Ratings Editor

About us:

BeZero Carbon is a ratings agency for the voluntary carbon market. Combining expertise across climate science, finance and policy, it provides ratings, risk and data tools that improve information accessibility and decision making. Our aim is to build markets for environmental impact.

Founded in 2020, our team has grown rapidly, attracting people from academia, financial services, technology, engineering and policy to come together to build a new kind of information business for a low carbon economy. Our head office is in London, and our people work from five continents.

We have recently completed a Series B investment round to help accelerate the net zero transition through carbon ratings, and are building the team to deliver that.

Job Description:
We are looking for a Ratings Editor. This pivotal role connects our ratings analysis with our customers and users. They will sit in our marketing and editorial team, working closely day to day with our ratings team of carbon ratings analysts.

The role itself will involve:

• Maintaining and improving written editorial standards of our ratings analysis

• Identifying key pieces of analysis and the conclusions our Carbon Ratings team are drawing, subsequently ensuring clear and effective communication to customers (who often are unfamiliar with Carbon Credits)

• Copy editing, proofreading, amendments and line-editing of communications

• Partnering closely with the Ratings team to ensure the development of clear and accurate writing. This will include:

• Attending Rating Committee sessions, where experts and analysts debate and assign ratings

• Building an understanding of the project that’s being rated

• Building a dialogue with Analysts to understand their work

• Management of marketing collateral (decks, externally & internally facing communications) to ensure it matches our platform and style

• Business Partner to the wider Marketing team & BeZero business areas.

  • Stakeholders will include; CMO, Head of Product Marketing, Head of Digital Marketing, Research team & Interaction with the C-Level Ratings Committee to understand thought process behind Ratings Decisions

• Continuous monitoring and updating of analysis from early launch

This is an exciting opportunity for you to come in and accomplish groundbreaking, career defining work with a cutting-edge climate business.

You will be our ideal candidate if:

• You are comfortable editing scientific and technical text

• You have first-rate communication and relationship management skills, with experience using these with stakeholders from various backgrounds

• You are highly analytical and attentive to detail

What we’ll offer:

• Competitive remuneration and equity in a rapidly growing VC-backed scale-up through share options.

• Private medical insurance, dental, critical illness cover, income protection, life assurance, medical cash plan, cycle to work scheme, and a health and wellness cash allowance.

• 25 days leave (with additional time off between Christmas and New Year, and for your birthday)

• Nomad working over the Summer, giving you flexibility to work from another country.

• Catered lunch in our London office 2 days a week.

• Enhanced parental leave.

Office: Old Street, London - office based for at least 3 days a week with flexibility to work from home up to 2 days a week.

We value diversity at BeZero Carbon. We need a team that brings different perspectives and backgrounds together to build the tools needed to make the voluntary carbon market transparent. We are therefore committed to not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, age, or disability.