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Foothold Communications Officer

 Salary: £18k (£30k per annum pro rata)

Period of appointment:  This is a permanent contract.

Location: Remote/homebased

Part time: 21 hrs a week

 Like many benevolent fund charities, Foothold has a small staff team, but our impact is mighty!

We’re looking for someone who enjoys variety and takes pride in their work to join our flexible, remotely-based team as our new Communications Officer.

Hearing the challenges that the individuals we support are facing keeps us focused. As Communications Officer, you’ll play a key role in communicating the support our charity offers the engineering community, while also engaging our supporters by bringing our community’s stories to life.

We’re redefining relationships with long-standing communications partners, building new relationships, and building our presence across new platforms and communities.

As Communications Officer, you'll be pivotal in making sure our voice is heard through regular communications, and delivering our impact report and annual report.

We find creative ways of working as a team and look to showcase the individual talents and personalities that people bring to their role. At Foothold, you’ll have the opportunity to showcase and develop your skills across digital design, video and copy.

We encourage our team to be all-rounders, and you’ll be working closely and collaboratively with our Communications and Digital Events Officer, Digital Marketing Officer and fundraising colleagues to produce regular, engaging content.

This is a great opportunity to join a small, talented, and committed team as we test the best ways of engaging different parts of the engineering community, and how that engagement may evolve over time. You’ll help us evolve our communications and PR output, and in turn we’ll provide you with the support and autonomy to grow your skills.

We’re confident that you’ll enjoy working alongside the wider team and look forward to hearing from you.

Organisational benefits

· 32 days per annum annual leave plus Bank Holidays (plus office closure between Christmas and New Year)

· Flexible working arrangements

· Organisational commitment to training and development.

· SIPP pension with up to 9% employer contribution (subject to individual contribution)

· Life insurance and access to Smart Health services (AIG)

· Cycle to Work and Tech Scheme, childcare vouchers.

· Associate membership of the IET for one year paid for by Foothold, and access to Foothold services

If you have any further questions about the role, please contact our Head of Business and Volunteering Beverley Archer.

Informal Conversations: these can be arranged with the Jonny Rudge, Head of Fundraising and Communications, between the 3rd and 5th of June 2025

Closing date: applications should be submitted by 4pm on Friday 6th June 2025

Interviews will be held on Monday 16th June  2025 on Teams.

For more information about Foothold please visit our website

One of our fantastic clients is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Head of External Affairs to develop and implement a comprehensive external affairs strategy. This pivotal role will be instrumental in strengthening societies and changing lives, working closely with senior leadership to lead government relations across the UK and cultivate relationships with elected representatives, the Civil Service, and key partners within the voluntary, community, and social enterprise sectors.

The successful candidate will lead a team of public affairs, policy, and influencing professionals, contributing to the wider communications strategy. They will leverage an extensive network of stakeholders and a deep understanding of policy and public affairs to stay abreast of significant developments, ensuring the organisation remains proactive in its positioning and sensitive areas.

This role requires a leader who can inspire and develop a team of External Affairs professionals, devising and executing projects in a fast-paced environment while ensuring alignment with strategic goals. The External Affairs mandate is exceptionally diverse, spanning devolved governments across the UK and increasing regional devolution within England. Regular travel to attend meetings and spend time with colleagues across the UK will be required.

The Head of External Affairs will provide a professional, consistent, and expert service, supporting strategic activity across the organisation. They will oversee tailoring outputs to effectively reach key external affairs stakeholders and play a senior role in assessing areas of reputational risk.

Key responsibilities

• As a member of the communications leadership team, take ownership of, create, and implement a comprehensive external affairs strategy to deliver the organisation's missions and strategic objectives, including significant activity in the national portfolios, integrated and aligned to its communications strategy.

• Provide strategic oversight of government relations, public affairs, and strategic engagement across the UK, including relationships with sponsor bodies, working closely with the CEO Office and Portfolio Directors. Offer strategic guidance, sound judgement, and advice to senior leadership and other teams, driving a consistent organisational approach to relationship management.

• Take responsibility for strategic horizon scanning for external affairs activity across the mission areas, ensuring information and advice is shared directly with the CEO and senior colleagues, and opportunities for stakeholder engagement and influencing are maximised.

• Devise and lead a programme of external engagement with key policy, political, and mission-related stakeholders for the Chair, CEO, Board Members, and other senior leaders. This includes owning and coordinating key messages and briefings, attending meetings as appropriate, and ensuring actions are followed up.

• Oversee the design and delivery of engagement programmes that measurably increase engagement with key political and other audiences. Identify and manage risks, trends, or opportunities to protect and enhance the organisation's reputation and ensure successful influencing among key stakeholders.

• Plan and deliver a continuous review and evaluation of activities, including external benchmarking, measurement of engagement levels, and performance standards to ensure effective delivery of the External Affairs strategy across the four nations.

• Lead and develop a high-performing team, delegating work effectively, ensuring appropriate use of resource across the team, and providing and commissioning external suppliers and internal stakeholders to deliver high-quality plans.

Person Specifications

• Substantial experience leading government relations, public affairs, policy, and advocacy in a large, matrix organisation, ideally interacting with devolved administrations (national and mayoral).

• Experience in building and maintaining relationships with senior political and other stakeholders, fostering collaboration across diverse communities and perspectives.

• Experience of planning and executing strategic engagement across a range of high-profile audiences and activities, including responsibility for Chair/CEO/Board-level engagement.

• Experience of strategic planning and decision-making at a local, regional, and national level, including with peer organisations and local governments.

• Excellent interpersonal, networking, and communication skills, with the ability to engage diverse audiences with clarity and inclusivity.

• Experience of briefing and working with senior leaders in support of organisational and engagement objectives, often at short notice, including providing counsel in times of reputational risk and navigating complex organisational dynamics.

• Demonstrable leadership and project-management ability, with experience developing high-performing teams, resource management, and working in a matrix-management and collaborative environment.

• Experience commissioning agencies and third-party suppliers to work with internal stakeholders to deliver high-quality plans.

• Experience of continued professional, managerial, and personal development within the relevant discipline.

• If this role is based in Wales, or supports customers or colleagues in Wales, an understanding of Welsh language legislation and the Welsh Language Standards of the organisation is required.

What’s on Offer:

• Salary of £54,277-£60,000 outside London or £59,000-£66,500 inside London 

• Full time role 

• 12 month contract

• Immediate start 

How to Apply: To apply, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role by clicking the “apply now” button via our website.

The process: If your experience aligns with what we're looking for, a member of our team will be in contact to discuss the role with you in more detail before presenting your profile to the client. We will also ensure that all applicants receive an email to inform them of the outcome of their application.

To avoid any potential delays or your application being missed, please apply solely via the 'Apply Now' button.

Commitment to Diversity: The Talent Set and our partner organisation are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, sexual orientation, disability, age, or gender. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.

Our vision is of a world in which our human population lives fairly and sustainably with nature and each other.

Our mission is to address the negative consequences of ever more people using ever more of the planet’s resources and to inspire and engage with others to find, share and promote ways to make our vision a reality as quickly as possible.

You

Are you an experienced Chartered Financial Accountant, with extensive experience working in Financial Operations (FinOps) within international charities? Are you looking for a role that gives you the autonomy to shape and develop the FinOps function, as well as a role within the Senior Leadership Team?

We have just entered a new five-year strategy period and are looking for someone to take a strategic, long-term approach to developing our FinOps capabilities, further developing an increasingly professionalised function. We are a growing organisation and will be further expanding internationally over the strategy period.

If your application is successful, you will form part of the organisation’s Senior Leadership Team, helping Population Matters to continue to build on recent successes and increase its focus on impact.

How we’ll do things

Population Matters is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age and all other categories protected by law.

If you require any adjustments to make the process more accessible, or to arrange an informal conversation about the role, please contact our switchboard.

Please apply by sending a CV (no more than two A4 pages) and covering letter (no more than two A4 pages), addressing the Job Description and, in particular, the Person Specification.

We will use blind recruitment practices to minimise unconscious bias.

The deadline for applications is midday on 6th June. We will hold first interviews on the 12th June remotely, with Joshua Hill, Chief Research & Operations Officer, and Sho Nair, Director of Fundraising & Engagement. We will hold second interviews on the afternoon of the 17th June, in person, with Joshua Hill and Amy Jankiewicz, Chief Executive.

Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary: Starting at £55-62,000, negotiable within this range

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: We promote and encourage flexible working all types, in line with our flexible working policy

Location: Home-based in the UK, with occasional travel and access to our London office space. We are afraid that we can not accept international applicants for this role. 

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave pa; additional three days’ closure over Christmas; employer pension contribution 6-8%, employee matching contribution min 2%; Employee Assistance Programme; we fund and encourage CPD.

Thank you for your interest in Population Matters.

Our charity client is seeking a Digital Producer to join their team on a contract basis. This is a fantastic opportunity for a creative and technically proficient individual to drive engagement and build support through compelling digital content.

Key responsibilities

• Supporting increased engagement across the digital ecosystem by driving supporter acquisition, campaign participation, and awareness of key initiatives.
• Representing the organisation at key events across the UK, capturing content and insights to amplify digital storytelling and supporter engagement.
• Creating high-quality, compelling digital content that is accessible, SEO-optimised, user-centred, and aligned with brand guidelines.
• Using Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and other performance tools to research, monitor, and report on user behaviour, applying insights to optimise content and meet digital KPIs.
• Efficiently managing and delivering content and technical requests, ensuring timely, accurate, and high-quality resolution across a range of editorial and digital tasks.

Person Specifications

• Excellent copywriting skills, highly proficient in written English, with a sharp eye for detail and a commitment to high editorial standards.
• Proven experience producing digital content that adheres to strong UX (user experience) and SEO (search engine optimisation) principles, including sourcing images and producing/editing video content.
• Confident in using SEO and content planning tools (e.g., Google Search Console, SEMrush, Frase, or Surfer SEO) to inform content creation and support continuous optimisation.
• Experience using Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to monitor content performance and user behaviour, able to interpret data and apply insights to improve content engagement, reach, and SEO ranking.
• Experience with content management systems and website development, particularly using Drupal and working knowledge of basic HTML and web publishing standards.
• Confidence in using inclusive language that aligns with organisational values and tone of voice.
• Excellent time and project management skills, with the ability to meet deadlines, prioritise tasks, and adapt to changing demands in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a collaborative and diplomatic approach to working across teams.
• An analytical and evidence-based mindset, with the ability to make content decisions based on performance data, audience insights, and organisational goals.
• Desirable: Google Analytics Certification (GA4)

What’s on Offer:

• Remote or hybrid working (London, 2 days per week) 
• £35,911 (remote contract)-£40,794 (hybrid contract)
• Contract till December 2025
• July start date

How to Apply: To apply, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role by clicking the “apply now” button via our website.

The process: If your experience aligns with what we're looking for, a member of our team will be in contact to discuss the role with you in more detail before presenting your profile to the client. We will also ensure that all applicants receive an email to inform them of the outcome of their application.

To avoid any potential delays or your application being missed, please apply solely via the 'Apply Now' button.

Commitment to Diversity: The Talent Set and our partner organisation are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, sexual orientation, disability, age, or gender. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.

At Cadet Digital Services, we’re delivering digital transformation for one of the UK’s largest youth organisations the MOD-sponsored Cadet Forces. With over 80,000 cadets and adult volunteers relying on our systems, your work here won’t just be seen, it’ll matter.

We’re looking for someone who’s passionate about Agile, confident enough to enable a technical team, and hungry to grow. This is an ideal opportunity for a developing Scrum Master who’s ready to take ownership, gain leadership experience, and work at the heart of a mission-driven organisation.

Responsibilities

· Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

· Enabling continuous delivery of high-value digital products.

· Coach team members and stakeholders on Agile principles, promoting a culture of collaboration, accountability, and iterative improvement.

· Support product owners with backlog refinement, prioritisation, and clarity of user stories.

· Monitor team health, performance, and delivery metrics, identifying opportunities for improvement.

· Champion user-centred design and ensure the team maintains a strong focus on meeting user needs.

· Promote the use of Agile tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, Jira, Trello) across Cadet Digital Services.

· Help teams balance technical debt and delivery priorities by fostering healthy conversations between developers and product owner.

· Support onboarding of new team members, helping them understand Agile working practices and team norms.

· Promote Agile best practices and contribute to the maturity of Agile delivery across Cadet Digital Services.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for further information.

Our charity

ACCT UK is a national youth charity dedicated to improving the life chances of young people. The Combined Cadet Force Association (CCFA) is a charity dedicated to the promotion of the ideals and activities of the Combined Cadet Force in schools. Together we want to ensure that every young person has the opportunity to learn new skills, build confidence and be inspired through their cadet experience.

We want to develop the youth leadership and training abilities of adult volunteers whilst also helping young people to access cadet activities through fundraising, grant-making, developing new resources and direct support.

We strongly believe that everyone benefits when you help young people to develop their character and values through activities that stretch and mature them. We also know that when young people engage with others at a range of levels in their communities it builds confidence and improves empathy for other’s lives.

Who we are

You will enjoy being part of our small team who work very happily together. By joining ACCT UK you will help us to reach more young people and make a greater difference and we look forward to working with you. We actively promote and encourage you to explore ideas that improve all aspects of the charity’s work in pursuit of its charitable aims.

What we can offer you

In addition to your salary, we offer all staff:

· Flexible working arrangements (you agree a working pattern with your line manager).

· Personal Accident Insurance, including loss of earnings cover and death benefit.

· 15 days of sick pay in any 12-month period (after 12 months employment - pro-rata for part time staff).

· A contributory pension scheme (you contribute at least 5% and we will contribute 10%).

· Good leave allowances (which are offered pro-rata for part time staff):

o 20 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.

o Additional privilege leave, on set days each year, such as between Christmas and New Year.

o An additional five days of volunteering leave.

· Support for qualifications and personal development.

· Employee Assistance Programme.

· Season ticket loan.

· Railcard (if you are eligible)

· A caring and supportive team environment.

How to apply

Please send a covering letter that details how you meet the requirements of the job description along with a CV by 2359 hrs on Sunday 15th June.

Interviews will be held (virtually) during the week commencing 23rd June.

Please note that as a charity dedicated to improving the lives of young people, we require staff to make a declaration about any relevant convictions, undergo both a Disclosure and Barring Service check and a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check (one of the requirements being that applicants must have been resident in the UK for 3 years). In addition, we will follow up references.

About Climate Cymru (as hosted by the WCIA)

Climate Cymru is a movement of thousands of individuals and a network of over 380 organisations from all sectors in Wales, brought together by shared values and a recognition that the climate and nature emergencies require urgent, fair action. We believe that action should be guided by science and the voices of people across Wales.

Climate Cymru is hosted by the Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA). WCIA is a charity that inspires people in Wales to learn about and take action on global issues. WCIA’s vision is that everyone in Wales contributes to creating a fairer and more peaceful world.

Climate Cymru is impact-focused and a powerful vehicle for change in Welsh society. We do this by:

• Putting pressure on those with power to take concrete action
• Engaging productively with the Welsh Government
• Making sure voices from across Wales are heard and represented
• Inspiring and connecting our network
• Amplifying and accelerating our partners' work
• Sharing important information and opportunities with our network and the wider public
• Learning from society in Wales, and beyond
• Building broad public support for action
• Representing Welsh voices and organisations nationally and internationally 

Summary of the Role

Wales receives less than half the UK’s per-person civil society funding, a situation worsened by COVID-19, EU funding loss, public cuts, and the cost-of-living crisis. This is having a crippling impact on community groups and charities' ability to do their critical work. Climate Cymru is action-focused, has a large reach across Welsh society and is on a mission to do something about this issue. This role leads this potentially transformative work.

The post-holder will engage directly with trusts, foundations, philanthropic funders and collaborative networks to unlock more funding for groups in Wales. They will also lead the development of innovative, practical solutions to improve how funding is distributed, particularly to grassroots, under-resourced and historically excluded communities. This includes rolling out pioneering models of shared capacity, developing a Wales-specific environmental funding database, and providing strategic guidance to groups seeking funding.

The Head of Funding Innovation will work to influence funders, reshape funding infrastructure, and build the capacity of the Climate Cymru movement to access the resources it needs. Working closely with the Head of Renewable Energy and the wider Climate Cymru team, this role will be central to ensuring that funding systems in Wales are fairer, more inclusive, and better able to meet the scale of the climate and nature crisis.

Additionally, the role involves communicating the compelling cases for investment in Wales, and working with Climate Cymru’s communication team to gather and share powerful stories to help shift narratives around Wales as a place for ambitious, high-impact funding.

Specific responsibilities for the role

Funding strategy & funder engagement

• Develop and implement a strategy to increase the volume and accessibility of trust, foundation and philanthropic funding for climate, nature and social justice work in Wales.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with UK-wide and Wales-based funders, including trusts, foundations, philanthropic networks and collaborative funding bodies.
• Actively engage with the Environmental Funders Network and other relevant groups to amplify Welsh perspectives and influence funder priorities.
• Represent Climate Cymru and Wales in national funder conversations, advocating for funding approaches that meet the needs of community groups and organisations across Wales.

Capacity building, effective & fairer distribution

• Refine and facilitate the roll-out of innovative distributive models piloted by Climate Cymru, which offer access to skills and supportive capacity for grassroots groups, helping to reduce duplicated effort and increase sector-wide efficiency.
• Familiarise with available funding support, tools, templates, training providers and best-practice resources and signpost groups to the support they need.
• Coordinate and deliver personalised funding consultations, offering strategic advice to community groups and organisations in the Climate Cymru movement.
• Produce and maintain a Wales-relevant environmental funding database and ensure it is accessible, intuitively easy to use, regularly updated, and widely used across the sector.

Strengthening Wales’ funding infrastructure

• Identify systemic barriers to equitable funding in Wales, and co-develop practical, creative solutions with funders, civil society partners, and policy experts.
• Support trusts and foundations to design more accessible, inclusive grant programmes—especially those aimed at grassroots and marginalised groups.
• Convene collaborative learning spaces to share insights, pilot new models, and promote a culture of innovation within the Welsh funding ecosystem.

Strategic funding events & communications

• Work closely with the Climate Cymru communications team to produce inspiring written and visual content that supports a compelling case for funders to support Welsh grassroots action and organisations.

Additional Responsibilities

• Track and evaluate the project’s impact on funder engagement and access to funding in Wales, providing regular insights and recommendations to improve effectiveness.
• Undertake other duties as the line manager requires, to support the overall success of Climate Cymru’s initiatives. 

Person Specification

Applicants must demonstrate the following attributes by linking them with relevant experiences and achievements in the job application statement.

Essential requirements

1. Demonstrated understanding of, and commitment to, Climate Cymru’s mission and WCIA’s vision for a fairer, more peaceful world.
2. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft complex ideas into clear, compelling narratives for different audiences.
3. An understanding of the funding landscape, including the current challenges and opportunities for civil society, environmental and grassroots groups.
4. Strong organisational and project management skills, including the ability to manage databases, track engagement, and deliver high-quality work to deadlines.
5. Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders, including funders, charities, and community groups.
6. Excellent networking and relationship-building capabilities.
7. A strong appetite for change and a proven ability to inspire change and drive strategic outcomes.

Desirable attributes

1. Established professional relationships with relevant funders, philanthropic networks, or membership bodies within and outside of Wales.
2. Understanding of the funding landscape in Wales, including established structural funding inequalities.
3. Proven varied experience of securing funding from trusts, foundations and/or philanthropy.
4. Varied professional experience working within trusts, foundations and philanthropy.
5. Experience in environmental, climate and social justice work.
6. Fluency in Welsh, with the ability to write and deliver communications in Welsh and bilingually.
7. A strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with experience supporting people from diverse backgrounds to access funding.
8. Familiarity with database creation or management, especially for monitoring funding trends and improving resource access.
9. Experience designing or delivering support services or resources (e.g. funding consultations, toolkits, or databases) to build capacity across a network and sector. 

Ynghylch Climate Cymru (wedi'i letyga gan WCIA)

Mae Climate Cymru yn fudiad o filoedd o unigolion, ac yn rhwydwaith o gannoedd o sefydliadau o bob sector yng Nghymru, sydd wedi cael eu dwyn ynghyd trwy gyfrwng gwerthoedd a rennir, a chydnabyddiaeth bod yr argyfwng hinsawdd a natur yn gofyn am weithredu brys a theg. Rydym yn credu y dylai gweithredu gael ei lywio gan wyddoniaeth a lleisiau pobl ar draws Cymru.

Mae Climate Cymru yn cael ei letya gan Ganolfan Materion Rhyngwladol Cymru (WCIA). Elusen ydy WCIA, sy'n ysbrydoli pobl yng Nghymru i ddysgu am faterion byd-eang, a gweithredu arnynt. Gweledigaeth WCIA yw bod pawb yng Nghymru yn cyfrannu at greu byd tecach a mwy heddychlon.

Mae Climate Cymru yn canolbwyntio ar effaith, yn ddeinamig, ac yn gyfrwng pwerus dros newid yng nghymdeithas Cymru. Rydym yn gwneud hyn drwy’r ffyrdd canlynol:

• Rhoi pwysau ar y rheini sydd â phŵer i weithredu’n gadarn.
• Ymgysylltu'n gynhyrchiol â Llywodraeth Cymru
• Gwneud yn siŵr bod lleisiau o ar draws Cymru yn cael eu clywed a’u cynrychioli
• Ysbrydoli a chysylltu ein rhwydwaith
• Ehangu a chyflymu gwaith ein partneriaid
• Rhannu gwybodaeth bwysig a chyfleoedd gyda’n rhwydwaith a’r cyhoedd ehangach
• Dysgu gan Gymdeithas yng Nghymru, a thu hwnt
• Datblygu cefnogaeth gyhoeddus eang ar gyfer gweithredu
• Cynrychioli lleisiau a sefydliadau Cymru yn genedlaethol ac yn rhyngwladol

Crynodeb o’r Rôl

Mae Cymru yn derbyn llai na hanner cyllid cymdeithas sifil fesul person y DU, sefyllfa a waethygwyd gan COVID-19, colli cyllid yr UE, toriadau cyhoeddus, a'r argyfwng costau byw. Mae hyn yn cael effaith ddifrifol ar allu grwpiau cymunedol ac elusennau i wneud eu gwaith beirniadol. Mae Climate Cymru yn canolbwyntio ar weithredu, mae ganddo gyrhaeddiad mawr ar draws cymdeithas Cymru ac mae ar genhadaeth i wneud rhywbeth am y mater hwn. Mae'r rôl hon yn arwain y gwaith trawsnewidiol hwn.

Bydd deiliad y swydd yn ymgysylltu'n uniongyrchol ag ymddiriedolaethau, sefydliadau, cyllidwyr dyngarol a rhwydweithiau cydweithredol i ddatgloi mwy o gyllid i grwpiau yng Nghymru. Byddant hefyd yn arwain y gwaith o ddatblygu atebion arloesol, ymarferol i wella sut mae cyllid yn cael ei ddosbarthu, yn enwedig i gymunedau ar lawr gwlad, heb adnoddau ac sydd wedi'u heithrio'n hanesyddol. Mae hyn yn cynnwys cyflwyno modelau arloesol o gapasiti a rennir, datblygu cronfa ddata cyllid amgylcheddol penodol i Gymru, a darparu arweiniad strategol i grwpiau sy'n ceisio cyllid.

Bydd y Pennaeth Arloesi Cyllid yn gweithio i ddylanwadu ar gyllidwyr, ail-lunio seilwaith cyllido, ac adeiladu gallu mudiad Climate Cymru i gael gafael ar yr adnoddau sydd eu hangen arno. Gan weithio'n agos gyda'r Pennaeth Ynni Adnewyddadwy a thîm ehangach Climate Cymru, bydd y rôl hon yn ganolog i sicrhau bod systemau cyllido yng Nghymru yn decach, yn fwy cynhwysol, ac yn gallu cwrdd yn well â graddfa'r argyfwng hinsawdd a natur.

Yn ogystal, mae'r rôl yn cynnwys cyfathrebu'r achosion cymhellol ar gyfer buddsoddi yng Nghymru, a gweithio gyda thîm cyfathrebu Climate Cymru i gasglu a rhannu straeon pwerus i helpu i newid naratifau ledled Cymru fel lle ar gyfer cyllid uchelgeisiol, effaith uchel.

Cyfrifoldebau penodol ar gyfer y rôl hon

Strategaeth cyllido ac ymgysylltu â chyllidwyr

• Datblygu a gweithredu strategaeth i gynyddu cyfaint a hygyrchedd cyllid ymddiriedolaeth, sefydliad a dyngarol ar gyfer gwaith hinsawdd, natur a chyfiawnder cymdeithasol yng Nghymru.
• Adeiladu a chynnal perthnasoedd cryf gyda chyllidwyr ledled y DU a Chymru, gan gynnwys ymddiriedolaethau, sefydliadau, rhwydweithiau dyngarol a chyrff cyllido cydweithredol.
• Ymgysylltu'n weithredol â'r Rhwydwaith Cyllidwyr Amgylcheddol a grwpiau perthnasol eraill i ymhelaethu ar safbwyntiau Cymru a dylanwadu ar flaenoriaethau cyllidwyr.
• Cynrychioli Climate Cymru a Chymru mewn sgyrsiau cyllidwyr cenedlaethol, gan eirioli dros ddulliau cyllido sy'n diwallu anghenion grwpiau a sefydliadau cymunedol ledled Cymru.

Adeiladu gallu, dosbarthiad effeithiol a thecach

• Mireinio a hwyluso cyflwyno modelau dosbarthu arloesol a dreialwyd gan Climate Cymru, sy'n cynnig mynediad at sgiliau a gallu cefnogol i grwpiau ar lawr gwlad, gan helpu i leihau ymdrech ddyblyg a chynyddu effeithlonrwydd ar draws y sector.
• Ymgyfarwyddo â'r cymorth cyllidol sydd ar gael, offer, templedi, darparwyr hyfforddiant ac adnoddau arfer-gorau a cyfeirio grwipiau at y cymorth sydd ei angen arnynt.
• Cydlynu a chyflwyno ymgynghoriadau cyllido wedi'u personoli, gan gynnig cyngor strategol i grwpiau a sefydliadau cymunedol ym mudiad Climate Cymru.
• Cynhyrchu a chynnal cronfa ddata cyllid amgylcheddol sy'n berthnasol i Gymru a sicrhau ei bod yn hygyrch, yn reddfol hawdd i'w defnyddio, yn cael ei diweddaru'n rheolaidd, ac yn cael ei defnyddio'n helaeth ar draws y sector.

Cryfhau seilwaith cyllid Cymru

• Nodi rhwystrau systemig i gyllid teg yng Nghymru, a chyd-ddatblygu atebion ymarferol, creadigol gyda chyllidwyr, partneriaid cymdeithas sifil, ac arbenigwyr polisi.
• Cefnogi ymddiriedolaethau a sefydliadau i ddylunio rhaglenni grant mwy hygyrch, cynhwysol - yn enwedig y rhai sydd wedi'u hanelu at grwpiau llawr gwlad ac ymylol.
• Cynnull mannau dysgu cydweithredol i rannu mewnwelediadau, treialu modelau newydd, a hyrwyddo diwylliant o arloesi o fewn ecosystem cyllido Cymru.

Cyllido digwyddiadau a chyfathrebu strategol

• Gweithio'n agos gyda thîm cyfathrebu Climate Cymru i gynhyrchu cynnwys ysgrifenedig a gweledol ysbrydoledig sy'n cefnogi achos cymhellol i gyllidwyr gefnogi gweithredu a sefydliadau ar lawr gwlad Cymru.

Cyfrifoldebau Ychwanegol

• Olrhain a gwerthuso effaith y prosiect ar ymgysylltu â chyllidwyr a mynediad at gyllid yng Nghymru, gan ddarparu mewnwelediadau ac argymhellion rheolaidd i wella effeithiolrwydd.
• Ymgymryd â dyletswyddau eraill fel sy'n ofynnol gan y rheolwr llinell, i gefnogi llwyddiant cyffredinol mentrau Climate Cymru. 

Manyleb Person

Rhaid i ymgeiswyr ddangos y priodoleddau canlynol trwy eu cysylltu â phrofiadau a chyflawniadau perthnasol yn natganiad y cais am swydd.

Gofynion hanfodol

1. Dangos dealltwriaeth o genhadaeth Climate Cymru a gweledigaeth WCIA ar gyfer byd mwy teg, heddychlon, ac ymrwymo i hyn.
2. Sgiliau cyfathrebu ysgrifenedig a llafar rhagorol, gyda'r gallu i greu syniadau cymhleth i naratifau clir, cymhellol ar gyfer gwahanol gynulleidfaoedd.
3. Dealltwriaeth o'r dirwedd cyllido, gan gynnwys yr heriau a'r cyfleoedd cyfredol ar gyfer cymdeithas sifil, grwpiau amgylcheddol a llawr gwlad.
4. Sgiliau sefydliadol a rheoli prosiectau cryf, gan gynnwys y gallu i reoli cronfeydd data, olrhain ymgysylltiad, a darparu gwaith o ansawdd uchel i ddyddiadau cau.
5. Y gallu i gyd-weithio ag ystod eang o randdeiliaid, gan gynnwys cyllidwyr, elusennau, a grwpiau cymunedol.
6. Galluoedd rhwydweithio a meithrin perthnasoedd rhagorol.
7. Awydd cryf am newid a gallu profedig i ysbrydoli newid a gyrru canlyniadau strategol.

Gofynion dymunol

1. Sefydlu perthnasoedd proffesiynol gyda chyllidwyr perthnasol, rhwydweithiau dyngarol, neu gyrff aelodaeth o fewn a thu allan i Gymru.
2. Dealltwriaeth o'r dirwedd ariannu yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys anghydraddoldebau cyllid strwythurol sefydledig.
3. Profiad amrywiol o sicrhau cyllid gan ymddiriedolaethau, sefydliadau a / neu ddyngarwch.
4. Profiad proffesiynol amrywiol o weithio mewn ymddiriedolaethau, sefydliadau a dyngarwch.
5. Profiad mewn gwaith amgylcheddol, hinsawdd a chyfiawnder cymdeithasol.
6. Rhuglder yn y Gymraeg, gyda'r gallu i ysgrifennu a chyflwyno cyfathrebiadau yn Gymraeg ac yn ddwyieithog.
7. Ymrwymiad cryf i amrywiaeth, tegwch a chynhwysiant, gyda phrofiad o gefnogi pobl o gefndiroedd amrywiol i gael mynediad at gyllid.
8. Cyfarwydd â chreu neu reoli cronfa ddata, yn enwedig ar gyfer monitro tueddiadau cyllido a gwella mynediad at adnoddau.
9. Profiad o ddylunio neu ddarparu gwasanaethau neu adnoddau cymorth (e.e. ymgynghoriadau cyllido, pecynnau cymorth, neu gronfeydd data) i adeiladu capasiti ar draws rhwydwaith a sector. 

Role: Senior Officer, Policy & Advocacy (Climate Change & Environment)

Reporting To: Policy & Advocacy Adviser (Climate Change & Environment)

Salary: £47,333

Location: Remote working (preference for GMT +/- 8h). 

For non-UK candidates: Please note that you would be hired via Deel either as a contractor or as an employee with local national benefits.

Contract duration: 3 year fixed-term contract, renewable

Probation period: 6 months

Contract type: Full-time or part-time (minimum 4 days a week), compressed hours and flexible working arrangements available

Closing date: 13 June 2025 at 23:30 UK time

What does United for Global Mental Health do?

At United for Global Mental Health, we work with trusted partners to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and increase support for mental health worldwide.

The United for Global Mental Health team is made up of diverse, passionate and knowledgeable individuals based in the UK and in countries around the world. By combining our extensive in-house expertise in advocacy, financing and campaigning with the unique insights of our many partners, we’re making progress on ensuring that everyone, everywhere has someone to turn to in support of their mental health. You can read about our three-year strategy and our 2024 impact report here.

What will I be doing? 

This role will support the delivery of several activities within our portfolio of activities on climate change, the environment, and mental health. The four main areas of work that the Senior Officer will be responsible for include:

• Leading work with national partners (50% of post)

• Integration of people with lived experience (hereafter referred to as PWLE) across the portfolio (25% of post)

• Developing our advocacy on the intersection of air pollution and mental health (15% of post)

• Developing our advocacy on the intersection of biodiversity loss and mental health (10% of post)

National level work (50% of post)

A key component of the current project will be to support national partners in a subset of countries globally (approximately 6 countries) to advocate for action on climate change and mental health. The final set of countries is yet to be defined but will likely include one country per WHO region and one country from the Small Islands Developing States. The specific responsibilities of this component will include:

• Lead in the selection of national partners in each country. This will include supporting the running of a competitive process to select one civil-society organisation based in each country to conduct the work

• Strengthen the capacity of national partners to work on climate change and mental health (e.g., via training to national partners to be delivered by the Senior Officer), if required

• Support national partners in advocating for the integration of mental health into climate policies, including but not limited to Nationally Determined Contributions, National Adaptation Plans, Heat Health Action Plans etc.

• Lead in cohort-building activities for this subset of countries (e.g., organising regular meetings, ensuring shared learnings etc.)

• With the support of our Operations team, support in the logistics of sub-contracting national partners and monitoring deliverables

Involvement of people with lived experience (25% of post)

The meaningful engagement of PWLE of mental health challenges is central to all work at United for Global Mental Health. The specific responsibilities of this component will include:

• Leading on setting up and coordinating a Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG), which will meet every two months to provide guidance to UnitedGMH and national partners on their work on climate and health. The Senior Officer will be responsible for recruiting approximately 12 PWLE (2 x WHO region), organising regular meetings, and ensuring that the feedback of PWLE is integrated across different projects

• Support the attendance of PWLE to key global advocacy moments in a meaningful, safe, and impactful way

• Support national partners on the integration of lived experience considerations in their work on climate change and mental health 

Work on air pollution and mental health (15% of post)

The evidence on air pollution and mental health is a nascent, but rapidly growing, area of interest. The specific responsibilities of this component will include:

• Scope what concrete opportunities exist for integrating mental health considerations into air pollution policies at the global, regional, and national levels 

• Build connections with organisations working on air pollution and clean air policies

• Refine our messaging on air pollution and mental health

• Lead on the production of one advocacy brief on air pollution and mental health

Work on biodiversity loss and mental health (10% of post)

There is emerging evidence on the association between biodiversity loss and mental health, but very little work has yet been done in the policy space. The specific responsibilities of this component will include:

• Scoping what concrete opportunities exist for integrating mental health considerations into biodiversity policies at the global, regional, and national levels 

• Build connections with organisations working on biodiversity, conservation, and nature

• Refine our messaging on biodiversity and mental health

• Lead the production of one advocacy brief on pesticide use and suicide

• Lead on our engagement with the Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties (biodiversity COP)

Is this job for me?

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of experience working on global mental health policy, advocacy, research, or practice

• Expertise in managing and engaging with multiple different types of stakeholders (e.g., civil society, UN agencies, governments etc.) 

• Experience working on co-creation, patient and public involvement (PPI), or working with people with lived experience of mental health problems

• Excellent project management skills and strong planning skills including attention to detail, critical thinking, multi-tasking and problem-solving

• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team

• Expertise in the development of funding proposals and ability to track and report on grant deliverables

• Expertise in organising meetings, events, and small gatherings of partners and other stakeholders

• Ability to travel 2-3 times a year internationally

Desirable

• Expertise in climate change and mental health is desirable but not required

• Experience of working in low- and middle-income countries on mental health is desirable but not required

• Experience of working on influencing policy within a government is desirable but not required

• Fluency in English is essential, the ability to work in a second UN language would be an advantage (French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian)

Diversity and inclusion

Equity, diversity and inclusion are central to UnitedGMH’s core mission and values, and the organisation is dedicated to promoting this across our work and also within the workplace. We will ensure that this commitment is embedded in all operational aspects of the organisation and also implemented within our day-to-day working practices.

Reasonable adjustments statement

We aim to ensure that all applicants are provided with the same opportunities during the recruitment process. Should you have a disability and require a particular adjustment to be made to allow you to fully participate in the recruitment process, please ensure that this is made known to the person arranging your interview.

How can I apply?

To apply please submit your CV and a cover letter (800 words maximum) via Charity Job. 

Selection process

• A subset of candidates will be invited to:

  • Submit a short written assignment

  • Participate in at least 2 online interviews between the 1st of July and the 18th of July

Benefits

• 28 days of holiday a year plus national holidays in your country of residency 

• Possibility of being hired by Deel as a local employee (with local pension and social security benefits) or as a contractor (decision up to the employee based on personal preference)

• Up to 1000£ a year of allowance for office space

• Up to 500£ a year in personal development training allowance

• A minimum of 1 in-person team retreat a year

• Possibility to work from anywhere in the world (where you have the legal right to work from)

• Possibility to work compressed hours 

• Access to Employee Assistance Programme via HealthAssured

• [For UK-based staff] You contribute 5% of your salary and we pay for 3% (8% total)

Location: Interventions will be delivered across various locations in South Wales 

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Are you a proactive, organised and compassionate individual with a proven record of working with male adults in the criminal justice system whether in the community or in prisons?  Do you have experience of engaging successfully with challenging people such as people who have complex needs, people who are reluctant to discuss their needs, and people who are angry and confused?

If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a Personal Wellbeing Coach to join us and help to oversee the delivery of Personal Wellbeing services to referrals made by Wales Probation Service.

About St Giles Trust

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

St Giles is now a kickstart employer, so we are part of the scheme which provides job opportunities for 16-24-year-olds who are currently on Universal Credit and are at risk of long-term unemployment.

The Wise Group is a leading social enterprise working to lift people out of poverty.  St Giles and The Wise Group came together to form a partnership with the aim of supporting the Probation Resettlement reforms by offering a high-quality service underpinned by staff who have lived experience and cultural competency.  As a result, we have been awarded contracts to deliver Personal Wellbeing Services for North and South Wales. These services will involve a range of support to community offenders and prison leavers including families, emotional wellbeing, lifestyle and associates and social inclusion (including meet at the gates).

About this exciting opportunity

Working as part of a multi-agency team, you will provide person-centred support to a caseload of service users who will either be serving community sentences or being released from prison.  You will undertake assessment and action planning with individual service users, create a safe and trusting environment, using trauma-informed practice to successfully facilitate a supportive and constructive relationship with service users, plus deliver a range of interventions to service users which contribute towards achievement of prescribed outcomes.

We will also count on you to develop and maintain positive working relationships with external agencies, including probation, prisons, partners, and others who will assist in achieving prescribed outcomes for service users, ensuring you work towards contractual targets and outcomes within agreed timescales.  Using agreed CRM databases and recording all activity relating to caseload and providing updates and reports are also key duties.

What we are looking for

• Experience working with partner agencies either as part of a multi-agency team working towards common objectives or negotiating to establish links to further the aims of a project
• L3 in Advice and Guidance or equivalent
• The ability to assess clients’ needs and provide tailored, client-led support through action planning and interventions involving advice, guidance, advocacy, and coaching
• An ability to work sensitively with clients applying trauma-informed strategies
•  Impressive IT, relationship-building and communication skills, both verbal and written.

Please note this role requires Enhanced Adult DBS checks.

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more.

We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage ) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

Closing Date: 11 p.m. on 17 August 2025 

We will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis. We reserve the right to close this position at any time. 

A ydych chi'n unigolyn rhagweithiol, trefnus a thrugarog, gyda hanes profedig o weithio gydag oedolion gwrywaidd yn y system cyfiawnder troseddol boed yn y gymuned neu mewn carchardai?  A oes gennych chi brofiad o ymgysylltu'n llwyddiannus gyda phobl heriol, er enghraifft pobl sydd ag anghenion cymhleth, pobl sy'n amharod i drafod eu hanghenion, a phobl sy'n ddig ac yn ddryslyd?

Os felly, mae Ymddiriedolaeth St Giles yn chwilio am Hyfforddwr Lles Personol i ymuno â ni a helpu i oruchwylio'r gwaith o ddarparu gwasanaethau Lles Personol i atgyfeiriadau a wneir gan Wasanaeth Prawf Cymru.

Ynghylch Ymddiriedolaeth St Giles

Elusen uchelgeisiol, wedi’i hen sefydlu sy’n helpu pobl sy’n wynebu helbulon i ddod o hyd i swyddi, cartrefi a’r gefnogaeth gywir y mae ei hangen arnynt yw Ymddiriedolaeth St Giles. Yn ganolog i’n hethos yw ein cred bod pobl sydd â phrofiad uniongyrchol o oresgyn problemau, megis cefndir troseddol, digartrefedd, dibyniaeth ar gyffuriau ac alcohol neu fod yn aelod o gang, yn allweddol i sicrhau newid positif mewn eraill. 

Mae St Giles bellach yn gyflogwr Kickstart, felly rydym yn rhan o'r cynllun hwn sy'n darparu cyfleoedd gwaith i bobl ifanc 16-24 oed sydd ar Gredyd Cynhwysol ar hyn o bryd ac sydd mewn perygl o ddiweithdra hirdymor.

Mae’r The Wise Group yn fenter gymdeithasol flaenllaw sy'n ceisio codi pobl allan o dlodi.  Daeth St Giles a The Wise Group at ei gilydd i ffurfio partneriaeth gyda'r nod o gefnogi'r diwygiadau Ailsefydlu Prawf drwy gynnig gwasanaeth o ansawdd uchel wedi'i ategu gan staff sydd â phrofiad byw a chymhwysedd diwylliannol.  O ganlyniad, dyfarnwyd cytundebau i ni i ddarparu Gwasanaethau Lles Personol ar gyfer Gogledd a De Cymru. Bydd y gwasanaethau hyn yn cynnwys amrywiaeth o gymorth i droseddwyr cymunedol a'r rhai sy'n gadael carchardai gan gynnwys teuluoedd, lles emosiynol, ffordd o fyw a chysylltiadau cyswllt a chynhwysiant cymdeithasol (gan gynnwys cwrdd wrth y gatiau).

Ynghylch y cyfle cyffrous hwn

Gan weithio fel rhan o dîm aml-asiantaeth, byddwch yn darparu cymorth sydd wedi’i ganolbwyntio ar yr unigolyn i lwyth achosion o ddefnyddwyr gwasanaeth a fydd naill ai'n cyflawni dedfrydau cymunedol neu'n cael eu rhyddhau o'r carchar.  Byddwch yn ymgymryd â chynllunio asesu a gweithredu gyda defnyddwyr gwasanaethau unigol, yn creu amgylchedd diogel ac ymddiriedus, gan ddefnyddio ymarfer trawma-gwybodus i hwyluso perthynas gefnogol ac adeiladol gyda defnyddwyr gwasanaeth, ynghyd â darparu ystod o ymyriadau i ddefnyddwyr gwasanaethau sy'n cyfrannu tuag at gyflawni canlyniadau rhagnodedig.

Byddwch hefyd yn datblygu a chynnal perthnasoedd gweithio cadarnhaol gydag asiantaethau allanol, gan gynnwys y gwasanaeth prawf, carchardai, partneriaid, ac eraill a fydd yn cynorthwyo i sicrhau canlyniadau rhagnodedig i ddefnyddwyr gwasanaethau, gan sicrhau eich bod yn gweithio tuag at dargedau a chanlyniadau cytundebol o fewn amserlenni y cytunwyd arnynt.  Mae defnyddio cronfeydd data CRM y cytunwyd arnynt a chofnodi'r holl weithgaredd sy'n ymwneud â llwyth gwaith a darparu diweddariadau ac adroddiadau hefyd yn ddyletswyddau allweddol.

Yr hyn rydym yn chwilio amdano

• Profiad o weithio gydag asiantaethau partner naill ai fel rhan o dîm aml-asiantaeth sy'n gweithio tuag at amcanion cyffredin neu o negydu gyda’r nod o sefydlu cysylltiadau i hyrwyddo nodau prosiect
• L3 mewn Cyngor ac Arweiniad neu gyfatebol
• Y gallu i asesu anghenion cleientiaid a darparu cymorth wedi'i deilwra a arweinir gan gleientiaid drwy gynllunio gweithredu ac ymyriadau sy'n cynnwys cyngor, arweiniad, eiriolaeth a hyfforddi
• Y gallu i weithio mewn dull sensitif gyda chleientiaid gan ddefnyddio strategaethau sail-trawma
• Sgiliau TG, meithrin-perthynas a chyfathrebu nodedig, ar lafar ac yn ysgrifenedig

Sylwch fod y rôl hon yn gofyn am wiriadau DBS Oedolion Uwch a fetio HMPPS.

Yn gyfnewid am hyn, gallwch ddisgwyl cyflog cystadleuol, lwfans gwyliau hael, pensiwn staff, gweithio hyblyg, rhaglen fentora, gwasanaeth cynghori a chwnsela, talebau gofal plant, benthyciad tocyn tymor a llawer mwy.

Bydd St Giles yn gwarantu cyfweld â phob ymgeisydd anabl sy'n bodloni'r meini prawf gofynnol a nodir yn y Disgrifiad Swydd ar gyfer y swydd wag.

Rydym yn gyflogwr hyderus ecwiti a chynhwysiant. Rydym yn croesawu pob cais ac rydym yn arbennig yn annog ceisiadau gan bobl o'r mwyafrif byd-eang (du, brown, aml-dreftadaeth) a'r rhai sy'n nodi eu bod yn anabl, niwro-eang, niwroamrywiol, gydag unrhyw nodweddion gwarchodedig a/neu rwystrau neu heriau cymdeithasol. Rydym yn gwerthfawrogi'r effaith rymusol ac addysgiadol y gall pob profiad byw ac amrywiaeth meddwl ei gynnig i'r sefydliad.

Opportunity!

SteelWatch offers a unique opportunity for an expert in steel decarbonisation with a passion for driving climate action. If you can communicate your technical analysis  to challenge legacy steelmakers with clarity and conviction, this role is for you.

In this new role as SteelWatch Industry Decarbonisation Lead, you will have the opportunity to deepen and articulate the arguments of SteelWatch, providing vigilant scrutiny and an international voice for steel decarbonisation.

The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator and natural collaborator who combines technical understanding of steel decarbonisation internationally with an ability to spot trends and their significance in data and detail. The role could be an ideal next step for professionals coming from consultancy, decarbonisation initiatives, companies in the iron and steel value chain, trade associations, international agencies, and civil society. 

Summary of the role

The Industry Decarbonisation Lead will shape SteelWatch’s position on steel decarbonisation to inform our change-making strategies, provide overall management and cohesion across our work on data analysis and industry insight, and act as a spokesperson in conversation with industry stakeholders.

The organisation

SteelWatch is an international climate campaign organisation, driving corporate accountability and action in the steel sector. Our vision is a steel sector that underpins a thriving zero emissions economy. We are a change-making organisation, with the task of driving change in an entrenched, powerful, technologically-confident sector that faces little climate pressure. SteelWatch is a non-profit registered in the Netherlands in 2023. Having grown to a team of 20, we are still a young organisation, learning-by-doing, working with fluid teams not rigid structures, ensuring we evolve, test, and learn. We seek team members who will enjoy breaking new ground with us.

We run corporate campaigns and challenge the global steel industry to replace complacency with urgent action in line with the 1.5C limit. SteelWatch has established a strong visible presence among civil society and steel industry stakeholders. We are increasingly recognised as an authoritative and challenging voice on steel decarbonisation, invited to engage in industry events and debates internationally.

Accurate and credible data, robust analysis and our global, long-term, climate-first lens on sector decarbonisation, are key strengths that underpin our campaigns and dialogue. We complement the work of other civil society change-makers bringing a vigilant voice and corporate scrutiny. We currently focus on OECD countries, and specifically across Europe and Japan, with team members in Europe/Africa and Asia-Pacific timezones.

Role and Responsibilities

The Industry Decarbonisation Lead is a new role, which will work in close collaboration with colleagues across the organisation and is fundamental to the long-term strategy of SteelWatch to transform the iron and steel industry. The core purpose of the role is to cultivate our collective ability to harness credible evidence for our campaigns, and to engage effectively with industry with an ambitious well-informed vision for decarbonisation.

For the initial year(s),  there are three main areas of responsibility.

1. The Lead will be responsible for navigating and shaping SteelWatch’s positions and point of view on relevant issues regarding steel decarbonisation with a goal of driving long term transition to near-zero emissions steelmaking.
2. The Lead will be responsible for managing and shaping our range of work on data, evidence, insights and analysis -with the team members involved -  to ensure the quality and relevance of our evidence base and our industry intelligence.
3. The Lead will be one of the key spokespeople for the organisation, particularly in industry dialogue and events. The role will report to the Executive Director and is likely to line-manage 1-3 people.

Success for this role will depend on close collaboration with others in SteelWatch including the:

• Steel Analyst, and other team members and consultants working on data and analysis;
• Campaigns Teams, ensuring campaigns are well evidenced, informed and targeted on the critical issues.
• Communications Team, ensuring everything that we externally communicate is consistent and credible, as accuracy is key in our role to speak truth to power.
• Executive Director, sharing the work of representation of SteelWatch externally and updating our arguments as the steel industry evolves.

Responsibilities

1. Shape, evolve and articulate SteelWatch’s positions and point of view on steel decarbonisation:

SteelWatch already has a strong point of view (POV) on many of the core elements of the iron and steel transition. However, the POV needs to be continually reviewed in the light of new developments, on occasion adapted, and extended to new emerging issues. Sharpening the POV is a collaborative process -  the Industry Decarbonisation Lead will be responsible for steering and landing this process. The Lead will:

• Ensure the POV is constantly evolved,improved and adapted through collaboration, guiding the process and landing the outcome;
• Ensure the POV is clearly articulated and socialised internally and externally with allies.

2. Manage and shape our range of work on data, industry trends, and analysis.

SteelWatch currently has in-depth data and news tracking on two companies, the targets of our corporate campaigns. We track iron and steel industry news and analyse industry announcements. We are developing our capacity to react to steel news globally, track blast furnaces investments and other announcements, and rate and rank companies.  The Industry Decarbonisation Lead will, in collaboration with the Steel Analyst:

• Shape and prioritise our work on gathering data,  tracking industry news, and analysing industry strategies,  to support and inform the priorities of the organisation, and ensure we make best use of the information in our campaigns.
• Build capacity within SteelWatch to do this consistently across our growing portfolio of work.
• Ensure the quality and relevance of our evidence base, and the processes we have for updating and using it.
• Continue to build our capacity to assess industry announcements and to use that analysis effectively for pressure.
• Scope, support, and lead projects that are data analysis projects, and hold responsibility for the data analysis component of other projects/campaigns. These are likely to include, corporate scorecard, blast furnace trackers, and data visualisation.

3. Ensure relevance, consistency and accuracy in our external communications.

Our external communications are based on credible evidence and SteelWatch’s POV  combined with core narrative (responsibility of the Comms team), and campaign arguments and tactics (responsibility of the Campaigns Team).  Working closely with the Steel Analyst who currently is the ‘source of truth’ and fact-checker, the Industry Decarbonisation Lead will:

• Ensure all external outputs are factually correct, credible and in line with our point of view.
• Develop processes and materials that increase technical understanding and consistency across team members and amongst those we communicate most closely with (eg allies, core media).
• Ensure robust processes are in place for fact-checking.
• Lead the development of our series of SteelWatch Explainers to present key concepts in accessible form among allies and industry.
• Support the Communications and Campaign teams to assess what reactive news to prioritise, and to respond quickly and accurately.
• Strengthen our ability to brief and correct journalists, dealing with their misunderstandings around iron and steel.

4. Act as spokesperson for SteelWatch in industry dialogue.

SteelWatch is vigilant and challenging to the steel industry. Our tone of voice varies from the creative campaigns, to the engaged dialogue. The Industry Decarbonisation Lead is expected to communicate externally and directly in dialogue, in writing and especially with the industry stakeholders at conferences, in private meetings or via social media.  The lead is not the only voice of the organisation, but should be a focal point in building consistency. They will:

• Attend industry events and discussions, representing SW point of view and strengthening our industry connections;
• Speak at industry events, speak to the media where appropriate.
• Produce high quality written materials, support those written by colleagues, and support high quality data visualisation that communicates our messages.
• Engage actively on LinkedIn (and/or other social media) to respond to industry commentary and engage as SteelWatch.

5. Build relations with industry

SteelWatch is building relations with industry actors, both to share our views and ensure we are up to date on latest trends. The Lead will:

• Through industry events, networks and dialogue, strengthening our industry connections;
• Build relations with industry to acquire up to date information, and increase our ability to sense-check news and respond to trends.
• Keep abreast of industry conversations in order to identify the most relevant shifts, key topics or opportunities for SteelWatch to create pressure for change.
• Support others in SteelWatch to engage with industry, particularly in other regions and languages than your own.

6. Provide line management and task management to team members engaged in data and analysis.

SteelWatch currently has a mixture of long-term and short-term or part-time staff and consultants working on data, tracking and analysis.  They are managed by different team members.  The Industry Decarbonisation Lead will:

• Set objectives and define tasks for the data team, in line with overall SteelWatch strategy and plans, as they evolve. Provide line management for core data team members.
• Manage consultants focused on data or analysis, adapting TORs and finding new consultants as needed;
• Ensure synergy across the various team members  and their work.

Essential skills and experience

• Ten or more years of experience in industry, energy, and/or decarbonisation, of which at least 2 years focused on the steel industry.
• In-depth knowledge of steel decarbonisation pathways, current trends, the challenges and opportunities.
• Proven ability to manage and interpret data, and to use data for powerful arguments.
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English, a talent for conveying complex ideas in understandable ways.
• Proven capacity to build collaboration with non-technical colleagues and enhance organisational capacity to use data and evidence. 

Desired skills and experience

• Experience working across a range of topics, projects and tasks, juggling short-term deadlines and long-term priorities.
• We are particularly interested in candidates that bring deep expertise in the energy transition, and/or in financial analysis of companies' approach to decarbonisation, as these would complement existing skills.
• Knowledge of steel decarbonisation across different geographies, particularly including countries of Asia.
• Experience in climate and/or campaigning organisations (professional or voluntary)

Essential competencies and aptitude

• An eye for detail and ability to ensure 100% accuracy;
• A strategic mind, an instinct to see the big picture, long-term trend, and ability to spot opportunities for engagement or leverage;
• Willingness and ability to toggle between the detail and the strategic;
• Ability to work at pace, with the rhythm of a campaign organisation.
• Excellent people skills and proven track record as a team player, able to work well with colleagues across cultures and geographies;
• Flexibility to work early or late hours on some days each week to overlap with other time zones and to travel 3-6 times per year.
• An affinity with the messaging and campaign approach of SteelWatch. You do not have to have campaign experience or act as a campaigner, but you must agree with the level of transformation that we believe is required, and be excited to contribute your skills to an organisation that critiques the limited ambition of current industry players.

Language requirements

• Ability to work in English at a professional level is a requirement. Additional skills in European or Asian languages are useful, particularly Mandarin, Portuguese or German.

 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country location

This role is open to candidates working in timezones UTC -1 to UTC +4 and in countries in which it is possible to have a 2-year fixed term employment contract with an Employer of Record. Within Europe, we welcome applications from candidates based in the Netherlands, UK and Germany, and in addition we welcome applications from candidates in Africa or the Middle East.

Location and remote working and travel

• Location: work location is remote from your home base. Staff members work remotely and online on a daily basis.
• Travel is an essential part of the role.  If you are constrained in your ability or permissions to travel, please discuss this before investing in an application.
• Travel to an annual full team retreat is essential - this happens once a year and may be in Asia, Europe or other. Additional travel for events and face to face time is expected. This may be in Europe, Asia, or elsewhere and likely to be 2-5 times a year.
• While we offer flexibility for you to work away from home base, this will need to be coordinated with travel of other colleagues, may depend on timezone changes and/or be limited by legal contracting constraints.

Working conditions and benefits

• Working hours are flexible. Whichever time zone you are in, you will need to have flexibility to work early or late across different time zones straddling Asia/Pacific/ Europe&Africa /UK. You also have the opportunity to build in some flexibility around your own non-work commitments.
• This role is full time, 5 days/week.  We may also consider 4 days a week (Monday to Thursday) but would require flexibility around this. If you prefer part time please indicate this at time of application.
• The initial contract period will be up to 24 months with a possibility to renew, depending on country regulations. The type of contract will depend on the location.
• You must have a valid work permit in the country where you plan to be employed. SteelWatch is not in a position to support a visa process.
• Remuneration is according to SteelWatch norms,  level of experience and location of employment. For a technical expert in this Lead role, a Netherlands-based salary is in the range of  €72,000 - 92,000.  Salaries are adjusted by location. 
• Our leave policy, unless varied by national regulation, provides 34 days in total combining public holidays and paid leave in all countries, plus birthday leave and inspiration time.

Ethics:  we are a values-based organisation. Every staff member and consultant is asked to sign our Ethics statement and help us as an organisation live up to our values.

Equal opportunities:  we strive to be an equal opportunities employer. We actively welcome applications from candidates from historically underrepresented groups in the climate change movement.  If you require any adaptation or assistance during the application process, please be sure to let us know so that we can adjust.