[Hiring] Faculty Member @Greenhouse Gas Management Institute

Role Description

The Faculty member will lead the instructional delivery of Course 401, an asynchronous, self-paced online course that teaches GHG verification using ISO 14064-3 as its organizing framework. Responsibilities include:

• Instruction and facilitation
  • Deliver expert instruction for Course 401: GHG Verification for Inventories and Projects, GHGMI's asynchronous online course on planning, executing, and completing GHG verification engagements.
  • Facilitate learner engagement throughout each course offering, responding to learner questions and discussion posts in a timely, substantive manner.
  • Review, grade, and provide constructive feedback on learner exams.
  • Guide learners through providing lessons-learned from your own experience, which may span organizational, national, subnational, and/or project-level verification.
  • Uphold GHGMI's academic standards and ensure a rigorous, high-quality learning experience consistent with the Institute's reputation.
• Curriculum stewardship
  • Maintain and, where appropriate, suggest course content revisions so it reflects current verification standards, including ISO 14064 Part 3, ISO 14065, and evolving international MRV practice.
  • Collaborate with GHGMI curriculum and program staff on periodic course review, updates, and continuous improvement.
  • Share subject-matter expertise to support related GHGMI capacity-building initiatives, publications, or webinars as opportunities arise.

Qualifications

• Substantial (typically 10+ years) professional experience in greenhouse gas measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV), including hands-on GHG verification of inventories and/or projects.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of ISO 14064-1, 14064-2, 14064-3, and 14065, and familiarity with other major verification and assurance standards.
• Experience applying compliance and reporting frameworks and emissions trading systems (e.g., the EU ETS) in a verification or MRV context.
• Direct experience with corporate and/or national GHG emissions inventory management and project-level MRV.
• Strong analytical skills, including experience with data assessment, uncertainty evaluation, and verification risk assessment.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to a global, professional adult-learner audience.
• Ability to work independently and respond to learner queries within 3 business days within a fully remote, asynchronous teaching environment.
• A professional record and reputation consistent with representing GHGMI as the public face of one of its flagship courses.

Requirements

• Experience designing, delivering, or facilitating training for adult professional learners, particularly in an online or asynchronous format.
• Experience working with accreditation bodies, verification/validation bodies, or third-party assurance providers.
• Background supporting emissions trading systems or carbon market design and implementation.
• Experience with GHG capacity-building program development and delivery, particularly across multiple countries, sectors, or institutional contexts.
• Experience in delivering or taking GHGMI course curriculum and/or programming.
• Advanced degree in environmental science, engineering, climate science, or a related technical field.
• Fluency in one or more additional UN languages, e.g. French, Spanish, Arabic.
• Possesses an Environmental Professional in Greenhouse Gas Management, EP(GHG) certification.

Benefits

• Instruction honorarium: US$60-70 per hour for time spent on instruction-related activities, including learner engagement, grading, and discussion facilitation.
• Fully remote, with a flexible schedule built around the course's asynchronous format. Instructional hours vary depending on course enrollment but typically require faculty working ~5-15 hours/month.
• Contract term: January 1, 2027 - December 31, 2027 (with possibility to renew).
• GHGMI Faculty gain the distinction of a recognized appointment within a respected international institute, visibility among a global community of GHG practitioners, and the professional honor of being entrusted with a course that has been shaped and stewarded by some of the field's most experienced experts.

How to Apply

Please send your resume/CV, along with a list of 10+ verification events you have conducted. Instead of loading a cover letter, please upload your list of verification events.

The 10+ verification event list should include, at minimum, the following information: Date of event, type of verification statement issued, brief 1-3 sentence description of verification provided, and type of organization/entity who procured the verification. Applications submitted without a verification event list will not be reviewed.

Your CV file should be labeled as follows: LastName_FirstName_CV.pdf

Your Verification events should be labeled as follows: LastName_FirstName_VL.pdf