South Pole

Specialist, CORSIA Compliance Markets

South Pole  •  Cape Town, ZA (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description


The Specialist for CORSIA sits at the intersection of technical expertise, market intelligence, and commercial support. The Specialist is a key subject matter expert on CORSIA and Article 6, contributing to South Pole's compliance markets offering across business development, product development, and client advisory. This role drives value by supporting the translation of deep regulatory and market knowledge into high-quality proposals, client deliverables, and internal knowledge tools, directly supporting revenue generation and South Pole's position as a specialist voice in compliance carbon markets specialised in CORSIA.

Key Responsibilities

CORSIA Technical Expertise & Market Intelligence

  • Support the maintenance of strong, up-to-date technical knowledge of CORSIA framework (e.g. SARPs, ETM.etc) ICAO eligibility criteria and review process

  • Support the tracking of regulatory developments at national level, assessing associated market risks and opportunities and communicating findings to relevant internal teams

  • Support the Portfolio Specialist Analyst with market analytics and intelligence gathering and dashboard development related to CORSIA

  • Contribute to knowledge-sharing activities across the business line, helping colleagues understand CORSIA and Article 6 developments and their implications

Business Development & Proposals

  • Support business development activities by contributing to proposals for CORSIA EEU procurement or direct airline advisory

  • Provide technical input on RFPs, deal structuring, and client proposals, ensuring alignment between customer needs, regulatory requirements, and South Pole's portfolio

  • Help identify new business opportunities and market segments in close coordination with the Sales, Portfolio, and Structuring teams

  • Contribute to go-to-market activities for South Pole's CORSIA and compliance markets offering, supporting the Associate Director in executing the "Build to Win" strategy

Communications and marketing

  • Support the development and maintenance of CORSIA-related dashboards or technical intelligence solutions

  • Support the development of South Pole's thought leadership materials, marketing content, and product positioning on CORSIA and product offering, in coordination with MarComms

Essential profile requirements

  • University degree, ideally at a Master’s level or higher, in environmental science, policy or a similar relevant field;

  • 2-4 years of relevant work experience, such as policy research, market research or commercial strategy support

  • Good understanding of compliance carbon markets, Article 6 and CORSIA

  • Proven analytical and data management skills

  • Proactive, detail-oriented, and collaborative mindset with interest in capacity building and knowledge sharing;

  • Ability to communicate effectively in English in writing and orally, to carbon and non - carbon expert audiences alike, in a clear and concise manner.

  • Excellent prioritization and time management skills

  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced international environment.

Desirable profile requirements

  • Mastery of other language(s) than English, in particular French or Spanish

Multiple Locations: New Delhi, India - Cape Town, South Africa - Mexico City, Mexico - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Berlin, Germany - Bogota, Colombia - Brussels, Belgium

South Pole

About South Pole

South Pole is the world's leading carbon asset developer and climate consultancy.

Since 2006, South Pole has been a trusted partner and advisor to governments, public sector organisations, and leading businesses on their decarbonisation journeys. South Pole serves over 1,000 clients across the world, and its global team of experts has helped many Fortune 500 businesses implement comprehensive strategies that help build resilience and turn climate action into long-term business opportunities.

In line with its mission to deliver climate impact at scale, South Pole has used the power of markets to help channel climate finance to over 850 projects in more than 50 countries across the globe. To date, these projects have helped reduce over 200 million metric tonnes of CO2 emissions, accelerated low-carbon transformations across several sectors, and provided measurable benefits to communities vulnerable to climate change.

The business is supported by world-class investors, including Temasek's GenZero, Lightrock, Corisol, and Salesforce Ventures.

South Pole is a social enterprise recognised by the World Economic Forum's Schwab Foundation, and committed to becoming a B Corp globally across all of its local entities.

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Zurich, CH
Year Founded
2006
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