CDP Global
Senior Communications Officer, Storytelling.
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About CDP
CDP is a global non-profit that runs the world’s only independent environmental disclosure system. As the founder of environmental reporting, we believe in transparency and the power of data to drive change.
Partnering with leaders in enterprise, capital, policy, and science, we surface the information needed to enable Earth-positive decisions. We helped more than 24,800 companies and almost 1,000 cities, states, and regions disclose their environmental impacts in 2024. Financial institutions with more than a quarter of the world’s institutional assets use CDP data to help inform investment and lending decisions.
Our team is truly global, united by our shared desire to build a world where people, planet, and profit are balanced. Visit cdp.net or follow us @CDP to find out more.
About the Team
The Marketing & Communications function is to protect and enhance CDP's brand, connecting people to the purpose through storytelling, to drive sustainable growth.
The Communications team owns the organizational communications strategy, providing messaging across the wider business, which is used in media engagement and storytelling for campaign delivery (insights, case studies) and ‘always on’ comms for key stakeholders, and equipping media spokespeople with content and briefing materials.
About this role
As Senior Communications Officer for Storytelling and Data Insights, you will play a crucial role in shaping and delivering CDP’s flagship insights work through our Marketing and Communications (M&C) campaigns. Supporting the production of compelling narratives and proof points for CDP’s value proposition, your role will be key to ensuring our brand lands with impact across key CDP stakeholders from businesses and financial institutions to governments.
You will be a Marketing and Communications professional with demonstrable success in supporting the delivery of powerful insights work and drafting persuasive key messaging and positioning that lands with diverse audiences on a range of complex and technical topics.
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What you will do
- Supporting the development, implementation, and evaluation of flagship CDP insights work, surfacing CDP’s data through data-driven content.
- Supporting strategic positioning and messaging for the organization and specific campaigns.
- Advise and collaborate with storytelling managers to develop compelling narratives and proof points for CDP’s value proposition.
- Work with Media Relations & Spokesperson Engagement team to rapidly respond to trending issues and preparing external commentary, briefings, presentations, and content.
- Help ensure CDP’s key messaging, positions, and strategic objectives are flawlessly represented in all media activations.
- Ensure CDP’s spokespeople are armed with the most compelling and timely data and proofpoints at key global events.
- Support with team coordination and reporting on key metrics, budget monitoring, and providing insights to the wider Marketing & Communications team to inform future projects.
- Monitoring external landscape to ensure emerging trends, topics, and opportunities are captured and included in team planning.
- Help manage internal processes and ensure efficient record keeping, including management of Sharepoint folders, resource libraries.
- Actively contribute to an effective and engaged team, clear on its purpose and contribution, by:
- Ensuring you know what is expected of you, through regular 1:1’s, 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 behaviors appropriate to your position.
We're looking for:
- Some knowledge of environmental issues such as climate change, deforestation, and water security.
- Understanding of the ESG landscape and of topics and data relevant to / interests of a wide range of CDP stakeholders (media, corporates, capital markets, national and subnational governments).
- Strong copywriting and editing skills.
- Excellent coordination skills and the flexibility to work collaboratively across function / organization.
- Excellent time management skills, an ability to meet deadlines under pressure, and work across multiple projects simultaneously.
- Confidence in researching and developing compelling stories, an ability to think proactively, and respond to a rapidly changing environment.
- Awareness and ability to spot opportunities and identify solutions.
- Strong analytical and technical skills for tracking set-up, evaluating, reporting, and actioning insights.
- Flawless / native-level written English.
- A positive and collaborative approach that prioritizes impact with the organization’s mission and strategy in mind.
- Excellent knowledge of various software including but not limited to Microsoft Office – particularly Excel, and a clear ability to learn new tools quickly.
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Salary and benefits: The salary banding for this role is £32,000 - £40,197/year, 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, generous non-contributory pension provision, Employee Assistance Programme, life assurance, training and development, flexible working opportunities, and other benefits.
Final offer amount depends on multiple factors such as candidate’s experience and expertise, geographic location, total compensation, and market data.
This is a permanent role based at CDP’s London office. Interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in the UK and live within a commutable distance of the London office and be comfortable with 2 days in the office per week. We cannot sponsor this role.
How to apply
Please upload your CV in English via the application form. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so early applications are encouraged.
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