Technical Manager, Climate Change

Role Overview

• Be responsible for and have oversight of multiple team processes or outputs (e.g. the process for responding to internal technical queries)
• Responsible for the expertise, maintenance and improvement of at least one content area of the question bank (e.g. the business strategy module, environmental performance modules)
• Lead and contribute to the development of the corporate question bank, reporting guidance, and scoring methodologies – across environmental disclosure, focusing on climate change content
• Prioritizing data points/metrics from relevant sustainability standards/frameworks and translating into developments for the evolution of CDP’s question bank and reporting guidance
• Analysing response data and conducting desk-based research to inform
• Drafting and proofreading technical documents
• Provide subject matter expertise to projects and initiatives across CDP’s broader activities
• Deliver presentations and facilitate workshops both internally and externally
• Coordinate and collaborate with other teams in CDP, for example, to deliver: Internal review processes to ensure the evolution of CDP’s corporate question bank and scoring methodologies reflect CDP’s strategy and ambitions for a sustainable economy
• Platform developments to improve question bank user experience and data quality
• Find opportunities to optimize the planning and implementation of processes related to the evolution and delivery of CDP’s disclosure framework
• Represent CDP externally as an expert on environmental disclosure
• Actively contributes to an effective and engaged team, clear on its purpose and contribution, by: Ensuring you know what is expected of you, through regular 1:1s, having clear objectives in place, and participating in open and honest performance and development conversations
• Ensuring a respectful and inclusive workplace, where team members communicate openly, share knowledge so it can be used, and respect difference
• Living the CDP Values and demonstrating the behaviours appropriate to your position.

Requirements

• A relevant academic qualification
• Professional experience in a role related to climate change or environmental issues
• Technical expertise in corporate environmental disclosure
• Problem solving skills: the ability to think critically and make decisions on the work and challenges faced by the team
• Project management experience – of one or more projects
• A demonstrable understanding of the global sustainability agenda and of environmental-related risks, opportunities, impacts, and dependencies for companies
• Ability to design, implement, and refine operational processes to drive efficiency
• A high standard of written English and the ability to present complex information in a simple and concise way
• Excellent research and analytical skills, and strong attention to detail
• The ability to organize and interpret qualitative and quantitative data
• Strong time management and organizational skills, with an ability to work effectively and accurately under pressure

Benefits

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Generous non-contributory pension provision
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life assurance
• Training and development
• Flexible working opportunities
• Other benefits