Technical Content Manager (Standards)

Start Date: January 2025

Work hours: 40 hrs p/w (full-time, flexible)

Location: Remote/Hybrid (within +/- 1 hour CET; candidate must have an existing permit to live and work in the country they reside)

Contract: 1 year with the possibility for an extension by mutual consent

Salary: €48,000 – €55,000 gross per annum on a full-time basis

Position Summary

GRI is an independent NGO and standard-setter and over the last 26 years, our standards have created a global language used by organizations to provide transparency. At GRI we enable organizations to assess and report on the environmental, social and economic impacts of their activities. We also help build organizational capacity for sustainability reporting: from our Academy training courses to working with licensing partners to enable digital reporting with GRI’s standards. Together, the skills, capabilities, and data we create help build sustainable, long-term value. Working at GRI, you will be part of unlocking positive change in the world. 

We are seeking for a Technical Content Manager to develop high-quality technical content for the GRI Standards.

Responsibilities

Delivery

• Develop targeted technical updates to the GRI Standards, including conducting research.
• Draft high-quality technical content, in close collaboration with the writers/editors and the relevant project teams, based on input from expert groups, public comments, and research. Perform technical reviews of draft GRI Standards, to ensure the clarity, consistency, and quality of the content.
• Develop guidance (such as guides, templates, and best practices) to be used by the Standards Division for drafting technical content and providing training and onboarding to colleagues.
• Draft interoperability guidance with key standards in the market, including by performing detailed mappings between standards.
• Perform technical reviews of GRI’s products and services, to ensure they are consistent.

Engagement

• Draft responses to technical inquiries and feedback on the GRI Standards and develop FAQs and guidance to clarify technical concepts to external audiences.
• Represent GRI and the Standards Division at external and internal events related to the GRI Standards.
• Engage with standard-setters and other relevant organizations in the reporting landscape to implement joint technical work.
• Support the onboarding of new colleagues.