Climate Action for Associations (CAFA)
Sustainability Executive
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Reports to Director of Sustainability & Net Zero
Works closely with CEO, Engagement and Impact Lead, Head of Programmes
Contract Full time, permanent
Location Remote (UK-based), with possible regular travel to London for member events, training days and team days
Salary Salary in line with experience, starting from £30,000 plus annual performance related bonus.
Closing date Friday 28 August 2026, 23:59 BST
Apply to netzeroteam@cafacollective.org
About CAFA CAFA is a UK headquartered, internationally recognised climate NGO. Founded in 2021, ago, CAFA has operations in UK&I, Europe, Australia and America. Our mission is to speed up industry and business transition. A small, collaborative, hands-on team, we work across sector to provide the resources, guidance, peer to peer network and solutions that trade associations and professional bodies need to show leadership, take accountability, and implement action, internally and with their members.
Because our work touches all industries no one day is the same at CAFA. This means the position of Sustainability Account Executive at CAFA is uniquely varied and incredibly interesting.
About the Role An amazing opportunity exists for a highly ambitious, mission driven and motivated graduate with ideally 2+ years experience.
Being a Sustainability Account Executive at CAFA is hugely varied, interesting and rewarding role. No day is the same and your tasks will be split across two distinct interconnected strands of work.
The first is technical. You will support the team with carbon footprinting and the development and delivery CAFA’s other sustainability services, learning on the job and working alongside our Sustainability Director.
The second is editorial. You will write content and develop resources on climate, sustainability and net zero issues, and work with the programmes team to produce the guidance content that helps them understand what is changing and act on it.
The role requires someone equally comfortable working through a dataset as they are researching and writing up the findings, and equally comfortable turning around a polished report as they are a well-researched, timely insights article or blog.
In addition, you will oversee a range of day-to-day relationships, so time management, account management, client delivery, professionalism, confidence, and communication matter as much as the technical work.
Key responsibilities
- Carbon footprinting, reporting and client delivery Working alongside CAFA's Director of Sustainability you will:
- Work on carbon footprinting in line with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, applying SBTi principles as relevant, including data collection, spend-based EEIO emission factor and SIC code classification analysis and quality checking, using the CAFA Dashboard (carbon measurement and reporting platform – you’ll be trained how to use this)
- Analyse and interpret carbon and sustainability data, identifying trends, gaps, and points needing clarification with clients, escalating category level methodology or judgement call to Director of Sustainability.
- Maintain a working knowledge of the regulatory landscape relevant to client jurisdictions e.g. SECR, CSRD, VSME, UK SRS
- Engage with CAFA's clients' suppliers to support the generation of supplier carbon footprints
- Develop client-facing outputs, including written summaries, data tables, and supporting materials, to a high technical writing standard
- Over time own day-to-day client relationship management and delivery of services, including communications, coordination, and follow-ups
- Support project delivery across CAFA's net zero association programme
- Contribute to the development and testing of the CAFA Dashboard and other online tools including CAFA's survey tool, member and supplier modules, CAFA Tracker and CAFA Connect.
- Support the development and planning of webinar and training materials.
- Respond to ad hoc client service requests relating to carbon reduction actions, tools, and guidance
- Support project management tasks, including timelines, task tracking, and coordination
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- Sustainability content and editorial
- Research and write weekly insight/articles and materials for CAFA members and the wider business community covering general climate and net zero news, translating developments into clear, relevant updates and helping them understand and act on climate and net zero developments
- Research and track climate, policy, and net zero news to identify stories and developments worth covering for members
- Develop further resources, guidance, and templates as required
- Assist with organising and uploading content and maintaining resources on CAFA site and other channels
- Other In addition, you will be expected to
- Contribute to and participate in the planning and attendance of CAFA events as required.
- Support the research and preparation of proposals, bids, tenders, presentations
- Be involved in team meetings, planning meetings, video conference calls
- Other activities that are required to support the mission of CAFA
Skills & experience Essential
- Understanding of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), including scope 3 category structure and spend-based, activity based and supplier provided emission factor methodologies.
- Good working knowledge of the broader climate action and net zero policy landscape
- Confidence working with large data sets (e.g. spreadsheets, structured datasets), including analysis and quality checking
- Strong, versatile written communication skills, equally capable of technical report-writing and engaging, accessible member-facing articles and guidance
- Comfortable researching and writing to a regular deadline, e.g. a weekly news or update piece
- Experience or exposure to carbon footprinting, GHG accounting, or sustainability reporting
- Experience or confidence supporting client relationships and service delivery
- Ability to take ownership of defined workstreams or components of CAFA's programme of support
- Work independently on allocated tasks, managing time and priorities effectively with minimal supervision
- Ability to think one step ahead and anticipate workflow requirements
- Strong organisational and time-management skills
- Comfortable working across multiple projects and priorities
- Interest in climate action, sustainability, and carbon measurement
- Ability to identify opportunities to improve processes, resources, or client support approaches
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Desirable
- Experience supporting clients or stakeholders in a consulting, advisory, or account management capacity
- Familiarity with membership organisations or not-for-profits
- Experience with content management systems or website content development
KASH Attributes To fit within our team you need to be -
- Genuinely passionate about climate and sustainability
- Positive
- Comfortable within and motivated by small organisational settings
- Entrepreneurial, self starter
- Open, collaborative and a true team player
- Comfortable with multi-tasking, time management and prioritising
- Energetic and upbeat
- Proactive and willing to take initiative
- Detail-oriented, with a structured approach to work
- Confident and personable in client-facing situations
- Ambitious and keen to learn
- Comfortable asking questions and seeking clarification
- Aligned with CAFA's mission and values
- Confident handling data
- Able to grasp dashboard and platform and other online tools
- Strong technical and editorial writing
- Competent and thorough researching
- Strong verbal communication
- Able to juggle multiple tasks
- A strong project manager
- Time management
- Great at note taking
- Observant
- On time
- Hard-working
- Polite
Are you right for this job?
- This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is keen to learn fast, progress quickly and make a difference in an internationally recognised, climate NGO.
- This role is designed to learn on the job, evolve and grow into the role as the company expands. So plenty of progression opportunities.
- You’ll learn on the job – though ideally, you’ll already have a min of 2+ years’ experience in a similar sustainability role, or can evidence similar practical application and competencies required in a similar area/discipline.
- You’ll have ideas, not be afraid to share them, be flexible and entrepreneurial in your approach, and work hard to get them off the ground.
- CAFA’s Sustainability Account Executive is a key role within a tight knit team. The role covers a lot of ground and this means real ownership early, and scope to grow fast.
- Working at CAFA and in the climate NGO space generally, is not for the faint hearted. The role requires ambition, dedication, strong work ethic, can do energy and entrepreneurial approach.
What you’ll get In exchange you’ll get
- Personalised on the job learning
- Opportunity to progess, professionally, fast
- Flexibility and remote working practices
- Strong starting salary
- Performance related bonus
- Rewarding role with immediate impact
- Collaborative, fun small business team
- Involvement in internationally recognised climate and sustainability networks like SBTi, ISO, BSI
- Access to international, national and regional climate weeks and events such as London Climate Action Week and COP’s
- Exposure and insight into different sectors
Does this sound like you? If you have right to work in the UK, are interested and think you have what it takes, send your CV and short covering letter, about why you believe you’re right for the job, no more than 500 words to – netzeroteam@cafacollective.org – subject Sustainability Account Executive Job Application.
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