Partnerships and Supply Chain Project Officer, CSC UK&WW

Job Purpose and Background

Are you passionate about working to prevent dangerous climate change, halt deforestation and champion water security? CDP is seeking a dedicated, mission-driven Partnerships and Supply Chain Project Officer to join the Partnerships team at CDP. The position is an exciting opportunity for an individual looking to develop a career in environmental stewardship, to contribute significantly to the vital work of CDP in improving corporate reporting and action on climate change, deforestation and water security. By joining CDP, you will be welcomed into a dynamic, internationally respected and globally represented NGO with opportunities for professional development.

In this varied role, you will be based in the CDP’s London office supporting the UK Account Managers in CDP’s Partnerships and Supply Chain teams to deliver a high standard of service to their member companies and data partners and increase the impact of both of these programs in line with CDP’s mission. You will be responsible for carrying out critical operational tasks and data analysis to facilitate key business and strategic activities throughout the year.

About CDP: CDP is an international non-profit that drives companies and governments to reduce their green-house gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests. Over 18,700 companies and 1,100 cities, states and regions disclose their environmental data to CDP. Our platform is one of the richest sources of information globally on how companies and governments are driving environ-mental change. By working with institutional investors with assets of US$130 trillion, we leverage investor and buyer power to motivate companies to disclose and manage their environmental impacts. Visit https://cdp.net/en or follow us @CDP to find out more.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support partnerships team with managing academic data sales from start to finish, particularly around ensuring all leads and sales are accurately tracked in CRM.

• Create data cuts for commercial and academic data partners;

• Provide ad-hoc administrative support to the partnerships team as needed;

• Coordinating and taking notes for team meetings where necessary

• Providing support for the UK CDP Supply Chain team including administrative support to update our database, testing analytics products and IT systems;

• Conducting any analytical and account support needed for member deliverables and operational activities; and

• Responsibility for ad hoc projects as required by line-manager.

Required skills and experience:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Proven success in providing effective administration support;
• A good team player with the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues around the world, across multiple teams and time-zones;
• Ability to multitask and juggle projects simultaneously, with a very high level of organisation and attention to detail;
• Excellent MS Office Suite skills (Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, etc.);
• Interest/knowledge in issues related to the climate change, sustainability, environmental, and corporate social responsibility space;
• A passion to contribute to CDP’s mission, and the desire to scale a program and continually innovate.

This is a full-time role based at CDP’s London office reporting to the Senior Partnerships Manager, UK&WW.

Salary and benefits: £25,967 - £27,500 dependent on experience, 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, generous non-contributory pension provision, annual discretionary bonus (depending on company performance), Employee Assistance Programme, life assurance, Training and development, Flexible working opportunities and other benefits. Interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in the UK.

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How to apply:

Please fill in this short form and upload your CV in the application form along with a covering letter as an additional document setting out how you meet the required skills and experience or key responsibilities, which should be no more than two pages. The deadline is 20th March.