Carbon Assessment Specialist

Are you an agronomist, or do you have experience of or a strong interest in the world of agriculture? We're looking for a motivated individual who shares our enthusiasm for regenerative, low-carbon agriculture.

Soil Capital is on a mission to regenerate over 10 million hectares of land by 2030, addressing our environmental and food security challenges through regenerative and low-carbon agriculture. As a leading expert in this field, we have developed the first payment for ecosystem services program for farmers in Europe.

Through our certified programme and our platform, Soil Capital leads the food and ag sector transformation by engaging with blue chip organisations who seek to deliver on their environmental commitments and build supply chain resilience. These business purchase regenerative units, acting as an incentive for farmers to measure and earning improve their agricultural practices.

Our technology supports farmers by allowing them to efficiently and accurately measure farming practices, as well as the GHG balance of their farm which we then audit and certify to generate certificates. This helps farmers understand the levers to accelerate their adoption of regenerative practices.

In the past ten years, Soil Capital has established as a thought leader and a driver of change at scale in France, the U.K. and Belgium. Pursuing its ambitious growth trajectory, it is now expanding geographical and product scopes.

Are you keen to contribute your talent to a fast-growing start-up and help farmers store CO2 by making the transition to regenerative agriculture?

Your Role
You will help us to increase the agronomic and economic potential of farms to achieve healthy food, living soil, clean air and abundant biodiversity. You will supervise a team of independent encoders, ensuring the smooth operation of data collection and processing needed to provide a personalized carbon diagnostic using our decision support platform.

Are you the perfect match?

Characteristics of the role

- Role: Carbon Assessment Specialist

- Type of contract: Permanent contract

- Location: Louvain-la-Neuve

Key Responsibilities

In this role, the successful candidate will work on our decision support and carbon payment platform called mySoilCapital, taking responsibility for the entire process from farm data collection to report delivery and farmer feedback; via the supervision of a team of freelance encoders.

More specifically, the team supervised by the project manager will have the following responsibilities:

• Correct and accurate encoding of the farmer's data (providing support to the farmer and conducting virtual interviews with the farmer to finalise data collection).


• Review of the encoded data, generation and revision of the mySoilCapital diagnostic.


• Delivery of the mySoilCapital report to the farmer, accompanied by a discussion with the farmer on the potential levers that can be put in place to improve practices.


• Compliance with the audit timetable and constraints in terms of providing carbon results and their quality.
  Participating in the development of the mySoilCapital tool by gathering feedback from farmers and communicating it internally.

What about you?

Experience & Expertise

- At least 2 years experience in a similar position
- An excellent understanding of the French & Belgian agricultural sector (especially the Western and Southern regions) and a willingness to learn more about it.
- Proven ability to model complex systems, with an eye for detail.

- Positive personality, with the ability to interact easily with others (friendliness in interactions).

- Critical, problem-solving, results-oriented, perfectionist.

- Excellent communication skills in French (mother tongue) and English (fluent).
- Highly motivated and curious about the environmental and social impact of Soil Capital's core mission.

Why Join Soil Capital? 

At Soil Capital, we believe that transforming our relationship with nature is the key to a viable food system. Farmers, as stewards of 40% of the Earth's land, hold the potential to lead this change. By joining us, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career in a mission-driven company, surrounded by passionate colleagues.

Here’s what we offer:

• Flexible holidays policy: Take the holidays you need, while coordinating with your team and respecting the demands of your role.


• Health insurance with Alan for you and your family.


• Reimbursement if you come to the office by public transport.
  


• Team incentive bonus: Based on your total salary package.


• Flexible remote work: You can work remotely 2 days per week, with flexibility, provided you coordinate with your colleagues.
  Company events and travels: Join quarterly company events and visit our three offices

Soil Capital is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all candidates who meet the job requirements, regardless of their race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability.