Project Officer

Opportunity Green is looking for a Project Officer to join their team.

Overview:

• Full-time position
• Language: English
• Location: London or remote in the UK, as long as regular travel to the office in London is feasible to support in person meetings and events
• Salary: £40,000 per year
• Applications closing: 28th July

Job Description

This is a really exciting role for someone who has already started their career in climate and is interested in getting a broad insight into Opportunity Green through working with the CEO as well as leading their own projects.

• Around half your time will be spent leading OG's sail and rail campaign. Flying between the UK and Ireland is in the top 20 most flown routes in the world. We want to change that. Taking the train and the boat is a very feasible option. You will work with the CEO to create a campaign to encourage the Irish and British governments to make this option the default option for travel between the two countries.

• For the rest of your time, you will support the CEO as their executive assistant. This will involve a wide range of tasks, from booking meetings and travel, assisting with fundraising research, proposals and reporting, and managing events such as OG's annual birthday party which is a large event with a high-level panel.

Role Requirements

We are looking for a candidate with:

• A passion for using their administrative, research and campaigning skills to tackle climate change.

Desirable skills and experience:

We do not expect any candidate to have all the skills listed below but rather we look for transferable skills and potential as well as past experience. However, please note that this is not an entry level role.

• Experience of an NGO campaign, especially a climate campaign.

• Attention to detail is absolutely key for this role.

• Excellent time management, and the ability to meet deadlines, logically tackle problems, and set and communicate priorities.

• Ability to research complex topics and communicate the results in a clear manner.

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively and interact with policymakers for impact, with kindness and respect.

• A high level of self-motivation and commitment to Opportunity Green's values, ethos and purpose.

• An ability to think strategically and not get bogged down in detail when that is unhelpful.

• Ease with numbers, technology, science, and applying basic analysis to these.

How to apply?

Please apply using this form .

To minimise the risk of unconscious bias, we ask that applicants remove certain identifying elements from their CVs:

• Photos
• Name - if needed, please use 'Applicant'
• Age
• Email and/or phone number

If you do not remove these details, we reserve the right to withdraw your application from review.

We also reserve the right to withdraw your application from review if you use AI tools such as Chat GPT to complete the sift questions / write your CV.

Unfortunately, if you do not already hold the right to work in the UK and/or require sponsorship to continue working in the UK, Opportunity Green will not be able to consider your application at this time.

You can read our application guide here.