Senior Analyst

About the Senior Analyst Role

We’re looking for a Senior Analyst to join our team. You will have a genuine passion for making a difference and a desire to work with the business world to achieve that. You will be interested and inquisitive, have excellent communications skills and be able to manage competing priorities and deadlines. Senior Analysts are an integral part of the BRODIE team, working on UK and international client projects.

You will be a critical thinker adept in building trusted client relationships across short- and long-term projects and have a consistent record of delivery to a high standard.

What you’ll be doing

You will be working on a range of strategy, engagement, communications, and operational projects for UK-based and international clients.

Contributing to a broad range of national and international projects; you will need to be comfortable working with both data and narrative content and able to easily translate complex information into engaging insights.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Client project delivery (80%)
   • Shaping (with support) and then conducting desk-research on a wide range of focuses including sustainability topics and company performance
   • Undertaking research and analysis of environmental and social risks and drawing out key insights for clients
   • Analysing regulatory requirements and ensuring alignment with evolving sustainability legislation
   • Analysing quantitative data and information, forming summaries and opinions from the data
   • Writing briefing papers for clients on key topics
   • Managing projects with support of senior colleagues
   • Managing agendas and minutes for client meetings
   • Supporting end-to-end delivery of public-facing reports, both sustainability and issue-specific
2. Business Development (5%)
   • Support on the development of project pitches and proposals
   • Tightening the visual presentation of BRODIE documents in line with our brand guidelines
3. Knowledge management and continuous learning (10%)
   • Share research and insights with the wider team and developing areas of expertise
   • Prepare presentations, research materials and written reports
4. Organisational Management (5%)
   • Support delivery of projects in line with the overall BRODIE processes and systems
   • Provide support for analysts offering practical advice and encouragement
   • Attend BRODIE team meetings and training, project updates and trainings

What we are looking for

The ideal candidate will have the desire to be part of a small yet fast-growing company and have a proven track-record of corporate sustainability with a minimum of 18 months’ relevant experience.

While not essential experience in ESG/sustainability reporting, communications and project management is desirable.

Skills and experience

• A minimum of 18 months’ experience working in corporate sustainability either in house or consultancy (or closely connected field)
• Educated to bachelor’s degree level
• Good knowledge of issues surrounding environmental and social topics. Examples of topics may include climate change, nature, or human rights
• Experience working on multiple projects simultaneously
• Skilled in building trust with colleagues and clients
• Understanding of, and keen to collaborate in the challenges and opportunities of working as a team player in a fast-paced, growing company

Desirable skills and experience

• Familiarity with the recommendations of key disclosure standards e.g. CSRD, CSDDD, TCF, TNFD, SASB, SBT would be a welcome advantage
• Working knowledge of AI tools, including their capabilities, limitations and responsible use considerations

Key competencies

• Time management
• Project management and organisation skills
• Exceptional critical thinking skills and ability to articulate ideas quickly
• A passion for lifelong learning
• Attention to detail including excellent numerical skills
• Exceptional written and verbal communication in English
• Proactive delivery of great work to agreed timescales
• Integrity and trustworthiness

What we can offer

You’ll be working with big names on projects that make a genuine positive impact on the world

• Salary £43,000 – £48,000, dependent on experience
• Private Health Insurance
• 4% Pension contributions
• Excellent professional development opportunities
• 25 Days Annual Leave (increasing by one day for every year of service up to 30 days)
• Additional BRODIE benefits include an Annual Wellness stipend, Volunteering time off, Annual “special day off” of your choosing, Friday coffees

About BRODIE

Our purpose is to enable the power of business to shape the world for good.​ BRODIE works with organisations to support them in developing their sustainability strategy and implementation to create more responsible and sustainable businesses.

Our work includes strategy programme creation and delivery, target setting, communications and content leadership and stakeholder engagement. We are relentless in our pursuit of new and creative approaches that deliver outstanding results for our clients. We work across sectors including food and beverage, apparel, financial services, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods and hospitality. We work with some of the world’s biggest brands including Samsonite, PepsiCo and Mars, as well as purpose led startups. Our team has a unique blend of experience and expertise unified through a passion to make business thrive.

BRODIE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an environment where people feel welcome respected and free to be themselves, we welcome applicants of all gender, identities, sexual orientation, religion and ethnicities.

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