Ember

Role Description Ember, a fully remote and globally-focused nonprofit, is seeking a 3-month sickness cover (with possibility to extend) in our finance team to support our financial management, reporting, and compliance functions, whilst being part of our mission to advance the global energy transition. This role requires a deep understanding of UK accounting standards and nonprofit financial management, as well as the ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic, international environment. In the position, you will play a vital role in managing our financial operations to ensure the organisation's long-term stability and impact. You will be responsible for the following on an interim basis: - Month-end closing and payment processes - Grant reporting - Internal grant allocation - Cash flow management - Treasury - Compliance with regulatory requirements - Budgeting and budget control Key responsibilities include: - Financial Management: cash flow oversight, managing accounting, payment and treasury functions, ensuring financial accuracy - Reporting: preparing financial statements, management reports, grant reports, and compliance documents, working with our external bookkeeper - Compliance: ensuring adherence to laws and standards - Collaboration: supporting other departments with team-based budgets and aligning with organisational goals. Please note we are working to a tight timeline for this role. Applications close on Tuesday 30 June at 3pm (UK time), shortlisted candidates will be invited on Wednesday 1 July, and interviews will take place on Thursday 2 July. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field; professional certification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA) is required - Minimum of a total of 3 years of experience in the finance function of at least two different non-profit organisations headquartered in the UK, including experience in financial reporting for grant reporting and internal allocation - Passionate about the climate movement and/or the global energy transition - Fluent in spoken and written English Requirements - Experience in using AI for finance - Experience in managing team-based P&L and budgeting process - Experience in Xero - Experience with the Google Suite, especially Google Spreadsheet - Other language skills (especially Asian ones and Spanish) Benefits - We operate a nine-day fortnight meaning our full-time staff are given every other Friday off work with no reduction in pay - 25 days holiday, plus UK bank holidays (unless local statutory minimums are higher) and for each year that you're part of the team at Ember you'll receive an additional day of holiday, up to a maximum of 5 additional days. - Generous paid maternity and paternity leave - Flexible working conditions, including the opportunity for part-time work and home working. - Access to a local working space can also be arranged for employees - Free annual eye tests - Access to a counselling service - Funding and allocated time for your training and development - Paid volunteer day - Four paid days off to enable low carbon travel - Time off to donate blood

• Month-end closing and payment processes • Grant reporting • Internal grant allocation • Cash flow management • Treasury • Compliance with regulatory requirements • Budgeting and budget control • Financial Management: cash flow oversight, managing accounting, payment and treasury functions, ensuring financial accuracy • Reporting: preparing financial statements, management reports, grant reports, and compliance documents, working with our external bookkeeper • Compliance: ensuring adherence to laws and standards • Collaboration: supporting other departments with team-based budgets and aligning with organisational goals.

Role Description Lead and develop a high-performing team of producers and contractors to deliver 20+ transformative events annually, manage a $1M+ portfolio of business, achieve exceptional client satisfaction, and drive profitable growth. The Executive Producer is responsible for leading client relationships, event strategy, financial performance, and team development across a portfolio of complex event programs. Accountabilities - Own a $1M+ portfolio of client business and event revenue. - Oversee 20+ events annually, including leading 3+ large-scale programs exceeding $100K in revenue. - Serve as a strategic advisor and primary point of contact for key clients. - Manage project profitability, budgets, and resource allocation. - Develop, coach, and hold accountable a team of 2–3 direct reports. - Collaborate across Creative, Production, Operations, and contractor teams to ensure exceptional execution. - Identify opportunities for client retention, growth, and long-term partnership. Success Looks Like - Strong client NPS and retention. - Portfolio revenue and profitability targets achieved. - 95%+ Event Core Process Health Score. - High-performing, engaged team members. - Events delivered on time, on budget, and with excellence. Qualifications - Ability to travel 40+ days annually. - 2+ years of direct report management experience. Benefits - Salary Range: $95,000–$120,000 - Compensation is based on experience, client ownership, leadership capabilities, and demonstrated performance. - Company Performance Bonus - 4 Weeks PTO - 401(k) - Health & Dental Insurance - Life Insurance - Company Profit Share - Remote Work Flexibility - Travel Stipend - Professional Development Stipend Company Description For 18 years, Ember has delivered creativity that makes what seems impossible, possible through transformative events. We partner with clients to push boundaries, spot trends, and produce event experiences that stand apart in a world of AI and in-house creative teams. At Ember, we believe the best ideas spark when passionate people come together. We’re not just producing events, we’re designing experiences that move people and brands. To do that, we need curious minds, bold thinkers, and makers who thrive in fast-moving, collaborative environments. If you’re looking for more than a job, or if you want a place where your creativity is valued, your ideas are heard, and your growth is supported—you’ll fit right in here. www.emberbrandfire.com

Role Description Use your coding and data skills to work on the most important challenge of our time: shifting the world to clean energy. Ember publishes the best-in-class dataset on global electricity generation and the data team is growing as we expand our datasets to new areas such as installed renewable capacity, price, battery storage, grids and flexibility, EV and heat pump deployment. We are looking for someone to use their data and coding skills to ensure we can quickly gather and curate data from new sources, as well as helping to run, maintain and document existing data pipelines. This role offers an exciting opportunity to learn from a knowledgeable and passionate team of engineers and analysts while applying your development skills towards the clean energy transition. Key Responsibilities - Develop new ETL scripts using Python to gather and validate data from a variety of sources e.g. APIs, web scraping. - Work with our data engineering team to deploy ETL scripts within our orchestrated data platform based on Dagster and BigQuery. - Help run, maintain, and improve existing data pipelines. - Help ensure that our pipelines are written using best coding and data practices. - Help ensure Ember’s data and output are of the highest standard. Qualifications - At least one year experience developing and deploying Python code. - Experience working with SQL databases. - Numerate and data literate, with excellent data extraction and transformation skills. - A thoughtful and selective approach to the use of AI coding tools and the ability to critically evaluate their outputs. - Fluent in spoken and written English. - Passionate about clean energy. - Driven and keen to learn. - Systematic with careful attention to detail. - Ability to work as part of a remote international team. Requirements - Experience developing data pipelines on an orchestration platform such as Dagster (preferred), Airflow, dbt or Prefect. - Experience with version control software such as Git. - Experience working on cloud platforms, such as GCP (preferred), AWS or Azure. - Experience working with business users to turn research questions into specific data requirements, and developing to those requirements. - Other language skills. - Previous experience within the power sector or clean energy sector. Benefits - We operate a nine-day fortnight meaning our full-time staff are given every other Friday off work with no reduction in pay. - 25 days holiday, plus UK bank holidays (unless local statutory minimums are higher) and for each year that you're part of the team at Ember you'll receive an additional day of holiday, up to a maximum of 5 additional days. - Generous paid maternity and paternity leave. - Flexible working conditions, including the opportunity for part-time work and home working. - Access to a local working space can also be arranged for employees. - Free annual eye tests. - Access to a counselling service. - Funding and allocated time for your training and development. - Paid volunteer day. - Four paid days off to enable low carbon travel. - Time off to donate blood.

• Develop new ETL scripts using python to gather and validate data from a variety of sources e.g. APIs, web scraping. • Work with our data engineering team to deploy ETL scripts within our orchestrated data platform based on Dagster and BigQuery. • Help run, maintain, and improve existing data pipelines • Help ensure that our pipelines are written using best coding and data practices • Help ensure Ember’s data and output are of the highest standard

Role Description Use your coding and data skills to work on the most important challenge of our time: shifting the world to clean energy. Ember publishes the best-in-class dataset on global electricity generation and the data team is growing as we expand our datasets to new areas such as installed renewable capacity, price, battery storage, grids and flexibility, EV and heat pump deployment. We are looking for someone to use their data and coding skills to ensure we can quickly gather and curate data from new sources, as well as helping to run, maintain and document existing data pipelines. This role offers an exciting opportunity to learn from a knowledgeable and passionate team of engineers and analysts while applying your development skills towards the clean energy transition. Key Responsibilities - Develop new ETL scripts using Python to gather and validate data from a variety of sources e.g. APIs, web scraping. - Work with our data engineering team to deploy ETL scripts within our orchestrated data platform based on Dagster and BigQuery. - Help run, maintain, and improve existing data pipelines. - Help ensure that our pipelines are written using best coding and data practices. - Help ensure Ember’s data and output are of the highest standard. Qualifications - At least one year experience developing and deploying Python code. - Experience working with SQL databases. - Numerate and data literate, with excellent data extraction and transformation skills. - A thoughtful and selective approach to the use of AI coding tools and the ability to critically evaluate their outputs. - Fluent in spoken and written English. - Passionate about clean energy. - Driven and keen to learn. - Systematic with careful attention to detail. - Ability to work as part of a remote international team. Requirements - Experience developing data pipelines on an orchestration platform such as Dagster (preferred), Airflow, dbt or Prefect. - Experience with version control software such as Git. - Experience working on cloud platforms, such as GCP (preferred), AWS or Azure. - Experience working with business users to turn research questions into specific data requirements, and developing to those requirements. - Other language skills. - Previous experience within the power sector or clean energy sector. Benefits - We operate a nine-day fortnight meaning our full-time staff are given every other Friday off work with no reduction in pay. - 25 days holiday, plus UK bank holidays (unless local statutory minimums are higher) and for each year that you're part of the team at Ember you'll receive an additional day of holiday, up to a maximum of 5 additional days. - Generous paid maternity and paternity leave. - Flexible working conditions, including the opportunity for part-time work and home working. - Access to a local working space can also be arranged for employees. - Free annual eye tests. - Access to a counselling service. - Funding and allocated time for your training and development. - Paid volunteer day. - Four paid days off to enable low carbon travel. - Time off to donate blood. Company Description Ember is an independent, not-for-profit energy think tank that aims to accelerate the clean energy transition with data and policy. We gather, curate and analyse data on the power sector and coal mine methane emissions, and use our findings to improve energy and climate policy. See our work at ember-energy.org and @ember_energy .

• Provide direct line management to the People Officer, supporting their professional growth, ensuring workloads are achievable, and setting clear objectives. • Provide coaching and guidance to build capability in handling HR cases, employee relations, and systems. • Ensure the People team delivers consistently high-quality support to Ember staff worldwide. • Oversee delivery of employee lifecycle processes through the People Officer,, ensuring processes (recruitment, onboarding, performance management, learning and development, and offboarding) run smoothly and consistently across global locations. • Lead the use of digital and AI-enabled tools to streamline, automate and improve HR processes, data management and reporting, freeing up capacity for higher-value people work while ensuring ethical, transparent and values-aligned use of AI. • Hold responsibility for employee relations outcomes, acting as a trusted advisor to managers across Ember and providing senior HR judgement on people issues such as disciplinary and grievance cases, performance management, absence and wellbeing, and policy interpretation. The People Officer will lead routine employee relations cases, with the People Manager providing coaching, guidance and escalation support on more complex or sensitive matters, ensuring outcomes are fair, consistent, legally compliant and aligned with Ember’s values. • Proactively develop systems, tools, and guidance that equip managers to manage people matters confidently and consistently. This includes building their capability to handle sensitive issues and supporting them to reach outcomes that are fair, and sustainable. • Monitor external HR and employment law developments (particularly across Asia), providing practical recommendations to keep Ember ahead of emerging risks and opportunities. • Own Ember’s HR policy framework, ensuring policies are practical, user-friendly, reflect best practice and are legally compliant across Ember’s regions, while being applied consistently in practice. • Delegate policy drafting, maintenance and day-to-day implementation to the People Officer, providing review, sign-off and guidance as needed. • Provide clear, accessible advice on HR and employment issues, with strong expertise in Asia and familiarity with global contexts. • Oversee relationships with Employer of Record providers and other HR/benefits partners. • Ensure HR data and records are accurate, secure, and meet data protection requirements. • Support the exploration of digital and AI-driven tools to improve efficiency, accuracy, and inclusivity across HR processes, while ensuring alignment with Ember’s values. • Work with the People Officer and managers to embed Ember’s values across teams, particularly in remote and cross-cultural contexts • Provide leadership and guidance on employee engagement, wellbeing and retention initiatives • Work with managers to strengthen learning and development opportunities, career pathways, and succession planning. • Support managers to build positive team cultures aligned with Ember’s values, with a focus on inclusion, equity, and diversity. • Use HR data and feedback to identify trends and recommend changes that improve the employee experience. • Work closely with the Operations Manager and COO to set Ember’s People priorities for the coming years, providing advice and insights based on evidence and HR best practice. • Identify opportunities to make People processes, systems, and structures simpler, fairer, and more effective. • Support organisational design and workforce planning, helping Ember build the skills and capacity needed to achieve its mission. • Provide HR insights and analysis to senior management by collecting and interpreting HR metrics (e.g. turnover, engagement, absence, diversity), using them to identify risks and opportunities.

Role Description Help build the people foundations behind high-impact data and policy work accelerating the shift to a clean, electrified energy system. This is a senior, hands-on People Manager role within a mission driven, global organisation. You’ll lead the day-to-day running of Ember’s people function — shaping how HR works in practice, operating within the direction and governance set by our Operations Manager. After several years of rapid growth, the focus is now on maintaining high-quality, consistent and well-judged people practice across regions, and supporting managers and staff to navigate people matters with confidence and care. - Set clear standards for HR practice. - Provide experienced judgement on complex or sensitive issues. - Ensure people processes are fair, compliant and aligned with Ember’s values. - Empower the People Officer to lead delivery across core people processes. - Build capability within the People team through coaching, feedback and guidance. - Bring valuable insight from Asian HR to ensure policies and practices work well across different regions. - Use AI and digital tools to streamline, automate and improve HR processes. Qualifications - A recognised mid-level HR qualification or equivalent professional experience (e.g., CIPD Level 5, SHRM-CP, PHR). - Strong knowledge of HR practices and employment law, with expertise in Asia. - Experience of using AI-enabled digital tools to improve HR processes. - Experience handling employee relations cases. - Demonstrable experience developing and implementing HR policies and procedures. - Proven track record of line management or coaching within a People team. - Ability to analyse HR metrics and make recommendations. - Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills. - High emotional intelligence and resilience. - Strong organisational and project management skills. Requirements - Provide direct line management to the People Officer. - Ensure the People team delivers consistently high-quality support. - Oversee delivery of employee lifecycle processes. - Lead the use of digital and AI-enabled tools for HR processes. - Hold responsibility for employee relations outcomes. - Proactively develop systems and tools for managers. - Monitor external HR and employment law developments. - Own Ember’s HR policy framework. - Provide clear, accessible advice on HR and employment issues. - Oversee relationships with Employer of Record providers. - Ensure HR data and records are accurate and secure. - Support exploration of digital and AI-driven tools. - Work with managers to embed Ember’s values. - Provide leadership on employee engagement and retention initiatives. - Support organisational design and workforce planning. Benefits - Operate a nine-day fortnight with every other Friday off work. - 25 days holiday, plus UK bank holidays, with additional days for each year of service. - Generous paid maternity and paternity leave. - Flexible working conditions, including part-time work and home working. - Access to a local working space can be arranged. - Free annual eye tests. - Access to a counselling service. - Funding and allocated time for training and development. - Paid volunteer day. - Four paid days off for low carbon travel. - Time off to donate blood.