our rigorous, consistent processes for project Due Diligence (DD) and risk assessment. You will stay abreast of regulatory, methodological, and market developments across the voluntary carbon market to help maintain Climate Impact Partners’ reputation for quality and credibility.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct technical screenings and due diligence assessments for a diverse range of projects, including nature-based and engineered solutions.
• Evaluate projects against key quality criteria, including:
  • Core carbon criteria (additionality, baselines, permanence, leakage, etc.)
  • Project implementation and on-the-ground feasibility
  • Environmental, social, and SDG integrity and co-benefits
  • MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, & Verification) and data quality
• Support the definition and application of quality criteria across the DD team, contributing to process consistency and continuous improvement.
• Maintain accurate DD data and documentation; support DD pipeline tracking and reporting.
• Engage with ratings agencies and external partners to inform and strengthen project evaluations.
• Monitor changes in voluntary carbon standards and methodologies and contribute insights to Climate Impact Partners’ risk management approach.

EXPERIENCE

• 3+ years of experience within the voluntary carbon market, with direct involvement in technical assessment or due diligence of carbon projects, or, equivalent knowledge and experience gained through academic studies such as a Master’s or PhD.
• The ideal candidate will have experience in nature-based and/or engineered solutions; experience or knowledge of improved household technology solutions being desirable.
• A Bachelor's, Master's, of PhD degree in a relevant field such as biological/environmental science, sustainability, or related discipline.
• Experience reviewing Project Design Documents is desirable, along with reviewing monitoring reports for leading standards (e.g., VCS/CCB, Isometric, Puro.Earth, Equitable Earth, CSI, Gold Standard, Climate Action Reserve, ACR, or equivalent).
• Strong understanding of key elements of project quality factors, including additionality, baselines, permanence, leakage, land and carbon rights, jurisdictional risks, and environmental and social impacts. Familiarity with relevant data sources and analytical tools that support project evaluation.
• Experience with GIS mapping tools is highly desirable.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Comfortable jumping into unfamiliar problems and picking up new skills as needed.
• Brings a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset, looking for better ways to solve problems rather than defaulting to how things have always been done.
• Works collaboratively across teams and geographies to form views.
• Demonstrates strong time management, organisation, and communication skills – able to synthesise complex and nuanced information and present conclusions clearly.
• Has excellent attention to detail while recognising what is most important to address.
• Demonstrable level of comfort utilising AI tools to increase the efficiency and workflow.
• Can manage competing priorities and deliver at pace.
• Holds high standards for ethical conduct and professional integrity.
• Thinks critically and make pragmatic recommendations using the best available – and sometimes imperfect – information.
• Can constructively challenge project partners to ensure robust evaluation, whilst maintaining positive relationships.
• Language skills would be an asset (e.g. Spanish, French, Portuguese).

PERKS

• Hybrid working
• 25 days paid holiday
• Private Health Insurance (we've teamed up with Vitality to offer you a wide range of perks, including free coffees, travel deals, and gym discounts)
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Bonus Scheme (subject to company and individual performance)
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Green Commute Bike Scheme
• Summer Fridays (start your weekend early if you've finished everything on your to-do list)
• Working from Abroad (up to 4 weeks a year)
• Global Volunteering Day
• Modern, state of the art office in Paddington, London, which is dog friendly and includes showers, a mother's feeding room, a wellness room and barista coffee bar.

Climate Impact Partners is an equal opportunities employer. Our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce, that embraces our differences, and so all aspects of employment including the decision to hire and promote, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business need. We do not discriminate on the basis of characteristics protected under federal, state, or local law. To support this, all applications are anonymised until the interview stage which means that regardless of who has applied, your characteristics are totally anonymous.