Title - Interim Senior Manager, Content Excellence

Location - London

Salary - £53,629 - £67,036

Term - This is a 12 month fixed term contract

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:

Disclosure Content is responsible for the strategic development, maintenance, and delivery of CDP’s disclosure framework (question bank, reporting guidance, and scoring). The disclosure framework provides environmental information to investors, customers, and other data users, and drives companies’ actions to transition to a sustainable economy. The Content Excellence team is responsible for end-to-end delivery and maintenance of CDP’s disclosure framework. The team provides environmental insights, responds to internal technical queries, and oversees the question bank publication. We work closely with other teams and functions across CDP to implement best practices and pioneer new areas of environmental disclosure.

About this role:

This role will lead a team, provide technical, scientific, and analytical expertise to develop and ensure the high quality of CDP’s disclosure framework. This includes questionnaires, reporting guidance, scoring methodologies and resulting data to drive corporate environmental disclosure and action. This role will be an environmental specialist providing insight across the disclosure framework.

What you will do:

• Oversee the annual questionnaire authoring process

• Lead teams to deliver projects related to the development of CDP’s question bank content, reporting guidance, and scoring methodologies – cross environmental disclosure. Including:

• Providing thought leadership and direction to steer content development

• Acting as quality assurance to ensure all question bank resources and supporting materials are created to an exceptionally high standard

• Coordinate and collaborate with other teams in CDP, for example, to deliver: Internal review processes to ensure the evolution of CDP’s corporate question bank and scoring methodologies.

• Platform developments to improve question bank user experience and data quality.

• Build and maintain technical external relationships with key stakeholders and represent CDP externally as an expert on environmental disclosure.

• Provide subject matter expertise to projects and initiatives across CDP’s broader activities.

• Deliver presentations and facilitate workshops both internally and externally on CDP’s question bank or scoring approach.

• Plan, implement, and optimize processes related to the evolution and delivery of CDP’s question bank or scoring approach.

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 behaviours appropriate to your position

The types of roles managed might include Technical Manager, Senior Technical Officer, Technical Officer.

Internal stakeholders include: Scoring, Thought Leadership, Data, AST, Product and Customer Success Teams

External stakeholders include: Disclosing Organizations, NGO Partners, Standards and Frameworks setters, Data users.

We're looking for:

• A relevant academic qualification.

• Considerable professional experience in a role related to environmental issues.

• Technical expertise in environmental disclosure.

• The ability to inspire and guide individuals and the team towards objectives.

• Problem solving skills: the ability to think critically and make decisions on the work and challenges faced by the team.

• People and team management experience including, experience of resource planning and task

• prioritization to optimize team performance.

• Significant project management experience, preferably in a role related to environmental disclosure.

• Experience in strategic thinking and planning – considering multiple factors and developing strategies to achieve goals or outcomes.

• A demonstrable understanding of the global sustainability agenda and of environmental-related risk, opportunities, impacts, and dependencies for companies.

• Ability to design, implement, and refine operational processes to drive efficiency

• A high standard of written English and the ability to present complex information in a simple and concise way.

• Excellent research and analytical skills, and strong attention to detail.

• The ability to organize and interpret qualitative and quantitative data.

• A high level of motivation, with a confident and collaborative working style.

• The ability to work effectively and efficiently with team members of different technical and cultural backgrounds.

• Strong time management and organizational skills, with an ability to work effectively and accurately under pressure.

Before you apply :

We’ll only use the information you provide to process your application. For more details on how we use your information, see our applicant’s privacy notice. By uploading your CV and covering letter, you are permitting CDP to use the information you have provided for recruitment purposes.  

The salary banding for this role is £53,629 - £67,036. Holidays and benefits in accordance with local regulations.

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.