About the job

Reports to

Director of Sustainability & Net Zero

Works closely with

CEO, Engagement and Impact Lead, Head of Programmes

Contract

Full time, permanent

Location

Remote (UK-based), with possible regular travel to London for member events, training days and team days

Salary

Salary in line with experience, starting from £30,000 plus annual performance related bonus.

Closing date

Friday 28 August 2026, 23:59 BST

Apply to

netzeroteam@cafacollective.org

About CAFA

CAFA is a UK headquartered, internationally recognised climate NGO. Founded in 2021, ago, CAFA has operations in UK&I, Europe, Australia and America. Our mission is to speed up industry and business transition. A small, collaborative, hands-on team, we work across sector to provide the resources, guidance, peer to peer network and solutions that trade associations and professional bodies need to show leadership, take accountability, and implement action, internally and with their members.

Because our work touches all industries no one day is the same at CAFA. This means the position of Sustainability Account Executive at CAFA is uniquely varied and incredibly interesting.

About the Role

An amazing opportunity exists for a highly ambitious, mission driven and motivated graduate with ideally 2+ years experience.

Being a Sustainability Account Executive at CAFA is hugely varied, interesting and rewarding role. No day is the same and your tasks will be split across two distinct interconnected strands of work.

The first is technical. You will support the team with carbon footprinting and the development and delivery CAFA’s other sustainability services, learning on the job and working alongside our Sustainability Director.

The second is editorial. You will write content and develop resources on climate, sustainability and net zero issues, and work with the programmes team to produce the guidance content that helps them understand what is changing and act on it.

The role requires someone equally comfortable working through a dataset as they are researching and writing up the findings, and equally comfortable turning around a polished report as they are a well-researched, timely insights article or blog.

In addition, you will oversee a range of day-to-day relationships, so time management, account management, client delivery, professionalism, confidence, and communication matter as much as the technical work.

Key responsibilities

1.       Carbon footprinting, reporting and client delivery

Working alongside CAFA's Director of Sustainability you will:

●     Work on carbon footprinting in line with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, applying SBTi principles as relevant, including data collection, spend-based EEIO emission factor and SIC code classification analysis and quality checking, using the CAFA Dashboard (carbon measurement and reporting platform – you’ll be trained how to use this)

●     Analyse and interpret carbon and sustainability data, identifying trends, gaps, and points needing clarification with clients, escalating category level methodology or judgement call to Director of Sustainability.

●     Maintain a working knowledge of the regulatory landscape relevant to client jurisdictions e.g. SECR, CSRD, VSME, UK SRS

●     Engage with CAFA's clients' suppliers to support the generation of supplier carbon footprints

●     Develop client-facing outputs, including written summaries, data tables, and supporting materials, to a high technical writing standard

●     Over time own day-to-day client relationship management and delivery of services, including communications, coordination, and follow-ups

●     Support project delivery across CAFA's net zero association programme

●     Contribute to the development and testing of the CAFA Dashboard and other online tools including CAFA's survey tool, member and supplier modules, CAFA Tracker and CAFA Connect.

●     Support the development and planning of webinar and training materials.

●     Respond to ad hoc client service requests relating to carbon reduction actions, tools, and guidance

●     Support project management tasks, including timelines, task tracking, and coordination

2.     Sustainability content and editorial

●     Research and write weekly insight/articles and materials for CAFA members and the wider business community covering general climate and net zero news, translating developments into clear, relevant updates and helping them understand and act on climate and net zero developments

●     Research and track climate, policy, and net zero news to identify stories and developments worth covering for members

●     Develop further resources, guidance, and templates as required

●     Assist with organising and uploading content and maintaining resources on CAFA site and other channels

3.     Other

In addition, you will be expected to

●     Contribute to and participate in the planning and attendance of CAFA events as required.

●     Support the research and preparation of proposals, bids, tenders, presentations

●     Be involved in team meetings, planning meetings, video conference calls

●     Other activities that are required to support the mission of CAFA

Skills & experience

Essential

●     Understanding of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), including scope 3 category structure and spend-based, activity based and supplier provided emission factor methodologies.

●     Good working knowledge of the broader climate action and net zero policy landscape

●     Confidence working with large data sets (e.g. spreadsheets, structured datasets), including analysis and quality checking

●     Strong, versatile written communication skills, equally capable of technical report-writing and engaging, accessible member-facing articles and guidance

●     Comfortable researching and writing to a regular deadline, e.g. a weekly news or update piece

●     Experience or exposure to carbon footprinting, GHG accounting, or sustainability reporting

●     Experience or confidence supporting client relationships and service delivery

●     Ability to take ownership of defined workstreams or components of CAFA's programme of support

●     Work independently on allocated tasks, managing time and priorities effectively with minimal supervision

●     Ability to think one step ahead and anticipate workflow requirements

●     Strong organisational and time-management skills

●     Comfortable working across multiple projects and priorities

●     Interest in climate action, sustainability, and carbon measurement

• ●     Ability to identify opportunities to improve processes, resources, or client support approaches