Project Officer

Location: London-based or remote in the UK, as long as regular travel to the office in London is feasible to support in person meetings and events.

Role: Permanent

Salary: £40,000 plus 10% employer-contributed pension; 4 day full-time work week (Monday – Thursday)

About us

Established in 2021, Opportunity Green is a fast-growing not-for-profit organisation that helps to identify and unlock opportunities to tackle climate change. We build ambitious coalitions, support climate vulnerable countries in international negotiations and find innovative legal pathways to fight climate change.

We are now looking for a Project Officer. In this role you will get to work closely with the CEO to learn from her directly. You’ll get to see how the philanthropic sector works, work on a transport campaign closely with Aoife and organise events with high-profile speakers. In addition, you’ll get a chance to use your research skills to help shape the next work that Opportunity Green takes on.

What’s the role?

This is a really exciting role for someone who has already started their career in climate and is interested in getting a broad insight into Opportunity Green through working with the CEO as well as leading their own projects.

• Around half your time will be spent leading OG’s sail and rail campaign. Flying between the UK and Ireland is in the top 20 most flown routes in the world. We want to change that. Taking the train and the boat is a very feasible option. You will work with the CEO to create a campaign to encourage the Irish and British governments to make this option the default option for travel between the two countries.
• For the rest of your time, you will support the CEO as their executive assistant. This will involve a wide range of tasks, from booking meetings and travel, assisting with fundraising research, proposals and reporting, and managing events such as OG’s annual birthday party which is a large event with a high-level panel.

About the candidate

We are looking for a candidate with:

• A passion for using their administrative, research and campaigning skills to tackle climate change.

Desirable skills and experience:

We do not expect any candidate to have all skills listed below but rather we look for transferable skills and potential as well as past experience. However, please note that this is not an entry level role.

• Experience of an NGO campaign, especially a climate campaign.
• Attention to detail is absolutely key for this role.
• Excellent time management, and the ability to meet deadlines, logically tackle problems, and set and communicate priorities.
• Ability to research complex topics and communicate the results in a clear manner.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively and interact with policymakers for impact, with kindness and respect.
• A high level of self-motivation and commitment to Opportunity Green’s values, ethos and purpose.
• An ability to think strategically and not get bogged down in detail when that is unhelpful.
• Ease with numbers, technology, science, and applying basic analysis to these.

Diversity and inclusion

Diversity and inclusion are important principles at Opportunity Green. We believe that diversity and inclusion make teams stronger and more effective. We are committed to fair and equitable employment practices, and we are striving to ensure that a variety of voices and experiences are included in our organisation. Our commitment to diversity and our parental leave policy are available to view on our website, here .

We will consider all applicants who meet most or all of the essential competencies regardless of their identity or background. That said, we know that diverse candidates may be reluctant to apply for jobs where they don’t meet 100% of the criteria outlined in the job description. We encourage anyone to apply who can demonstrate the variety of skills and experiences relevant to meeting the requirements of this role.

We recognise that many diverse experiences and perspectives are not represented in our current workforce, and are seriously underrepresented across the non-profit sector in general, and as such, we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, non-white people, people from marginalised backgrounds, and members of the LGBTQIA+ communities. We will use positive action under the Equality Act 2010 to appoint from these groups if two candidates are equally qualified. We also value flexible working and are open to those who would want to work part-time in this role (minimum equivalent to 3 days per week).

What we offer

The successful candidate will be offered an annual salary of £40,000 plus 10% employer-contributed pension. Please note that Opportunity Green has fixed salary scales, with the possibility of step increases with strong performance. When hiring we always hire at the bottom of a band and do not enter negotiations with new employees as negotiations have been historically shown to disadvantage women and minorities.

We take our team’s well-being and professional development seriously. In addition to a competitive salary, we offer:

• A commitment to work/life balance, with a 4-day work week at 28 hours.
• A generous holiday entitlement of 20 days’ holiday per year, plus bank holidays and office closure between Christmas and New Year’s that does not count towards your holiday entitlement (and expectation that you fully disconnect when taking time off).
• A market-leading pension of 10%.
• A progressive family leave policy, including 26 weeks’ paid leave for both parents, as well as other support.
• Lots of flexibility within a hybrid working arrangement, with regular opportunities to come together as a team.
• Support for your professional development as part of Opportunity Green, with a budget to support your learning & development plus opportunities to lead projects, publish content, learn from experts, work directly with policymakers and stakeholders, and take part in conferences and events.

However, it is important to note that while this role is permanent, employment is always reliant on Opportunity Green continuing to receive philanthropic support from our funders, which we expect every member of the team to play their part in working towards.

Unfortunately, if you do not already hold the right to work in the UK and/or require sponsorship to continue working in the UK, Opportunity Green will not be able to consider your application at this time.

The closing date for applications is 28 July 2025 at 9am BST.

We actively encourage applicants to reach out if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to help them demonstrate their full potential in the hiring process.

Please get in touch at [email protected] and we can discuss how to best make the recruitment process as accessible and comfortable for you as possible.