Technical Manager

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Climate17 Full time

Our client is a global non-profit organisation that drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources, reduce plastic pollution and protect forests. Voted number one climate research provider by investorsand working with over 590 institutional investors with assets of over US $110 trillion, they leverage investor and buyer power to motivate companies to disclose and manage their environmental impacts. Over 10,000 organisations around the world disclosed datathrough our client in 2020, including more than 9,600 companies worth over 50% of global market capitalisation, and over 940 cities, states, and regions, representing a combined population of over 2.6 billion.

Fully TCFD aligned, our client holds the largest environmental database in the world and scores are widely used to drive investment and procurement decisions towards a zero carbon, sustainable and resilient economy. Our client is a founding member of theScience Based Targets initiative, We Mean Business Coalition, The Investor Agenda and the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative.

**Job Purpose and Background**

Would you like to be at the heart of accelerating a shift to a sustainable global economy? An essential component of their recently released strategy to 2025 is to drive water security through environmental disclosure and we are looking for the right individualto join our team to support this vision.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Cooperating with teams across the organisation, including regional offices, to achieve our objectives on water security, as set out in the global water security strategy, with a focus on:

- Supporting effective corporate and investor engagement and action
- Supporting engagement on water security with cities, states, and regions.
- Supporting the development of the water security questionnaire, scoring methodology and accompanying guidance. This includes building thought leadership knowledge from the 4 main stakeholders: corporations, investors, policy makers and cities.
- Supporting the development and execution of the water security strategy through carefully planned research, data and insight gathering. This includes leading on annual analysis and production of the global water security reporting output.
- Executing and supporting their water security work, presenting at selected events, and preparing and giving webinars where appropriate
- Collaborating on projects and initiatives both within and outside of the internal team, that advance our water security strategy.
- Building water-related capacity within companies and investors via webinars, workshops, briefing notes and public speaking.
- Supporting delivery teams via webinars, workshops, and briefing notes.
- Providing input into meetings with external stakeholders including companies, investors, and policy makers.
- Representing the organisation in a range of external working groups on topics such as target validation and accountability.

The precise description and nature of your job may vary from time to time, and you may be required to carry out other duties as necessary to meet business needs.

**Required skills and experience**:

- A degree level qualification in environmental science, engineering, policy, or sustainability related discipline (MSc degree preferred), ideally specialising in water management/corporate sustainability.
- At least 3 years applied professional industry experience, in either the private, finance, science/engineering, or policy sectors with significant experience of advancing water agendas in any of these sectors.
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of the global water issues and the role of corporations and investors
- Strong quantitative data analysis skills and experience in using and maintaining databases.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including a high standard of written English, with previous experience of producing written research outputs (preferably for a corporate audience)
- Detail-oriented and organised thinker who can juggle multiple, competing priorities.
- Passion, confidence, and initiative. A self-starter who can work independently and part of cross-functional teams in a matrix organisation.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively and efficiently with team members of different technical and cultural backgrounds.
- Excellent and/or advanced experience of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- At least three years demonstrable experience in managing projects.

**Desirable criteria**
- An ability to quickly process complex information and bring "new perspectives" to solve challenges.
- An understanding of the corporate reporting landscape and investor expectations around water security.
- Experience of working in a global, non-profit organisation.
- Effective influencing skills.
- Experience of managing projects, including budgets, reporting, monitoring and evaluation.

**Role details**

This is a full time, permanent contract based at our headquarters in Central London, UK, reporting to the Associate Director - Water Security. Flexible working is fully embraced by the organisation and we encourage you to explore this at interview.

**About us**

Climate17 are recruitment specialists across Clean Energy & Sustainability markets. Our extensive experience, expert market knowledge and passion for what we do stand us apart.



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