Global Carbon Standard (GCS) is inviting experienced independent experts to join its on-call technical expert network.

GCS is a carbon-crediting programme that supports high-integrity emission-reduction and removal projects. Its rules and procedures have been developed with reference to the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles as guidance. GCS is preparing its ICVCM application and is not yet CCP-eligible.

GCS is expanding its pool of independent experts to strengthen the technical quality, credibility, and practical implementation of its programme. Experts may be engaged to provide advice, reviews, and recommendations on an assignment-by-assignment basis.

About the roleThis is a (un)paid, flexible, on-call advisory role. There is no fixed salary, minimum number of hours, or guaranteed volume of work.

Experts may be invited to support GCS with:

- Reviewing new methodologies and major methodology revisions. (unpaid)
- Providing technical input on forestry, agroforestry, afforestation/reforestation, improved forest management, composting, and organic-waste projects. (paid)
- Reviewing carbon accounting approaches, baselines, additionality, leakage, permanence, reversals, monitoring plans, sampling, and uncertainty. (paid)
- Advising on environmental and social safeguards, community engagement, land tenure, benefit sharing, and grievance mechanisms. (paid)
- Reviewing monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) systems and data-quality approaches. (paid)
- Assessing project concepts, feasibility studies, and project design documents. (unpaid)
- Identifying technical, environmental, social, legal, and reputational risks and recommending practical mitigation measures. (paid)
- Supporting GCS’s ongoing alignment with the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles and related integrity expectations. (paid)
- Recommending improvements to GCS methodologies, templates, guidance, procedures, and project-review processes. (unpaid)

- This is an advisory role.



Experts do not carry out validation or verification, approve projects, issue carbon debits, or replace the independent VVB, project developer, GCS Secretariat, or GCS decision-making authority. Who we are looking forWe welcome applications from experienced professionals with expertise in one or more of the following areas:

- Forestry, agroforestry, land use, REDD+, afforestation/reforestation, forest inventory, silviculture, biodiversity, or landscape restoration.
- Composting, organic-waste management, circular economy, waste processing, soil science, or organic amendments.
- Carbon accounting, GHG quantification, carbon markets, MRV, remote sensing, GIS, biomass estimation, or uncertainty analysis.
- Validation and verification, auditing, quality assurance, ISO 14064-3, ISO 14065, ISO 14066, or related assurance standards.
- Environmental and social safeguards, Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ rights, free, prior and informed consent where applicable, stakeholder engagement, and grievance mechanisms.
- Carbon rights, environmental law, regulatory compliance, contracts, or data protection.
- Project development and implementation, particularly in forestry, agriculture, waste, or composting.

We particularly welcome applicants with practical field experience and expertise relevant to the communities and ecosystems affected by GCS projects. How engagements work
- Experts are engaged only when a relevant request, review, meeting, or assignment arises.
- Work may include written reviews, technical comments, participation in meetings, workshops, or short consultations.




- Experts are paid for the meetings and work requests they accept.
- Compensation, scope, timeline, and deliverables will be agreed for each engagement.
- There is no obligation to accept every request, and no guaranteed volume of work.
- The role is independent and does not constitute employment with GCS.

Independence and ethicsExperts must:
- Act independently, impartially, and in the best interests of carbon-market integrity.
- Disclose any actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest before accepting an engagement.
- Recuse themselves from matters involving organisations, projects, methodologies, or clients in which they have a material interest.
- Maintain confidentiality of non-public project, commercial, personal, and community information.
- Not use their role to promote a particular project, methodology, vendor, client, or commercial interest.
- Comply with GCS conflict-of-interest, confidentiality, data-protection, and grievance procedures.

What to submitPlease send your CV or LinkedIn profile, a short bio, your areas of expertise, your daily or hourly rate, and a copy of a valid government-issued ID to [email protected]. The ID is mandatory for our standard identity and conflict-of-interest check before approval for paid engagements. It will only be used for verification and compliance purposes.

Please also include a brief note on any relevant methodologies, standards, project types, regions, or technical specialisms you can support.

Shortlisted experts may be contacted for an introductory conversation and may be added to GCS’s expert network for future paid assignments.

Significant note

- GCS is committed to independent, transparent, and credible carbon crediting. Its programme documents have been developed with reference to the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles as guidance, but GCS has not been assessed, approved, endorsed, or determined to be aligned by ICVCM.

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