The Role
Lead and oversee fast-turnaround, high-integrity climate and energy research. Design methodologies, implement QA and peer-review, manage research strands and teams, drive AI risk management, monitor impact and M&E, and support brand and strategic development.
Summary Generated by Built In
This position is with Zero Carbon Analytics (ZCA), a specialist research team conducting fast turnaround, outcomes-focused research on the climate transition. ZCA works in collaboration with the Global Strategic Communications Council (GSCC), a global network of communications professionals in the field of climate, energy and nature. GSCC is a programme hosted by the Meliore Foundation.
The Research Lead will oversee ZCA’s research activity, in close collaboration with the ZCA Director. ZCA’s high-integrity analysis helps shift narratives and create space for positive policy action. As the information environment shifts, we are seeking an experienced researcher and project manager to ensure ZCA is implementing best practice across its research areas including energy, nature, policy and science, bolstering its brand as a reliable, robust source of high-quality and trustworthy insight.
You will work closely with the ZCA leadership team, reporting directly to the ZCA Director and alongside the ZCA Content Manager, as well as research strand leads, to develop and implement methodologies and processes to ensure the delivery of high-quality, high-integrity, impactful analysis.
The Research Lead will oversee ZCA’s research activity, in close collaboration with the ZCA Director. ZCA’s high-integrity analysis helps shift narratives and create space for positive policy action. As the information environment shifts, we are seeking an experienced researcher and project manager to ensure ZCA is implementing best practice across its research areas including energy, nature, policy and science, bolstering its brand as a reliable, robust source of high-quality and trustworthy insight.
You will work closely with the ZCA leadership team, reporting directly to the ZCA Director and alongside the ZCA Content Manager, as well as research strand leads, to develop and implement methodologies and processes to ensure the delivery of high-quality, high-integrity, impactful analysis.
How you'll contribute
Research oversight and development:
- Contribute to the conducting and oversight of high-profile, high-impact, fast-turnaround research projects.
- Help to design and implement best practice ways of working across strands, including overseeing AI innovation and risk management, to ensure high-quality, timely, outputs.
- Implement and support peer review and fact checking processes to ensure high-integrity outputs.
Strategic development:
- Contribute to the ZCA leadership team’s understanding of how research can have impact in a shifting information ecosystem.
- Contribute to growth and promotion of the ZCA brand as a go-to source of robust and reliable information.
- Own ZCA’s monitoring and evaluation processes to ensure lessons are learned from past projects and implemented for new projects.
Team leadership:
- Manage research strand leads and help them get the best out of their resources and teams.
- Help to identify critical new areas and types of research where ZCA can have impact.
- Provide visible team leadership by remaining accessible for escalations and guiding resolution of complex challenges.
Our ideal candidate has
To succeed in this role, you will have the below qualities:
Research Methodologies & Data Analysis:
- Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods, systems and tools and evolving practices within those areas, including the use of Artificial Intelligence.
- Expertise and experience in data analysis, interpretation, and ensuring high-quality outputs.
- Deep knowledge of energy systems, data, and research.
Research Project Management:
- Experience managing multiple research projects for impact.
Quality Assurance:
- Experience implementing and monitoring quality assurance processes to maintain research integrity across the organisation.
Leadership & Team Management:
- Demonstrated ability to oversee, motivate, and troubleshoot issues arising within research teams in rapidly changing environments.
- Strong people management and mentorship skills.
Communication & Collaboration:
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across functions and with diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to self-motivate and work effectively in a remote working environment.
- Fluency in written and spoken English, our working language.
Nice to haves:
- Experience in academic, campaigning, or consultancy settings.
- Additional languages are an asset.
Why join us?
- Be part of a remote-first, international network of professionals working on climate, energy and nature and work with a bunch of dynamic, culturally diverse individuals who combine their. passion to make a difference with a rigorous and results-oriented approach to work.
- 6 offline days (with no calls or meetings) per year to focus on your work.
- Reduced working time on Fridays during the Dry Season (summer).
- Access to our employee assistance program to support your mental health and personal development.
- Supplementary paid business closure for end-of-year holidays.
- Maternity leave matched to 20 weeks for countries where regulation allows less than that.
- Enjoy regular opportunities to connect and collaborate with colleagues around the world.
- A full-time position with an employment or consultant contract, subject to location, for 12 months, with possible renewal after one year.
Location: +/-6h CET, ideally LATAM and Southeast Asia.
Some international travel will be required. We may be able to provide co-working spaces in some locations. Only candidates with the right to work in their location will be considered.
Contract and Benefits disclaimer: Contract type and some benefits may vary by jurisdiction. We will confirm eligibility and the applicable terms during the hiring process.
Contract and Benefits disclaimer: Contract type and some benefits may vary by jurisdiction. We will confirm eligibility and the applicable terms during the hiring process.
Salary / Fee: Meliore sets compensation levels through a systematic alignment with local market data, taking into account the responsibility level of each role or the expected level of services and the skills and experience of the selected candidate. We apply a consistent, equitable, compensation policy, and provide data on our calculations and pay or fee ranges, in all locations where we operate. Our compensation practices reflect our commitment to fairness, inclusion, and accountability, and are regularly reviewed to ensure alignment with evolving market standards and organisational values.
About
At The Meliore Foundation, our vision is for a world where facts and science help guide the public debate and inform better decision-making on vital issues facing our planet.Our aim is simple – we want to help create real and lasting change in the world. We work with global philanthropic funding partners to support strategic communications programmes which educate and encourage fact-based discourse at community, societal, commercial and policy-making levels. Across our global communities, serious challenges abound. Yet every threat is also an opportunity to create a brighter future. With innovation, connection and insight, we break down barriers and prove that positive outcomes can be achieved, differently and better.Ultimately, The Meliore Foundation strives to empower our people, instil trust with our partners and deliver impactful strategic communications. We’re here to debunk misinformation and set the record straight as we inform the public and bring people together for the greater good. The Meliore Foundation is the project host for various programmes including:The Global Strategic Communications Council (GSCC), an international, collaborative network of communications professionals in the field of climate, energy and nature, aims to inform and strengthen media debate and public discourse.Field Intelligence for Strategic Communications (FISC) provides insights on strategic communications gaps and needs in the climate and energy field.Strategic Perspectives is a pan-European think tank founded in 2022 that works in a collaborative way with like-minded actors to ensure effective climate action is the solution to a multitude of crises the EU is facing.
Skills Required
- Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods, systems and tools, including use of Artificial Intelligence
- Expertise and experience in data analysis, interpretation, and ensuring high-quality outputs
- Deep knowledge of energy systems, data, and research
- Experience managing multiple research projects for impact
- Experience implementing and monitoring quality assurance processes to maintain research integrity
- Demonstrated ability to oversee, motivate, and troubleshoot issues within research teams
- Strong people management and mentorship skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to collaborate across functions
- Ability to self-motivate and work effectively in a remote working environment
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- Experience in academic, campaigning, or consultancy settings
- Additional languages
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The Company
What We Do
Meliore Foundation is a philanthropic organization funding global strategic communications. It aims to promote fact-based awareness and debate on global issues, including climate change, sustainability, and UN SDGs, to influence policy and public discourse for a better future. Constituted in Belgium, it operates globally as both an operating and grant-making foundation.
