Carbon Removal Advocacy Lead France

OUR MISSION

Carbon dioxide removal, alongside rapid emissions reductions, is essential to preserving a stable climateand thus safeguarding business cases as well as security & prosperity. Carbon Gap exists to close the knowledge, policy, and ambition gaps that are holding back a carbon removal ecosystem that delivers real progress on climate change.

European leadership—including from France—is critical: both to ensure carbon dioxide removal canscale to meet climate goals and tofostera science-based, high-integrityvision of carbondioxideremoval.

Carbon Gap is Europe’s largest philanthropically funded non-profit focused on scaling just and effective carbon dioxide removal. We provide independent, science-based advice to decision-makers and work with partners across the ecosystem to translate policy into real-world deployment. Carbon Gap Alumni have progressed to exciting roles in Government, Industry and Academia.

We are looking fora France-based

Country Advocacy Leadwho will (1) lead and execute Carbon Gap’scountry-level policy work in France,(2) support

CDR demanddevelopmentacross Europeand (3) ensure coordination of CDR policy between

Parisand Brussels.

This role is suited to someone who understands how decisions get made and implemented,whether from policy, business, consulting, or advisory environments,and who can translate between political intent, market realities, and execution constraints.

This is a delivery-oriented role at the interface of policy design, stakeholder engagement, and market development. You will help shape and advance policy pathways that can unlock durable, high-integrity CDR—while also supporting initiatives that translate policy into credible demand signals (e.g., public procurement, buyer coalitions, and other mechanisms aligned with quality and equity principles).

You will work closely with colleagues in our EU policy team and with partners across European capitals. The role is based in Paris. Other locations may be considered but the role requires regular presence in Paris for meetings, convenings, and relationship-building.

1)
Francecountry policy leadership (primary)

• Monitor, analyse, andengage with Frenchpolicy developments relevant to CDR (e.g., climate targets, carbon management, procurement, industrial policy, innovation funding, standards/MRV, infrastructure, and governance).
• Develop policy recommendations and advocacy plans, including clear rationales, stakeholder mapping, and sequencing-with explicit attention to feasibility, incentives, and implementation constraints.
• Engagewithdecision-makers and influencers across ministries, agencies, Parliament,regional-level actors where relevant, and adjacent institutions.
• Produce high-quality written outputs (briefings, memos, consultation responses, positions, and analysis) and support communications colleagues in translating insights for public audiences.
• Develop andmaintainourtrusted network of experts and stakeholders (academia, NGOs, labour, industry, project developers, buyers, think tanks) to strengthen Carbon Gap’scountryawareness andconnection tokey national stakeholders.
• Develop Carbon Gap's presence and credibility in France.
  
  Represent Carbon Gap at relevant meetings, workshops, and eventsin
  
  Franceandcontribute to European convenings as needed.

2) European CDR demand creation support (secondary, cross-cutting)

• Support Carbon Gap’s efforts to stimulate and shape credible demand for high-integrity CDR across Europe, including:
• Public andPPPdemand levers (e.g., procurement approaches, purchase programmes, advance market commitments,CfD-like instruments where applicable).
• Buyer engagement initiatives (e.g., coalitions, platforms, sectoral approaches) and alignment with quality criteria.
• Compliance and regulatorymechanismsacrossmultiple sectors.
• Help design and deliver stakeholder workshops and consultations that connect policy design to demand-side realities (who buys, under what rules, with what safeguards).
• Contribute to cross-country learning byidentifyingtransferable policy and demand-design patterns from Franceand other European contexts.

3) Team and organisational contribution

• Contribute to internal…