Speaker and Event Officer

Summary

Are you ready to help drive outstanding senior stakeholder relations and speaker management for one of the largest climate events in the world? We are seeking a proactive Speaker and Events Officer to support the seamless registration of high-profile speakers and delegate acquisition across our inaugural Opportunity Summit, taking place during London Climate Action Week and Climate Week NYC. You’ll interact directly with government officials, business leaders and influential climate advocates, lead on the invitations to our impactful roundtables, shape pre-event communications and maintain key CRM and event platforms.

If you’re ready to contribute to globally influential climate events and work alongside leaders, join us to help drive meaningful climate action.

The anticipated start date for this fixed-term position is the week commencing April 30.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for a Speaker and Events Officer with a passion for climate action to join a dynamic and ambitious team. You will be responsible for registering speakers, ensuring they have the logistical information needed, and preparing briefing materials to ensure a seamless event experience. Additionally, you will invite senior delegates to roundtables, provide attendees with essential event details, and support sponsor engagement.

Acting as a key point of contact, you will work closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to uphold Climate Group’s high event standards. Reporting to the Speaker and Events Manager, you will play a critical role in ensuring that our events support Climate Group’s mission, bringing together the world’s most influential people to tackle climate change.

Key responsibilities will include:

Speaker and Delegate Experience

• Manage speaker registration, onboarding, and briefing calls
• Oversee delegate invitations, communications, and follow-ups across our Executive Series
• Ensure seamless onsite experience for speakers and delegates

Content and Event Delivery

• Develop and refine thematic sessions aligned with organisational priorities
• Prepare briefing packs, run sheets, and run-of-show documents
• Support sponsor content review and post-event reporting

Project Management and Cross-Team Coordination

• Maintain agendas, workflows, and key backend systems (Grist, Cvent, ClickUp, HubSpot)
• Collaborate with internal teams and sponsors to meet deadlines
• Optimise processes and ensure consistent session delivery

As a mission-driven organisation, we may ask colleagues to take on temporary assignments or secondments in a different team to support organisational priorities. We see these as opportunities for development and internal mobility, managed transparently and with appropriate support.

You’ll work in a highly collaborative, international environment, where a diversity of perspectives and experiences is valued and encouraged.

About you

We value strengths and a passion for learning – if you meet most of the criteria below, we encourage you to apply.

Essential

• Experience coordinating speaker and /or delegates, including registration, briefing calls and communications
• Hands-on event delivery experience, virtual or in-person, including supporting onsite speaker greeting and logistics
• Ability to produce event materials, such as briefing packs, run sheets, and run-of-show documents
• Strong proficiency in copywriting and proofreading
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships across a range of cultures, levels of seniority and geographies
• Proactive, professional, and diplomatic demeanour
• Commitment to the mission of the Climate Group and having a good understanding of our areas of work
• Flexibility to work ‘U.S. friendly' hours during June-September

Desirable

• Proven experience producing high-quality B2B events
• Proven experience managing senior stakeholders, including C-suite and government, with influence and constructive challenge
• Experience working with event, CRM, or workflow systems (e.g. Cvent, HubSpot, ClickUp), or ability to learn them quickly
• Strong knowledge of climate issues and sustainability drivers
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
• Experience working within NGOs or charitable organisations

About Climate Group

Climate Group drives climate action. Fast. Our goal is a world of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with greater prosperity for all.

We focus on systems with the highest emissions and where our networks have the greatest opportunity to drive change. We do this by building large and influential networks and holding organisations accountable, turning their commitments into action.

We share what we achieve together to show more organisations what they could do. We are an international non-profit organisation, founded in 2004, with offices in London, Amsterdam, Beijing, New Delhi and New York.

Climate Group is an international organisation, and we want to reflect that in our staff. People who work for us, and people who apply, need to feel heard, safe, and included. That is why we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion throughout our application process and in our offices. We encourage applications from people of all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations, abilities, and ethnicities, as we value a wide range of experiences and perspectives.

Where you’ll work

Based in our London office, near the iconic Tower Bridge, you’ll enjoy a flexible hybrid working arrangement of five days in the office over the fortnight.

Our office is designed to support both collaborative work and focused individual time. It includes accessible facilities, a well-equipped gym, secure bike storage, and showers. Plus, we’re easy to reach by bike and public transport.

What we offer

At Climate Group, our people are at the heart of what we do. You’ll join a global community of bold, ambitious doers committed to driving climate action fast.

This is a fixed-term 6-month position. The salary offered is £29,500 to £30,249 per annum, based on experience.

Many of our people work flexibly in different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about your preferred ways of working and if it works for the role and the team, we’ll do our best to accommodate.

To enable sustainable high performance in support of our mission, while prioritising the health and wellbeing of our people, we offer a 9-day fortnight. This is a way of working that encourages smarter planning and effective prioritisation, where each fortnight includes either a scheduled non-working day or a bank holiday. It is a flexible, non-contractual benefit that may adapt around business needs and periods of higher workload.

Beyond working alongside friendly, motivated colleagues who will support and challenge you, we offer a fantastic benefits package:

• Generous holiday allowance: 25 days annually, plus public holidays and 3 extra days for our Christmas to New Year closure
• 10% employer pension contribution: Non-contributory scheme available after three months’ service
• Long-service reward: An additional day’s holiday after three and six years with us
• Flexible and hybrid working: Supporting your work-life balance
• Comprehensive health benefits: Cash plan and private medical insurance after completing probation
• Family-first policies: Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave, plus support for fertility treatments
• Wellbeing perks: Monthly wellbeing allowance and Headspace membership
• Additional leave options: Paid leave for volunteering, moving house, and getting married
• Peace of mind: Life assurance from your first day
• Cycling support: E-bike and bike loan scheme up to £1,000
• Travel made easier: Season ticket and e-bike membership loan scheme
• Investing in you: Learning and development opportunities to help you thrive in a global, purpose-driven organisation

Apply now

Ready to make an impact? Apply now with your CV and a one-page cover letter that highlights how your experience and values align with our mission.

If you need further information, would like the job advert in an accessible format, or require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to Olivia Heckford, Content Manager, at oheckford@climategroup.org.

The closing date for applications is midnight GMT on Friday, 27 March 2026. We’ll be holding interviews on a rolling basis, so we encourage early applications.

To be eligible for this position, you must already have the right to work in the UK. Climate Group is unable to sponsor work visas or cover any related costs, including cases where candidates are willing to cover the costs themselves.

We will not be working with recruitment agencies for this role.