International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits
Associate - Nature markets & standards
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Reporting to: Government and Market Engagement Director
Location: Hybrid, UK based. With some travel.
Contract: Initial 2-year fixed term, with possibility of extension depending on funding availability.
Level: The budgeted salary range for this grant-funded role is £42,000–£49,000. We anticipate that new joiners will normally start towards the lower end of the range, depending on experience.
Working hours: This is a full-time position with most work falling between 9 to 5 BST.
PURPOSE
A role at the juncture of technical and policy development, supporting IAPB’s collaboration with countries towards the development and operationalisation of their nature credit markets, supporting and promoting IAPB outputs and their application at country level, leveraging on collaboration with institutional contacts, knowledge partners, and market organisations.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Country engagement and relationship building
Responsibility: Manage and deliver country engagement activities with institutional contacts in selected countries as per IAPB’s government engagement strategy
Supporting task: Develop and maintain relationships with institutional contacts; prepare briefings and engagement materials; support policy development, applying IAPB methodologies and guidance as relevant. Identification of opportunities and challenges for nature credit market development within a given policy context, acting as knowledge partner to address them in collaboration with institutional contacts
Key outcomes expected: IAPB establishes and maintains constructive collaborative relationships with the countries it has selected as priority as part of its strategy and is perceived internationally as a “go to” policy support initiative for nature markets
Contribute to the technical development and drafting of IAPB’s nature credit standards and methodologies and support the uptake of IAPB standards by governments
Responsibility: Contribute to the technical development, drafting, testing and practical application of IAPB’s nature credit standards and methodologies and support their integration into country-level policy, and market infrastructure design as part of the nature credit market development process. Develop technical analysis and guidance for countries on how to technically integrate nature credit markets with other nature markets such as carbon and bioeconomy markets, country engagement and relationship building, and in support of nature markets development.
Supporting tasks: Contribute to development of IAPB’s approach to policy development via technical assessment of nature credit pilots by application of the IAPB nature credit standards. Support the policy dialogue with key insights from such pilot technical assessment processes. Support the development of key technical nature market related technical outputs papers, notes and reports on key topics such as de-risking, dynamic baselines and more. These outputs, analysis and methodologies, will be developed in collaboration with the rest of the IAPB team.
Key outcomes expected: IAPB’s nature credit standards and methodologies, covering a range of technical nature credit market design elements, are recognised as leading “standard” international guidance and enablers for high integrity nature market development and operationalisation; they are being used and applied by partner countries as part of their policy advancement and market development and they are applied by market participants.
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Supporting relationship with IAPB stakeholders in the United Kingdom
Responsibility: Further develop and maintain relationships with UK Government departments, agencies, NGOs, think tanks, businesses and academic institutions to support the adoption and international reach of IAPB outputs and activities.
Supporting tasks: UK-focussed relationship development and management
Key outcomes expected: Continuation and further development of strong, collaborative relationship with UK public institutions and other stakeholders, formal (regular) and informal (ad hoc) reporting to UK Grantor authorities.
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Other contributions to team activities
Participate in/ contribute to IAPB Team activities, including internal reporting, communication and coordination of work, sharing of information, participation in some tactical and strategic discussions sessions; as well as external-facing activities such as participation in conferences, social media communication, etc (under the supervision of relevant IAPB Director).
Desired skills and capabilities
- Between 2 to 4 years of professional experience in a nature-related role
- Excellent and concise written and oral English communication skills
- Ability to lead editing of technical document and to pay attention to details
- Knowledge about key nature market architecture elements such as metrics, baseline design and more is a plus and the interest in deepening this knowledge
- Ability to deliver against tight deadlines
To apply:
Please send a tailored CV and cover letter to careers@iapbiocredits.org. Each document should be no more than two pages. In your cover letter, please give two or three specific examples from your own experience delivering technical and policy work, including one example of where you helped translate a technical policy issue into practical action for external stakeholders. We are particularly interested in what you personally did, the judgement you applied, and the outcome, rather than general descriptions of best practice. Please be specific about the context, trade-offs, your individual role and what changed as a result - use the STAR format where helpful. Shortlisted candidates may also be asked to complete a short practical exercise to demonstrate how they approach technical policy work in practice.
Application Timeline:
Applications close at 23:59 on Sunday 6 September 2026. First-round interviews are expected to take place on 16 and 17 September, with second-round interviews on 23 September. We are keen for the successful candidate to join us as soon as practicable.
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