(Senior) Certification Specialist (all genders)

The role

You will own the validation and verification of Agricultural Land Management projects. You will run certification cycles to ensure compliance with international GHG accounting and carbon crediting standards.

What you will do

• Own the delivery of certification for projects across internal and external stakeholder groups
• Author and coordinate the development of Project Design Documents (PDDs) and GHG monitoring reports
• Lead the coordination of external validation of PDDs and verification of GHG Reports with accredited auditing bodies
• Streamline and improve internal certification workflows
• Act as the go-to on project methodology topics for commercial, partnerships, and product teams
• Stay current with evolving carbon market standards, registry rules, and regulatory developments
• Maintain productive relationships with validation and verification bodies, registry representatives, and external technical reviewers

Required qualifications

• Degree in environmental science, agronomy, climate policy, or a related field
• Demonstrated experience in GHG project certification, carbon credit validation/verification, or climate-related auditing
• Strong working knowledge of international carbon standards and methodologies (ISO 14064, Verra VCS, EU CRCF, or equivalent)
• Experience writing or reviewing PDDs and monitoring reports
• Excellent project management skills
• Clear, precise written and verbal communication in English
• Interest in regenerative agriculture, soil carbon, and climate action

Nice to have

• German is a plus

Benefits

• Work on an equal footing with the leadership team
• Make a daily and active contribution to combating climate change
• High degree of creative freedom
• Flexible, hybrid work approach
• Remote work within the EU
• Membership in the Urban Sports Club (Germany based)
• Subsidisation of the Deutschlandticket (Germany based)
• Company pension scheme (Germany based)
• Team lunches
• Regular team events

About the company

Klim is a Berlin-based agritech startup building the operating system for regenerative agriculture. They partner with global food leaders to build supply chain resilience through regenerative agriculture.