Biodiversity / Carbon Project Officer Apprenticeship Contract Or Long Internship (minimum 6 months)

aDryada designs and implements large-scale nature restoration projects (reforestation, afforestation, mangrove and wetland restoration, etc.) covering several tens of thousands of hectares. These projects are built on three equally important pillars: climate, biodiversity, and improving the living conditions of local communities. Primarily deployed in tropical regions, these initiatives generate high-quality carbon credits.

The team works closely with the governments of the countries in which the company operates, as well as with major global financial institutions and large corporations.

aDryada is also a co-founder of the Organisation for Biodiversity Certificates (OBC). This association aims to create and deploy biodiversity certificates and associated market mechanisms to better value nature-based and biodiversity-enhancing projects. OBC launched its first pilot countries in 2025, in both temperate and tropical zones.

Passionate about environmental issues and, more specifically, about creating financial tools to serve Nature restoration? Want to join us? Write to us!

YOUR MISSIONS AND MAIN ACTIVITIES

1. Support project development and assist the team in decision-making by:
   • Conducting regulatory monitoring on carbon, biodiversity, taxation, and associated rights in the countries where the company operates,
   • Conducting analyses to optimise project implementation and support internal decision-making (institutional and thematic analyses: Carbon, Biodiversity) in close collaboration with the public relations officer and the wider team,
   • Drafting LinkedIn posts to promote aDryada’s positioning on key issues for our market.
2. Support the deployment of biodiversity certificates in countries where aDryada operates
   The OBC pilot countries—where members are active—aim to demonstrate the relevance of the market-based approach presented by OBC at COP16 in Cali (October 2024) and to provide on-the-ground answers to key questions in order to build an effective certification system. aDryada aims to deploy OBC biodiversity certificates in the countries where it operates, in collaboration with other local actors.In this context, the intern will contribute to deployment by:
   1. Supporting the definition of the OBC biodiversity plan for aDryada’s projects, in collaboration with the team,
   2. Gathering data (regulations, stakeholders, etc.) from host countries and other OBC members involved in deployment to prepare a country-level deployment proposal, in collaboration with other OBC members,
   3. Drafting relevant documents to support the overall deployment of the plan (analyses, presentations for authorities, etc.).
3. Support the day-to-day management of OBC
   The intern will contribute to the day-to-day operations of the association by:
   • Representing the association and managing its activities:
     • Representing aDryada within the OBC Board, Executive Committee, and General Assembly, and drafting meeting minutes,
     • Preparing and co-facilitating association meetings, certain technical groups, and country groups (market pilot deployment).
   • Drafting LinkedIn posts in close coordination with another member’s communication officer.

PROFILE REQUIRED

• Master’s degree (final year) in Biodiversity, Environment, Public Affairs, International Law, etc,
• Passion for nature restoration topics,
• Excellent written and spoken English,
• Strong attention to detail,
• Curiosity and interest in diverse fields such as sociology, economics, government policy, environment, etc,
• Proactive and able to make suggestions while considering other stakeholders’ perspectives,
• Strong writing skills with excellent spelling and grammar, and able to produce high-quality deliverables in both content and form,
• Recognised ability to:
  • Listen to stakeholders, analyse their needs, and meet their expectations,
  • Research, collect, and obtain information,
  • Analyse and synthesise data from varied sources (socio-economic, thematic, etc.).
• Enjoy versatility and working in a small, human-scale structure (<15 employees),
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and design tools.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

• • Apprenticeship contract or long internship,
  • Collective agreement: Syntec,
  • Workplace: Paris with possibility of remote work (1 day per week),
  • Start date: 15 Sep 2025,
  • Duration: 12 months (apprenticeship) or minimum 6 months (internship).