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Job title: Project Manager Mexico

Location: Xalapa or Coatepec

Contract: Permanent, local and full-time

Field travel: 40%

Starting date: ASAP

PUR Description

PUR is a global, impact-focused B-Corp specializing in the development of environmental restoration projects, known as 'nature-based solutions' (NbS). Since 2008, we have been helping the world’s largest organizations meet their ESG targets, reduce their environmental footprint, and regenerate the ecosystems they depend on across complex supply chains. Having developed over 45 projects in more than 30 countries, PUR is recognized as both a pioneer and leader in a sector that is now at the forefront of global efforts to address the ongoing climate and biodiversity crisis.

At the heart of our mission is a commitment to fostering and operationalizing insetting strategies—interventions by companies within their own value chains designed to reduce GHG emissions while creating positive impacts for communities, landscapes, and ecosystems. By championing this insetting approach, we aim to create a holistic range of benefits that extend beyond ecological restoration, encompassing social and economic dimensions through enhanced agricultural yields and resilience to climate change-induced stresses, among others.

One of the distinctive features of our work is our ability to tailor projects to the specific needs of different regions and communities. By recognizing the unique characteristics of each ecosystem and the cultural context of the communities involved, we ensure our initiatives are contextually relevant and have a meaningful and sustainable impact. All our projects are developed in close collaboration with local actors, including cooperatives, NGOs, governments, and corporations. Today, we employ 200 staff across 16 countries with key offices in Paris (HQ) and Toronto.

About the role

The project manager will be accountable or responsible for the management and monitoring of PUR GRP Mexico project in Veracruz and will have a team to manage.

Your responsibilities will be, but not limited to:

Project Management:

• Set-up, plan, coordinate and monitor the implementation of project activities.

• Work closely with field partners and teams to implement project activities, collect and manage data for internal reporting, control quality of implementation, improve proceedings, and coordinate impact monitoring activities.

• Understand and train field partners on reporting and monitoring tools needed to execute the project and measure project impacts.

• Be accountable for the budget & reforecast of the management of the projects.

Project Development:

• Develop strategy plans for new and existing projects, aligning with key industry frameworks and/or carbon accounting methodologies.

• Identify and pursue opportunities to scale projects and collaborate with the relevant departments to activate project scale up and improvement opportunities.

• Be accountable for regular reporting on progress.

Deliverable management:

• Manage PUR teams delivery and ensure internal tools are up-to-date.

• Support the development of communication and marketing content following the Comms & Mktg team’s guidelines

Project monitoring / data:

• Be accountable for the adaptation and implementation of the data collection forms to the project's local context where relevant.

• Coordinate and monitor the implementation of data collection with local partners and local teams, providing training when necessary.

• Be accountable for the consolidation and the analysis of data projects outputs and report to the Project Manager and the region's Field Data Officer any issue.

• Support the implementation of the project's impact monitoring strategies.

Monitoring, planning and people management:

• Be responsible for the resource management of the projects (workload, recruitment advice.)

• Be accountable for the collection of the supplier invoices and the integration in the tool in a timely manner (ERP).

• Communicate to the finance team if there is any delay.

• Be accountable for project contract management.

• Approve supplier invoices on a regular basis.

Partnership and representation :

• Identify, build relationships and supervise local partners (cooperatives, associations, implementing partners).

• Represent PUR publicly at conferences, in meetings with existing and potential clients, and with beneficiaries in the field.

We are looking for a candidate with:

• A Bachelor's degree in Environmental Sciences, Forestry Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Biology, or Agronomy is preferred.

• Minimum 5-year experience in Project Management

• Knowledge of agroforestry systems involving coffee, cocoa, or reforestation projects

• Proven experience with forest nurseries

• Experience managing environmental projects under strict timelines

• Experience in budget management

• Basic GIS knowledge required

• Knowledge of carbon certification is an asset

• Knowledge of forest restoration is an asset

• Medium to high level of English proficiency