Consultant - Carbon Credit and Climate Finance Expert

Job Description

Title: Consultant - Carbon Credit and Climate Finance Expert

Company Name: Max Foundation Bangladesh

Vacancy: --

Age: At least 40 years

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: --

Experience:

Published: 2026-06-04

Application Deadline: 2026-06-10

Education:

Requirements:

Skills Required:

Additional Requirements:

• Age At least 40 years

• Proven expertise in carbon project development, MRV systems, and emission reduction calculations.

• Experience with international carbon standards (Gold Standard, VERRA, CDM).

• Strong background in climate finance, donor communication, and partnership management.

• Familiarity with Bangladesh’s NDC and Article 6 frameworks is an advantage.

Project/Programme: Building Water and sanitation Entrepreneurship Programme(BWSEP), Max Foundation

Location: Max Foundation Bangladesh Country Office

Duration: 6 months

Background

About Max Foundation

Max Foundation is an international nonprofit organization (NGO) committed to providing a healthy start in life for every child. With an annual program budget of €6 million and 55 employees, our head office is located in Amsterdam. Our operations reach 1.3 million people across vulnerable communities globally, with a current focus on Bangladesh, Nepal and Ethiopia.

The Way We Work

Our programmes develop, test, and scale integrated solutions in safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), nutrition, food security, and maternal health; all aimed at improving child health outcomes. We work through and alongside existing systems rather than around them, partnering with governments, local entrepreneurs, market systems, and communities to ensure solutions are sustainable long after our direct involvement ends. With evidence and learnings from our programmes, we influence the development sector and governments to adopt and expand what works, this way we can tackle child health challenges from multiple angles and at greater scale.

Max Foundation Bangladesh is expanding access to safe and sustainable water services through market‑based and technology‑enabled approaches. A flagship initiative is the Max TapWater Smart Water Grid, which integrates digital monitoring systems, smart metering, renewable energy components, and improved operational management.
Max Foundation seeks to assess whether carbon project development and carbon finance mechanisms can become viable financing vehicles for its WASH portfolio.

Objective of the Assignment

The consultancy will:

• Assess the technical feasibility of carbon project development for Max Foundation’s WASH interventions.

• Evaluate the financial potential of carbon finance mechanisms.

• Develop a roadmap positioning Max Foundation as a sector leader in water‑related carbon finance in Bangladesh.

• Establish operational systems, partnerships, and processes required for carbon project registration and validation.

Scope of Work

Phase 1 (Months 1–3): Carbon Viability Assessment and Readiness Framework

• WP1: Carbon Opportunity Screening & Baseline Assessment
  Review Smart Water Grid technical design, analyze energy use, identify carbon mitigation sources, review Max Foundation WASH portfolio, and screen potential carbon project types.
  Deliverable: Carbon Project Pipeline identifying viable opportunities.

• WP2: Carbon Project Development Framework & MRV System
  Onboard carbon project developer firm, identify applicable methodologies and standards, design baseline approach, develop MRV framework using digital monitoring systems, outline project aggregation approach, and define registration/validation process.
  Deliverable: Carbon Project Development Framework including methodology options, MRV structure, baseline definition, and development pathway.

• WP3: Carbon Finance Structuring & Funding Mechanisms
  Estimate emission reduction potential, model carbon revenue scenarios, assess market prices and financing flows, design funding mechanisms where carbon revenue supports upfront infrastructure investment, align with Bangladesh NDC and climate policy, and develop sector engagement strategy.
  Deliverable: Carbon Finance and Funding Mechanism Framework with financial models and structures.

Phase 2 (Months 4–6): Carbon Project Preparation and Market Positioning

• WP4: Institutional Readiness and Governance Setup
  Assess internal MRV capacity, data ownership, governance, legal/accounting readiness, and decision‑making structure.

• WP5: Policy and Sector Engagement Roadmap
  Develop a controlled engagement plan with national stakeholders, including carbon market policy actors and Article 6.2 institutions.

• WP6: Partnership and Carbon Market Engagement
  Map and engage with climate finance partners, carbon developers, buyers, registries, and financing partners.

• WP7: Pre‑Registration Preparation
  Prepare roadmap for PDD development, validation, registration, MRV setup, buyer engagement, and financing structure.

Deliverables

• Carbon credit assessment report and documentation.

• Carbon project development framework (methodologies, MRV, baseline).

• Carbon finance and funding mechanism framework.

• Institutional readiness and policy engagement roadmap.

• Partnership and market engagement plan.