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Have you dreamt of working with the world’s most ubiquitous tech company to shape its sustainability approach and communicate its progress? Perhaps you’re the right person to help develop the sustainability strategy of an apparel icon or a financial services leader? We’re looking for an Analyst to support our market-leading sustainability consultancy and work on our sustainability strategy and reporting clients. This is a unique opportunity to help us achieve our vision to ‘create a world that believes in business’. Analysts lift our understanding of the challenges our clients face from great to excellent. You will conduct primary research to identify insights, conduct in-depth reviews to present recommendations, shape clients’ content strategies, dive into strategy development, and ensure alignment to key reporting frameworks, such as ESRS, ISSB,UK SRS and GRI. Responsibilities Research You’ll work with clients and strategists to define the brief. A good brief brings clarity to the task, the client’s needs and helps to define the research criteria to cover. You’ll help define the scope of the project, including how the research will be conducted and which sources to use. It’s the Analyst’s responsibility to make sure the scope is neither too wide nor too narrow and to always work within the client’s budget and brief. You’ll lead primary research assignments using a variety of methods, including document analysis, online tools such as Factiva and Pulsar, surveys, case studies, focus groups and interviews (face-to-face, telephone and/or online) as well as conducting desk research when required. You will be AI confident and AI responsible, always adhering to RY’s AI policy, principles and usage practices e.g. human-led, always. In tandem, your knowledge of AI as both a channel and an audience will inform the value we create for and with our clients. Insight An expert at analysing and interpreting data, you’ll identify patterns and unlock solutions. You’ll also advise how best to turn the research into useful insights that shape our direction and recommendations. You’ll deliver research findings in a format that best fits the task, generally either a written report or presentation, that are informative and with a clear link to the point of view, using RY templates and following our signature style. Sustainability Reporting and Strategy In the reporting space, this work will involve: Understanding reporting stakeholders and audiences, and shaping the report development accordingly. Helping to shape the channel and content strategy (on and offline), theme and messaging, and strategic direction of reporting projects. Shaping and reviewing report content and providing recommendations. Liaising with the copywriters and creative teams to bring the report to life. Making sure the report meets the requirements of the client’s chosen standards or frameworks, e.g. CSRD, GRI, UK SRS and ISSB. In the strategy space, this work will involve: Contributing to the development of meaningful double materiality assessments. Shaping and delivering stakeholder engagement as well as goal and target setting. Shaping sustainability strategies, including their identity and activation. In the communications space, this work will involve: Developing sustainability communications campaigns with topic deep-dives. Creating sustainability communications guidelines and toolkits. Requirements You’re an entrepreneurial sustainability professional that has been in a senior position for some time, either client-side on in a consulting capacity, with the gravitas and expertise to deliver. You’ve worked with a wide range of strategies, topics or clients of different sizes and across multiple sectors and geographies, at various stages of their sustainability journey.  You’re totally up to speed with the rapidly evolving landscape of sustainability and ESG frameworks, and