Senior Technical Consultant for the Chemicals Sector Baseline Study

Develops emissions baselines, benchmarks and monitoring protocols for Brazil’s chemicals sector to support regulation of the national emissions-trading system and alignment with the Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy.

Department: UNEP Finance Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Policy Team

• Define the chemicals-sector scope, regulatory perimeter and principal emission sources
• Map facilities and estimate installations exceeding regulatory emissions thresholds
• Develop sector-specific emission factors and carbon-intensity benchmarks
• Propose monitoring, reporting and verification protocols for process and energy emissions
• Assess sector readiness for monitoring plans and identify technical gaps
• Coordinate methodology with government, industry and parallel sector studies
• Document data assumptions, limitations, proxies and sensitivity analyses
• Produce inception and technical reports for UNEP approval and regulatory use

• Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical, industrial, energy or environmental engineering, environmental management, science, economics, public policy or a related field
• At least six years of professional experience in industrial greenhouse-gas accounting, sectoral baselines, emissions-trading design or industrial decarbonisation
• Fluency in English and Portuguese

• Six-month home-based consultancy
• Reports to the UNEP FI Policy Lead for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Deliverables require coordination with Brazil’s Ministry of Finance and chemicals-industry stakeholders