At Verra, we’ve created a culture of flexibility + autonomy.
You’ll be able to work with remote teams from diverse countries and industries.
Wherever possible, we aim to find mutually agreeable solutions for international hiring.
Verra is a global leader helping to tackle the world’s most intractable environmental and social challenges.
As a mission-driven non-profit organization, Verra is committed to helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve livelihoods and protect natural resources across the private and public sectors.
We support climate action and sustainable development with standards, tools and programs that credibly, transparently and robustly assess environmental and social impacts and enable funding for sustaining and scaling up projects that verifiably deliver these benefits.
We work in any arena where we see a need for clear standards, a role for market-based mechanisms, and an opportunity to generate significant environmental and social value.
The VCS Program rules define the standards and processes that all projects must follow in order to be certified and are set out in a suite of documents: Requirements, Procedural, Templates, and Guidance.
Methodologies in the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program set out detailed procedures and requirements that VCS projects must follow to quantify GHG emission reductions and/or carbon dioxide removals and have Verified Carbon Units (VCUs) issued.
Each methodology specifies applicability conditions and provides criteria for defining the project boundary, identifying the baseline scenario, assessing additionality, quantifying reductions and/or removals, and establishing monitoring procedures and requirements.
Verra is looking for a contractor to provide technical editing support during the development of methodologies and other technical documents in the VCS Program, with work on technical documents in other Verra programs as required.
You will work with experts across the program development and innovation team to assist in ensuring that methodologies, program documents, and other technical documents are accurate, concise, and user-friendly.
Engagement Title: CONTRACT POSTION: Technical Editor / Writer
Location / time-zone overlap: Remote – Worldwide, with significant overlap with US business hours
Primary Verra contact: Senior Director, Program Development
Engagement type: Independent contractor / consultant
Estimated duration: 4 months+
Estimated hours: Initially starting at 20 hr/week; Oct-Jan 30-40 hr/wk; Feb-beyond, as-needed up to 20hr/week
Target start date: September
Job responsibilities
The successful applicant will be responsible for tasks such as:
- Accurate technical and copy editing of documents, with tracked changes and comments
- Ensuring internal consistency across edited documents within a program both in terms of technical concepts and consistent writing voice
- Revising text to conform to general Verra style, including proper use of US English
- Facilitating user-friendly comprehension of technical concepts presented in edited documents
- Where relevant, providing suggestions to further improve documents
Job requirements
- Technical content and language editing experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication, with experience communicating technical information to a wide range of stakeholders
- Strong science background
- Technical expertise in an area related to Verra programs
- Excellent eye for detail
- Degree in relevant field; advanced degree advantageous
- Native English proficiency
This engagement is expected to be performed remotely and will require regular computer-based work, virtual meetings, reliable internet access, and the ability to communicate effectively with Verra stakeholders during agreed working hours.
The contractor should have access to the equipment, workspace, and internet connectivity needed to deliver the agreed services.
If this engagement aligns with your expertise and availability, we would welcome hearing from you.
Please submit your resume or professional profile, a brief statement describing your relevant experience, your availability, and your proposed hourly rate or project fee.