Senior Technical Officer, Standards & Frameworks, Strategic Evolution

CDP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday

Job summary

CDP is seeking a Senior Technical Officer, Standards & Frameworks, Strategic Evolution in London. The role focuses on technical rigor for standards alignment across CDP’s disclosure framework, contributing to question bank development, scoring methodologies, and guidance updates.

The position is FTC for 1 year and requires strong English communication and collaboration with internal and external partners. You will engage with standard-setters, translate data into actionable insights, and help

Qualifications

• Professional experience in environmental reporting standards and frameworks.
• Technical expertise in corporate environmental disclosure.
• Understanding of the global sustainability policy agenda.
• Ability to design, implement, and refine operational processes.
• Strong written English and the ability to present complex information clearly.
• Excellent research and analytical skills and strong attention to detail.
• Ability to organize and interpret qualitative and quantitative data.
• Motivated and collaborative with a proactive working style.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical, scientific and analytical rigour to standards and frameworks analysis.
• Support alignment of CDP’s disclosure framework with prioritized standards.
• Develop processes and resources related to standards and framework evolution.
• Author, test and edit questions and guidance content in CDP’s disclosure systems.
• Deliver internal presentations/webinars and engage with standard-setters.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to advance disclosure practices.

Skills

Environmental reporting

Standards & frameworks

Data analysis

Technical writing

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Relevant academic qualification

Job description

Title - Senior Technical Officer, Standards & Frameworks, Strategic Evolution

Location - London

Salary -£32,157 - £40,197

Contract: FTC 1 Year

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. Within Disclosure Content, the Strategic Evolution team is responsible for developing CDP’s disclosure framework in response to strategic projects, standard and framework alignment, and other evolving needs of the organization. We work closely with other teams and functions across CDP to implement environmental reporting best practices and pioneer new areas of environmental disclosure.

About this role: This role will provide technical, scientific, and analytical rigour to standards and frameworks analysis and support in aligning CDP’s disclosure framework with prioritized standards and frameworks. Central to this role will be supporting with development of standards and frameworks related processes and resources along with providing technical expertise to support standard setter engagement.

What you will do:

• Responsible for team processes and outputs relevant to standards and frameworks, such as mapping exercises.
• Contribute to the development of the question bank, reporting guidance, and scoring methodologies – across environmental disclosure, focusing on standards and frameworks alignment. Including:
• Prioritizing data points/metrics from relevant sustainability standards/frameworks and translating these into developments for the evolution of CDP’s corporate question bank and reporting guidance.
• Analysing response data and conducting desk-based research.
• Drafting and proofreading technical documents.
• Provide subject matter expertise and analytical support across CDP’s broader activities related to standards and frameworks. Including:
• Contributing to projects (e.g. funded projects, publications, consultations, engagement events etc.).
• Developing insights to support organization-wide understanding of key standards and frameworks.
• Delivering internal presentations/webinars.
• Engage with standard-setters on question bank changes related to standards and frameworks alignment.
• Support the planning, implementation, and optimization of processes related to standards and frameworks with respect to the evolution and delivery of CDP’s question bank, guidance, and scoring methodologies.
• Author, edit and test questions and guidance content in CDP’s online disclosure systems.

Actively contributes to an effective and engaged team, clear on its purpose and contribution, by:

• Ensuring you know what is expected of you, through regular 1:1s, 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.

Internal stakeholders include: Policy, Thought Leadership, Data, and Customer Success Teams.

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

We're looking for: A relevant academic qualification.

• Professional experience in a role related to environmental reporting standards and frameworks.
• Technical expertise in corporate environmental disclosure, focusing on key concepts of sustainability standards and frameworks.
• A demonstrable understanding of the global sustainability policy agenda.
• 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.
• Strong time management and organizational skills, with an ability to work effectively and accurately under pressure.
• The ability to work effectively and efficiently with team members of different technical and cultural backgrounds.

Salary and benefits: The salary banding for this role is £32,157 - £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 candidates experience and expertise, geographic location, total compensation, and market data.

This is a FTC 1 Year contract 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.

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.

Howtoapply: Please upload your CV in English via the application form. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis so early applications are encouraged.