This exciting role, at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, is an opportunity to join a small dynamic and fast paced team that engages with senior business leaders and policy makers to unlock new climate change policies and support the transition to a low‐carbon economy. The team works at the UK, EU and international levels to deliver influential projects that include The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group, the Corporate Leaders Network for Climate Action, and the internationally renowned Corporate Climate Communiqué series.

We are looking for an exceptional individual to help deliver, develop and grow this portfolio of work, working on projects focussed both on the UK and internationally. You will contribute to strategy development, manage and develop events and projects, work with senior contacts (including policy makers, business leaders and academic experts) and help with the development and writing of key thought leadership content.

Applicants must be committed to the values that underpin CISL’s work and will be expected to demonstrate the following essential skills and experience:

• Qualification to at least degree level
• Understanding of sustainability issues and how they affect leadership in a business context
• Experience of working closely with senior stakeholders including business leaders and policy decision makers
• Ability to think strategically
• Understanding of how national and international policy is made and influenced
• Confident facilitator and excellent communicator, with strong written and verbal communication skills, able to make complex content accessible to a wide range of audiences
• Experience of working in a fast‐paced pressured environment as part of a project team
• Strong project management skills, including financial planning, with experience of developing, maintaining and delivering against budgets
• Good analytical skills with high standard of attention to detail
• Ability to work on own initiative, be flexible and manage competing priorities, and to manage others in that context

The following attributes are desirable:

• Relevant degree
• Understanding of the business sector
• Experience of engaging in policy development
• Experience of event management