Senior Technical Officer – Scoring ACT project

Job Purpose and Background

CDP is offering an exciting opportunity for somebody with an interest in climate change and climate change data, policy, finance and business to support CDP’s technical work. This role will have a particular focus on gathering data and indicators from company reports and various databases, helping pull together data structures, and modelling and calculations of raw and derived indicators to feed assessments of companies with respect to climate change.
We are looking for someone who is reliable, efficient and passionate and who takes pride in working to a high standard. The successful applicant will work as part of the Scoring team on the development and application of the Assessing low-Carbon Transition project (ACT). This project aims to measure a company’s contribution to a low-carbon economy, this evolution from CDP’s current scoring approach will require a candidate that is comfortable working in a creative manner but has strong analytical and process-defining skills. They will be part of the scoring team and will need to work in close relationship with the Forests, Water, Supply Chain and Climate Change programmes and the relevant internal and external stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering on the ACT assessments for Electric Utilities and preparing for the assessments for Oil and Gas companies; inc. data collection and analysis.
• Preparation of feedback reports in conjunction with ACT colleagues.
• Supporting the wider team in engagement with external stakeholders, such as project partners and companies.
• Preparing presentations and presenting information to colleagues and companies.
• Occasionally supporting other technical tasks that might be necessary within the Technical Team, the Supply Chain programme or CDP more generally.

Required skills and experience:

• Background in environment, GHG and/or financial accounting and current issues related with these disciplines, and the willingness to develop a high level of knowledge (Master’s preferred and/or 2 years+ of professional experience);
• Experience of writing and proof-reading reports for publication.
• A self starter willing to take ownership and develop processes to improve the overall delivery of assessments;
• A positive and enthusiastic team player with the ability to work collaboratively, and work under pressure;
• Ability to deliver results to tight deadlines;
• Attention to detail and commitment to achieving high standards;
• Ability to present complex information in a simple and concise way;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Knowledge of corporate greenhouse gas accounting standards;
• Good understanding of or experience in climate change issues relating to electric utilities and/or oil and gas:
• Previous experience with environmental reporting frameworks;
• Intermediate - Advanced level of Excel data analysis skills

This is a full-time role on a fixed term contract until the end of May 2020 (with the possibility to extend subject to funding) based at CDP’s London office reporting to the Manager, ACT.

Salary and benefits: £26,821 – £30,000 per annum, annual discretionary bonus, 30 days’ holiday, generous non-contributory pension provision, life assurance and others.

Interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in the UK.

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To apply please email your CV and a covering letter setting out how you meet the required skills and experience or key responsibilities, which should be no more than two pages, to [email protected] with ‘Senior Technical Officer – Scoring ACT project’ in the subject. The deadline is 23.59 (GMT) 12th January 2020.