https://jobs.transportenvironment.org/o/sustainable-shipping-manager-london

About the role:

You’ll play a key role in pushing UK regulations forward, championing sustainable and scalable options. With a strong evidence-based approach, T&E UK’s advocacy focuses on impactful measures to reduce transport emissions and achieve the UK’s carbon budgets. 

Key responsibilities:

• Advocacy Strategy: Design and implement advocacy strategies targeting UK regulators, politicians, and media to promote national shipping decarbonization, ensuring alignment with T&E’s strategic goals.
• Policy Development & Research: Conduct and lead research, analyzing relevant technical, economic, and legal information related to vessel decarbonization.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and nurture relationships with UK policymakers, industry, NGOs, and other stakeholders, forming coalitions with key industry players.
• Collaboration: Coordinate activities with environmental and civil society organizations, T&E members, and internal teams to drive forward T&E’s policy priorities.
• Media and Public Engagement: Generate and respond to media interest in shipping decarbonization, speaking at events, and representing T&E in public forums.

What We’re Looking For:

• Six years’ experience in UK advocacy and engagement with regulatory stakeholders, with a proven track record in driving policy change, preferably in areas of transport, energy, climate.
• A good understanding of the UK political system and policymaking, with capacity for political analysis and familiarity with regulations and the legislative process.
• Strong project management skills, prioritization, and deadline management skills with the ability to meet tight deadlines and work effectively in a fast changing political environment
• The confidence to think and act with initiative, to engage and influence policy-makers of different stripes, industry representatives and other stakeholders at the highest level
• Excellent oral and written communication skills tailored to diverse audiences
• Experience as a spokesperson or handling media requests
• Autonomy 

Location: This role is based in our London office, with a minimum of two days per week onsite.