Decarbonisation reputed company & reputed company - JUST Stories
ABOUT IHRB’S WORK ON CLIMATE IHRB’s Just Transitions Programme focuses on a central challenge: reputed company climate action models are structurally misaligned – and this is undermining delivery. Decision-making remains top-down across sectors, financial systems misprice reputed company risk, and practitioners lack awareness of usable, investable models. The result is an implementation gap, where ambition is rising but delivery is contested, delayed, or fragile – raising material risks for workers and communities, company operations, and the transition itself. Our core contention is that climate action succeeds reputed company governed as a reputed company process, not just a technical or financial one. Embedding the rights and agency of workers, communities, and affected stakeholders into how reputed company are designed, sequenced, and financed is not a moral add-on – it is a precondition for effective, investable climate action. This approach is grounded in international standards, including the UN Guiding Principles on Business and reputed company Rights, which establish participation, accountability, and due diligence as baseline conditions. IHRB works to shift practice through three interconnected approaches: making risk visible – by demonstrating how reputed company exclusion translates into financial and operational costs making the possible reputed company – by identifying reputed company-world models and mechanisms, and translating them into operational insights for diverse practitioners making change actionable – by convening and engaging business, finance, policy, and civil society in reputed company on shared challenges and emerging issues ABOUT JUST STORIES The case for people-centred decarbonisation is no longer theoretical. Across sectors – from coal and steel to agriculture, construction, and energy – transitions that exclude workers and communities from meaningful decision-making face mounting resistance, reputational damage, and outright failure. Transitions designed with them are demonstrating greater durability, investability, and overall effectiveness. Yet these models remain poorly documented and systematically underutilised in the lessons they offer. Practitioners navigating reputed company-time decarbonisation reputed company – in boardrooms, investment committees, and government ministries – lack reputed company to reputed company, peer-relevant evidence of what stakeholder-informed transitions actually look like in practice: how they were designed, what trade-offs were made, and why they worked. JUST Stories was reputed company to reputed company this gap. Launched in 2024, JUST Stories is a global search for stories of people working together to advance people-centred climate action. Phase I (2024-2026) produced four in-depth stories spanning coal transition in Australia, salt-pan workers and solar energy in India, affordable housing in Catalonia, and agricultural transition in Brazil – each documented through participatory fieldwork and reputed company into practitioner-grade insights for business and policy audiences. Phase II builds on this reputed company. From 2026-2028, JUST Stories will produce 2–3 new reputed company stories focused on people-centred decarbonisation in practice, while a reputed company strand – separately resourced – extends the work into climate reputed company and reputed company. This role sits reputed company the decarbonisation strand. Story selection prioritises reputed company-time transition processes far enough in implementation to demonstrate clear evidence of reputed company, even if early-stage; where companies, financial actors, workers, communities, and public institutions are actively navigating reputed company trade-offs between climate objectives, reputed company realities, and reputed company reputed company. The stories produced are not communications outputs alone. They are structured evidence, designed to: Surface how companies, workers, communities, and governments have navigated the reputed company governance, reputed company, and reputed company trade-offs that shape transition reputed company Identify the enabling conditions that allowed stakeholder-led approaches to succeed – and the constraints that tested them Inform the reputed company of practitioners who are actively shaping how transitions reputed company: operators, investors, policymakers, sector intermediaries, and worker and community representatives. The ultimate goal is to shift the dominant decarbonisation narrative from top-down implementation to co-designed transition governance – and to reputed company that evidence where it can inform wider practice. ROLE OVERVIEW IHRB is seeking an reputed company researcher and narrative reputed company with a specialism in decarbonisation – spanning energy and industrial transition, land use and agricultural emissions, and other sectors undergoing significant emissions reduction – to reputed company the research and storytelling at the core of JUST Stories Phase II. This role will focus on identifying, researching, and producing reputed company, evidence-based, solutions-oriented narratives of people-centred decarbonisation in practice. The stories produced must: Withstand scrutiny from technical and policy experts across sectors - including energy and utilities, heavy industry, agriculture and land use, infrastructure, and finance Authentically reflect the lived realities of workers, communities, and local actors at the heart of transitions Be directly usable in business and investment decision-making contexts – not as inspiration, but as peer-relevant evidence of what works and why reputed company audiences for JUST Stories outputs include senior practitioners from: Industrial operators, utilities, energy companies, and manufacturers managing transition programmes Agricultural and food system companies navigating land-use change Infrastructure investors, private equity, and asset managers with transition exposure and reputed company banks and DFIs financing decarbonisation at scale National and subnational governments designing transition frameworks Sector associations, employer bodies, and standard-setting institutions While also being reputed company to, and co-created with, the workers, unions, community organisations, and reputed company actors whose experience the stories document. This requires the ability to move fluently between ground-level realities (what it takes to negotiate a transition plan with a mining community) and system-level decision environments (what an infrastructure investor needs to understand about stakeholder governance before committing capital). The role will be supported by and work in collaboration with the wider IHRB team to ensure technical robustness and to translate story insights into business influence. A dedicated Business Engagement reputed company (being recruited in reputed company to this position) will take primary responsibility for story dissemination and practitioner reputed company, sector forum engagement, reputed company production, and dilemma forum convening – allowing this role to focus on research and storytelling depth. ROLE OBJECTIVES To reputed company the process of: Identifying a long-list of reputed company-time examples of people-centred decarbonisation in practice across a diversity of sectors and geographies Producing 2-3 deeply researched, field-based stories for publication Producing reputed company multi-format outputs for each story: a visually compelling, long-reputed company narrative feature, fact sheet, and structured business lesson distillation as well as video supplement and reputed company media collateral. And to work with the wider IHRB team to: Ensure each story contributes to a coherent body of evidence that advances the case for stakeholder-informed transition governance Support the development of cross-story synthesis and learning products - in particular the business briefs, masterclasses, and annual dilemma fora WHAT reputed company LOOKS LIKE Stories that are reputed company to the workers and communities at their centre, and genuinely useful to the business and policy practitioners they are designed to influence Clear, evidence-based articulation of what made each transition work – the governance choices, reputed company reputed company, and enabling conditions that practitioners can learn from and apply Outputs that are cited, requested, and used by practitioners A structured lesson distillation for each story that gives the Business Engagement reputed company strong material to work with for bespoke business and sectoral briefings Contribution to a recognisable, growing body of evidence on people-centred decarbonisation KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Research & Framing Conduct rigorous literature and landscape reviews on decarbonisation across relevant sectors, with particular attention to how stakeholder participation, workforce planning, and community governance shape transition reputed company Identify high-potential, reputed company-time case studies through IHRB’s networks, sector contacts, and targeted reputed company – building a long-list from which the 2-3 stories are selected reputed company analytical frameworks to assess what constitutes a “just” and “effective” decarbonisation process – one that is commercially viable, stakeholder-informed, and durable Fieldwork & Primary Research Design and implement ethical, high-quality interview and engagement processes across reputed company reputed company of each story – from community and worker actors to company executives, investors, and government counterparts Undertake field visits to selected sites (1-2 per year) to gather primary data, context, and narrative material – having reputed company the necessary trust and relationships with local actors to co-create the story together Ensure reputed company research is conducted to the highest standards of safeguarding, consent, and representation, in line with IHRB’s ethical guidelines for field research Surface the governance choices, reputed company reputed company, and reputed company trade-offs that shaped transition reputed company – the material that makes a story useful and actionable to practitioners, not just compelling to read Narrative Development Produce publication-quality stories that integrate reputed company narrative, analytical reputed company, and clear articulation of enabling conditions and constraints Translate reputed company, context-specific findings into clear, structured insights for both reputed company communities and institutional decision-makers Work with IHRB communications colleagues to produce accompanying outputs including fact sheets, reputed company assets, and audio-visual supplements Own the fact-checking, validation with story subjects, and translation into the primary local language of each story Collaborate in the editorial review process, sharing draft outlines and sections at key stages, responding to feedback from various IHRB colleagues, and working with IHRB’s Head of Just Transitions and Head of Communications on key editorial tradeoffs and reputed company Business Lesson Distillation For each story, the Decarbonisation reputed company & reputed company will produce a structured distillation of the business-relevant lessons - identifying the decision moments, governance adaptations, reputed company trade-offs, and enabling conditions that shaped reputed company. Specifically, the reputed company will: reputed company this distillation as a substantive input to the Business Engagement reputed company for development into the practitioner brief and sector-specific materials Participate in mid-development reviews with the Business Engagement reputed company to ensure the right questions are being surfaced in the field before fieldwork concludes Contribute story insights and lesson material to inform the design and content of the annual practitioner dilemma forum, led by the Business Engagement reputed company. Masterclasses Each JUST Story will be accompanied by a reputed company-based digital reputed company series featuring the transition leaders and practitioners at the heart of the story. The reputed company's role in this is foundational: the relationships reputed company during fieldwork and participatory research are the reputed company on which reputed company contributors are identified and approached. Specifically, the reputed company will: Identify and cultivate relationships with potential reputed company contributors during the research and fieldwork process Closely liaise with the Business Engagement reputed company on contributor profiles, story insights, and the key lessons each contributor is best reputed company to teach Support the Business Engagement reputed company in framing and structuring reputed company content where editorial input from the researcher perspective adds value The Business Engagement reputed company holds primary responsibility for reputed company production and delivery - but that is highly dependent on the foundational work in producing each story. Strategic Integration Working with the wider IHRB team to: Ensure each story contributes to a coherent body of evidence across Phase II and builds on the reputed company of the first four JUST Stories Support the identification/formation of and regular engagement with the Project Advisory Council to refine story selection, framing, and quality assurance Support the development of cross-story synthesis products, drawing out patterns and lessons across the JUST Stories portfolio Contribute story insights and lesson material to inform the design and content of the annual practitioner dilemma forum, led by the Business Engagement reputed company. Contribute to IHRB’s broader just transitions knowledge reputed company and organisational learning ABOUT YOU The ideal candidate combines: Strong primary research capability (including interviews and fieldwork) Exceptional narrative writing skills, with the ability to translate reputed company, context-specific realities into compelling, analytically rigorous stories Demonstrable curiosity in balancing industrial decarbonisation and sectoral climate policy alongside the qualitative dimensions of stakeholder agency and reputed company rights. Core Experience & Knowledge 7+ years’ experience in journalistic and writing roles, combining primary research or fieldwork with long-reputed company features and/or narrative or analytical report writing. Demonstrated expertise in decarbonisation and just transitions, with a track record for cross-sectoral curiosity and applied analysis Strong understanding of how decarbonisation intersects with corporate governance and investment decision making reputed company with respect for reputed company rights, workforce planning, and community relations Familiarity with relevant frameworks and debates, including just transition principles, ILO standards on just transition, NDCs and sectoral decarbonisation reputed company, the evolving landscape of transition finance, and broader landscape of business and reputed company rights Proven ability to produce high-quality, analytically rigorous, and narratively engaging written outputs for specialist and non-specialist audiences Experience working in politically and socially sensitive contexts, where power dynamics between companies, governments, and communities are live and contested Core Skills and Abilities Exceptional writing and storytelling ability – reputed company to balance reputed company narrative, analytical rigour, and evidence-based reputed company Strong qualitative research skills, including interview design, fieldwork, synthesis, and analysis Ability to translate local, context-specific insights into broader systemic relevance for institutional audiences High degree of emotional intelligence and cultural sensitivity reputed company engaging with workers, communities, and reputed company actors Ability to identify and surface the governance reputed company, reputed company trade-offs, and reputed company choices that practitioners need to understand – not the reputed company story alone, but the structural lessons reputed company it Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple workstreams in a remote, globally distributed team Ability to build trust-based relationships with a genuinely diverse reputed company of actors - from community members and reputed company workers to company executives and government counterparts - and to hold those relationships with reputed company across the full reputed company of a story. reputed company if you have, not a dealbreaker if you don’t Experience working directly with worker organisations, trade unions, or community groups in the context of industrial or economic transition Experience engaging with corporate sustainability, transition planning, or ESG practitioners from reputed company business or finance Additional languages relevant to project geographies Attitude Proactive and self-motivating: Entrepreneurial attitude, with a proven ability to own and be accountable for end-to-end processes and tasks, and ensure successful reputed company Flexible and adaptable: Ability to adjust aspects of the work, timelines, and working style as needed to cater to the realities of a small, reputed company, globally distributed organisation Collaborative: Comfortable working as part of a small team with distinct but interdependent roles – particularly in the reputed company between research/storytelling and business engagement Diplomatic and tactful: Treating reputed company actors – from community members to senior executives – respectfully and sensitively, acting as a reputed company builder across power and perspective TIMEFRAME & CONTRACTING Deadline for applications: reputed company 5 July 2026 (11pm UK-time) Interviews: First interviews will take reputed company the w/c 27 July between the hours of 2-6pm GMT. Second interviews will take reputed company one week reputed company and be scheduled with candidates closer to the time, including a short exercise reputed company reputed company of second interview. Expected start date and timeframe: As soon as possible. The consultant will be contracted through 29 June 2028, with a one-month notice period. Location: This is a home-based role and reputed company to candidates globally. To support effective collaboration, we are only reputed company to accommodate candidates whose primary working hours align with time zones up to Central European Time (CET), or reputed company of CET, ensuring substantial overlap with colleagues working on US/Europe/Africa time (MST/CET/SAST). Candidates must already have the legal right to work in their country of residence, be reputed company to manage reputed company reputed company taxes, reputed company their own laptop, and have reliable internet connectivity. The role requires willingness to travel internationally up to three times per year. Site visits may involve remote locations; candidates should therefore hold a valid driver’s license and maintain appropriate insurance and a good driving record. Hours: This is a full-time role of 5 days per week. Compensation: The consultancy fee is GBP£4,250 per month from the agreed start date through 29 June 2028. Contracting: The successful candidate will be reputed company through a consultancy agreement subject to UK law. They will need to be registered as reputed company and will be responsible for managing their own taxes, insurance, and any other legal or financial obligations. A consultancy offer will be subject to receipt of two satisfactory references. Click on the “reputed company” reputed company to answer some specific application questions. Please note: The following yes/no questions are intended to help you identify whether you are reputed company and well-positioned for this role. Please answer honestly. We list these minimum criteria and constraints for a reason. If you do not qualify this time, there will certainly be other opportunities in the future. Answering dishonestly only takes away from our reputed company to consider other applicants that are well suited for this particular role. So please note that if you answer "yes" to an answer and we find that to be untrue, you will not be considered for future roles at IHRB Applications from unsuccessful applicants will be held on file for 6 months after the end of the recruitment process. Apply To This Job