Field Officer

Please note:
This is a fixed-term contract role for 12 months. We have three open roles, and each one will be assigned to a specific region within Madhya Pradesh.

About Us
Climate Impact Partners delivers solutions for climate action. We are carbon market specialists and a go-to partner for every stage of the net zero journey.

With over 25 years of industry experience and fuelled by a relentless drive for rapid action and results, we have made it our mission to urgently ensure a thriving future for all life on earth.

We do this by providing an end-to-end service that delivers high-quality, thoroughly vetted climate projects which reduce carbon emissions, improve health and livelihoods, and enhance biodiversity.

Together with our clients and project partners we have been responsible for the reduction or removal of more than 144 million tCO2e.

Check out our
Impact Report
to learn more about us and some of the work you could help us drive forward.

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
Step into a frontline role at the core of global climate action. As a Field Officer, you'll be the driving force behind the on-the-ground delivery of high-integrity carbon projects in Nature-Based Solutions and Energy across emerging markets. From supporting early-stage site assessments through to implementation and long-term monitoring, you'll ensure projects deliver verified emissions reductions alongside measurable community and environmental benefits.

You'll work closely with local stakeholders, project managers, and technical teams to track progress, resolve challenges, and uphold rigorous standards in line with global best practices. Your insights and data collection will directly feed into project management systems, strengthening transparency, accountability, and impact measurement.

Responsibilities
Partner oversight and consistency:
Act as the first point of contact with O&M agencies and Project Implementation Partners (PIP's); Maintain close day to day coordination to ensure they operate as an extension of the CIP field team. Provide guidance to align PIP activities with project SOPs for watering, weeding, manuring, pest control, infrastructure, and fire prevention; review and approve Kobo-submitted partner maintenance reports. Actively monitor and influence PIP operations to drive timely corrective actions and uphold quality standards. Review and approve kobo-submitted partner maintenance reports, providing feedback and capacity support where gaps are identified.

Monitoring of plantation sites:
Conduct fortnightly to monthly field visits; use Kobo forms, checklists, and geo-tagged photos to track survival, watering, and maintenance; consolidate reports into monthly district-level summaries; escalate systemic challenges to project management.

Nursery operations oversight:
Supervise daily nursery activities (watering, weeding, soil preparation, sapling care) and expansion (irrigation, shade nets, composting, seed drying areas); coordinate production of
1 million high-quality saplings annually
; train nursery workers in best practices and safety.

Sapling quality control:
Implement rigorous quality checks on root development, resilience, and sapling health; manage soil amendments and pest/disease monitoring systems; ensure corrective actions are applied promptly.

Community engagement:
Build and maintain strong relationships with communities, panchayats, and farmer groups; mobilize protection of plantations against grazing, theft, encroachment, and fire; facilitate community site walks and grievance redressal; represent CIP at village meetings and events.

Support for third-party visits:
Provide ground support for investor, client, VVB, and technical expert visits; facilitate external audits and CIP team site inspections.

Operational risk management:
Anticipate and address threats such as mortality, pests, fire, or farmer disengagement; apply corrective measures like mulching, replanting, and irrigation; escalate significant risks to senior management.

Field team coaching:
Mentor and guide site-level staff and inspection officers; train them on monitoring protocols and SOP compliance; foster a culture of accountability and problem-solving.

Reporting and data systems:
Maintain accurate data on nursery production, plantation survival, and community engagement; ensure regular updates and transparent reporting through Kobo and MS Office tools.

What We Are Looking For

• Master's degree in Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Environmental Science, or related field.
• At least a couple of years of experience in project coordination, MRV, nursery management, agroforestry, or horticulture, preferably in large-scale projects.
• Technical knowledge in sapling production, pest/disease management, soil management, plantation monitoring.
• Ability to supervise, motivate, and train nursery and field teams.
• Proven experience in community engagement, mobilizing and working with rural communities and farmer groups.
• Strong skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and digital monitoring tools (e.g., Kobo).
• Strong reporting and documentation skills in Hindi and English.
• Capacity to identify and resolve operational challenges quickly.
• Attention to detail and commitment to maintaining high quality standards in plantations and data systems.
• Flexibility to adjust practices based on seasonal or project-specific needs.

PERKS
We partner with Pebble to offer you the best benefits and employment practices in your home location. Some of our global benefits include:

• Health Insurance
• Generous annual leave
• Summer Fridays (start your weekend early if you've finished everything on your to-do list)
• Mental Health First Aiders
• LinkedIn Learning Licence and Professional Training Budgets

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.

About Climate Impact Partners
Climate Impact Partners delivers solutions for action on climate. Together with the world's leading companies and quality project partners we will reduce 1 billion tonnes of CO2 to transform the global economy, improve health and livelihoods, and restore a thriving planet.

Climate Impact Partners builds on the expertise, integrity, and innovation of two companies that have led the voluntary carbon market, Natural Capital Partners and Climate Care. Fueled by a relentless drive for rapid action and results, our global team continues to pioneer the market's development, and set the standards for quality that will maximize its impact.

What We Do
We believe that carbon markets have a critical role to play in delivering action by putting a price on carbon and funding carbon reduction projects to meet our global climate goals.

We develop and deliver the highest quality carbon financed projects from which we create carbon credit and energy attribute certificate portfolios for our clients. This enables organizations to offset the emissions they can't reduce, put a price on carbon to incentivize change, and meet their ambitious climate goals.

Who We Work With
We work with leading corporates, NGOs, and governments to deliver solutions for climate impact, ensuring they meet their carbon neutral, net zero, and renewable energy goals.