About us
We are a diverse collection of experts who span policy and science, finance and engineering, data and systems—working together to tackle one of the greatest challenges of our time. We need your help.
Our mission is to make data work harder to deliver net-zero: we have a hugely ambitious goal to impact $trillions and deliver demonstrably net-zero outcomes.
Icebreaker One is committed to equality and creating an inclusive culture with a diverse team. We welcome applications from everyone and will support you to reach your full potential and to be yourself in a working environment based on dignity, respect and mutual support. If you have any queries or need any advice or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process please contact us at jobs@ib1.org.
Open roles
Senior Account Manager (Core)
Identifying, targeting and landing sales then implementing excellent customer service to clients and members to ensure exceptional delivery that builds long term relationships and secures repeated renewals
Contract: Fixed Term (ASAP until April 2025 with potential to extend)
Location: Remote
Hours: Up to 3 days a week (We operate a four-day week, Mon-Thurs)
Pay: Up to £600 per day (Contractor rate)
Closing date: 0900, 18 November 2024
ABOUT THIS ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY
Perseus: Editor
Contract: Limited service provision contract
Location: Remote
Hours: TBD based on requirements
Pay: On applying please state your preferred hourly or day rate
BRIEF/HOW TO APPLY
Past roles (closed, as advertised)
Senior Project Manager (Core) – CLOSED
Proactively leading all project activities and workstreams, responsible for delivery to the Head of Project Management
Contract: Fixed Term (ASAP for least 6 months)
Location: Remote
Hours: 2.5 days a week (We operate a four-day week, Mon-Thurs – for this role there is a requirement for core hours to cover Monday mornings and Thursday afternoons)
Pay: Up to £550 per day (Contractor rate)
Closing date: 0900, 30th September 2024
ABOUT THIS ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY
Researcher (Core) – CLOSED
Responsible to the Head of Research in delivering Icebreaker One’s Core research
Contract: Fixed Term (ASAP for least 6 months)
Location: Remote
Hours: 3 days a week (We operate a four-day week, Mon-Thurs)
Pay: Up to £350 per day (Contractor rate)
Closing date: 0900, 23rd September 2024
ABOUT THIS ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY
Developer – CLOSED
To aid development of an open source community tool
Contract: Limited Service Provision (initially)
Location: Remote
Hours: Up to 5 days in total
Rate: up to €400 per day
Closing date: ASAP
Project Support (Core) – CLOSED
Help ensure the successful delivery of IB1’s research and development projects
Contract: Permanent
Location: Remote
Hours: Full time (we don’t work on Fridays!)
Pay: c£28k
Closing date: 0900, 12 August 2024
ABOUT THIS ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY
Bid Coordinator – CLOSED
Overseeing, developing and drafting grant and bid applications for Icebreaker One
Contract: Permanent
Location: Remote
Hours: Part Time (Min. 20 hours spanning across Monday-Thursday) or Full time (we don’t work on Fridays!)
Pay: c£35k (Pro-rata)
Closing date: 0900, 12 August 2024
ABOUT THIS ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY
Perseus: Legal Advisor – CLOSED
Contract: Limited service provision contract
Location: Remote
Hours: On applying please state your estimated time for this work
Pay: On applying please state your preferred hourly or day rate
Closing date: ASAP
Trust Framework Solutions Architect – Data Services – CLOSED
Ensure the successful delivery of Trust Frameworks for relevant programmes.
Contract: Fixed Term Project – ASAP to December 2024
Location: Remote
Hours: Up to 3 days a week (we don’t work on Fridays!)- for this project there is a requirement for core hours to cover Monday mornings and Thursday afternoons
Pay: Up to £500 per day (Contractor rate)
Closing date: 0900, 25 March 2024
ABOUT THIS ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY
Researcher- Perseus – CLOSED
Proactively leading research for the Perseus project. Responsible for delivery to the Head of Research.
Contract: Fixed Term Project – ASAP to December 2024
Location: Remote
Hours: 2.5 days a week (we don’t work on Fridays!)- for this project there is a requirement for core hours to cover Monday mornings and Thursday afternoons
Pay: Up to £450 per day (Contractor rate)
Closing date: 0900, 11 March 2024
ABOUT THIS ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY
Project Manager- Stream – CLOSED
Oversee and deliver the Stream plan. Responsible for delivery to the Head of Project Management, working closely with the Stream team, Product Owner, Data services, Communications and Sales leaders.
Contract: Fixed Term – March 2024 to April 2025
Location: Remote
Hours: 2.5 days a week (we don’t work on Fridays!)- for this project there is a requirement for core hours to cover Monday afternoons and Thursday afternoons
Pay: Up to £500 per day (Contractor rate)
Closing date: 0900, 04 March 2024
ABOUT THIS ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY
Senior Project Manager – Perseus – CLOSED
Help ensure the successful delivery of Perseus. Responsible for delivery to the Head of Project Management, working closely with the Perseus team, Product Owner, Data services, Communications and Sales leaders.
Contract: Fixed Term Project- ASAP to December 2024
Location: Remote
Hours: 2.5 days a week (we don’t work on Fridays!)- for this project there is a requirement for core hours to cover Monday mornings and Thursday afternoons
Pay: Up to £550 per day (Contractor rate)
Closing date: 0900, 04 March 2024
ABOUT THIS ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY
Copy Editor (Perseus) – CLOSED
Contract: Fixed Term – from 27 November 2023 for 2-3 days
Location: Remote
Hours: Up to 2-3 days
Pay: Up to £300 per day
Closing date: 0900, 24 November 2023
ABOUT THIS ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY
Head of Research – CLOSED
Overseeing and delivering Icebreaker One’s research
Contract: Fixed Term – ASAP to June 2024
Location: Remote
Hours: 3 days per week (we don’t work on Fridays!)
Pay: Up to £700 per day
Closing date: 0900, 30 October 2023
ABOUT THIS ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY
Technical Analyst (Grid Connections Project) – CLOSED
Data accessibility and standards for interoperability
Contract: Fixed Term – October 2023 to end of March 2024
Location: Remote, UK time zone compatible
Hours: Up to 2 days per week (we don’t work on Fridays!)
Pay: Up to £500 per day
Closing date: 0900, 30 October 2023
ABOUT THIS ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY
Technical Analyst (Granular weather data for asset management) – CLOSED
Data accessibility and standards for interoperability
Contract: Fixed Term – October 2023 to end of March 2024
Location: Remote, UK time zone compatible
Hours: Up to 2 days per week (we don’t work on Fridays!)
Pay: Up to £500 per day
Closing date: 0900, 16 October 2023
ABOUT THE ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY
Open Engagement Manager (Strategic Innovation Projects) – CLOSED
Help ensure the successful delivery of two Strategic Innovation Projects in the energy sector.
Contract: Fixed Term – October 2023 to end of March 2024
Location: Remote
Hours: 3 days per week (we don’t work on Fridays!)
Pay: £350 per day
Closing date: 0900, 16 October 2023
ABOUT THE ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY
Project Manager (Strategic Innovation Projects) – CLOSED
Liaise and collaborate to help set up and run our wider project management work as well as ensure the successful delivery of our R&D services.
Contract: Fixed Term – ASAP until March 2024
Location: Flexible (fully remote working from home)
Hours: Two days a week
Pay: Up to £500 per day
Closing date: 0900, 9 October 2023
ABOUT THIS ROLE & HOW TO APPLY
Project Support (Core) – CLOSED
Help ensure the successful delivery of IB1’s research and development projects.
Contract: ASAP
Location: Flexible (working from home with some travel)
Hours: Full Time (nb: we operate a four-day week)
Pay: c£28k
Closing date: 0900, 4 October 2023
Market Researcher (Carbon Calculators) – CLOSED
Help us to gain a market view of carbon calculator solutions available for SMEs
Contract: Fixed Term – ASAP until November
Location: Flexible (fully remote working from home)
Hours: Up to 24 days in total
Pay: up to £600 per day
Closing date: 0900, 4 September 2023
Data Solutions Analyst (R&D) – CLOSED
Help us assess the data and technical feasibility of an early-stage smart meter innovation project
Contract: Fixed Term – ASAP to 8 weeks
Location: Flexible (fully remote working from home)
Hours: Up to 10 days
Pay: up to £600 per day
Closing date: 0900, 7 November 2022
ABOUT THE ROLE & HOW TO APPLY
API/Back-end developer (Data Services) – CLOSED
Help us build and maintain our net-zero data services.
Contract: Fixed Term – ASAP to end of March 2023
Location: Flexible (fully remote working from home)
Hours: Three days a week (We don’t work on Fridays!)
Pay: up to £550 per day
Closing date: 0900, 19 October 2022
ABOUT THE ROLE & HOW TO APPLY
Front-end & UX developer (Data Services)
Help us develop, integrate and evolve our customer-facing online services.
Contract: Fixed Term – ASAP to end of March 2023
Location: Flexible (fully remote working from home)
Hours: Three days a week (We don’t work on Fridays!)
Pay: up to £550 per day
Closing date: 0900, 24 October
ABOUT THE ROLE & HOW TO APPLY
Sales Coordinator (Core) – CLOSED
Help us develop and deliver our sales strategy to secure income that enables us to make data work harder to achieve net-zero.
Contract: Fixed Term – ASAP to the end of December 2022
Location: Flexible (fully remote working from home)
Hours: Two days a week (we don’t work on Fridays!)
Rate: up to £220 per day (contractor) or £28k per annum (pro rata) fixed term contract
Closing date: 0900 BST, 24 October 2022
User Needs Researcher (net-zero investments) – CLOSED
Help us identify a priority use case to enable shipping industry funders to make net-zero investments
Contract: Fixed Term – starting ASAP for 8 weeks
Location: Flexible (fully remote working from home)
Hours: Up to two days a week (we don’t work on Fridays!)
Rate: up to £350-450 a day
Closing date: 0900 BST, 11 October 2022
Community and events manager (Membership & Community) – CLOSED
Help us build and continue to develop our communities, for data to work harder to achieve net-zero.
Contract: Fixed Term – ASAP to end of December 2022
Location: Flexible (fully remote working from home)
Hours: Two days a week (We don’t work on Fridays!)
Pay: up to £450 per day
Closing date: 0900, 30 August 2022
ABOUT THE ROLE & HOW TO APPLY
Business Analyst (Data Services) – CLOSED
Help us to identify and perform requirements analysis, document processes and requirements and support the management of sprints.
Contract: Fixed Term – ASAP to end of December 2022
Location: Flexible (fully remote working from home)
Hours: Three days a week (We don’t work on Fridays!)
Pay: up to £550 per day
Closing date: 0900, 11 July 2022
ABOUT THE ROLE & HOW TO APPLY
Membership & Supporter Manager (Membership & Community) – CLOSED
Help us build and deliver our membership and supporter processes, systems and services.
Contract: Fixed Term – ASAP to end of December 2022
Location: Flexible (fully remote working from home)
Hours: Two days a week (We don’t work on Fridays!)
Pay: up to £600 per day
Closing date: 0900, 18 July 2022
ABOUT THE ROLE & HOW TO APPLY
Executive Assistant to CEO / HR Coordinator – CLOSED
Contribute to the effectiveness of our CEO through inbox management, diary support, project management, recruitment and other ad-hoc team support.
Contract: Permanent
Location: Flexible (fully remote working from home)
Hours: Full time (four days a week) We don’t do Fridays!
Pay: circa £40,000
Closing date: 0900, 17 June 2022
Benefits: Pension contribution, four day working week, and the opportunity to work on a groundbreaking project
ABOUT THE ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY
User needs researcher (electric vehicles) – CLOSED
Help us identify the data requirements for the energy sector to support the role out of public EV chargepoints.
Contract: Fixed Term – 8 weeks from 1 March 2022
Location: Flexible (working remotely until further notice)
Hours: Up to 16 days (2 days a week)
Pay: £350-400 per day
Closing date: 9:00 GMT 24 February 2022
Interaction Designer (Open Energy) – CLOSED
Help us to further develop the product proposition and prototype key aspects in readiness to “go-live”.
Contract: Fixed Term – ASAP to 28 February 2022
Location: Flexible (working remotely until further notice)
Hours: Up to 15 days
Pay: £450-550 per day
Closing date: 0900 GMT, 17 January 2022
ABOUT THE ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY
Front-end Developer (Open Energy) – CLOSED
Help us develop, integrate and evolve our customer-facing online services.
Contract: Fixed Term – ASAP to 28 February 2022
Location: Flexible (working remotely until further notice)
Hours: Up to 2 days/week
Pay: £450-550 per day
Closing date: 9:00 GMT 6th December 2021
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Customer Technology Support Lead (Open Energy) — CLOSED
Help us to help our customers and third parties integrate with our search technology.
Contract: Fixed Term – ASAP to 28 February 2022
Location: Flexible (working remotely until further notice)
Hours: Up to 2 days/week
Pay: £500-600 per day
Closing date: 9:00 GMT 22nd November 2021
ABOUT THE ROLE & HOW TO APPLY
User Needs Researcher (Open Energy) — CLOSED
Contract: Fixed Term – ASAP to 28 February 2022
Location: Flexible (working remotely until further notice)
Hours: Up to 8 days/month
Pay: £400 per day
Closing date: 9:00 GMT 1st November 2021
Legal advisor and writer (Open Energy) — CLOSED
Contract: Fixed – Mid-May to end of July 2021
Location: Flexible (working from home until further notice)
Hours: Up to 3 days a month
Rate: Contractor rate – circa £500 – £600 / day
Closing date: 0900 BST 10 May 2021
Role: Help us draft data licenses and other associated contractual documents to support the launch of Open Energy.
Technical Writer (Open Energy) — CLOSED
Contract: Fixed Term – mid-March to end of July 2021
Location: Flexible (working from home until further notice)
Hours: Part-time – up to three days a week
Rate: up to £300 / day rate
Closing date: 9am GMT, 4 March 2021
Role: Help us research and communicate technical documentation for Open Energy.
ABOUT THE ROLE & TO APPLY
Context: Icebreaker One has won a major UK Research and Innovation competition for the Open Energy project, which aims to revolutionise the way data is shared across the energy sector to make sure the UK achieves its net-zero goals. This funding means we can continue developing a standard that all organisations in the energy data ecosystem can use to search, share and access data.
Devops Engineer (Open Energy)
Contract: Fixed Term – March to end of July 2021
Location: Flexible (working from home until further notice)
Hours: Up to two days a week (but may be more at the start)
Rate: Up to £550 / day
The role: Help us set up and manage reliable, efficient systems and deployment pipelines.
ABOUT THE ROLE & HOW TO APPLY
Context: Icebreaker One has won a major UK Research and Innovation competition for the Open Energy project, which aims to revolutionise the way data is shared across the energy sector to make sure the UK achieves its net-zero goals. This funding means we can continue developing a standard that all organisations in the energy data ecosystem can use to search, share and access data.
Administrator (Open Energy) — CLOSED
Contract: Employed Fixed Term – Start of March to end of July 2021
Location: Flexible (working from home until further notice)
Hours: Full time – four days a week (we don’t work on a Friday!)
Rate: up to £25k, pro-rata
Role: Help support the effective running and smooth delivery of Open Energy.
ABOUT THE ROLE & HOW TO APPLY
Commercial development manager (SERI) — CLOSED
Contract: Fixed – May to end of July 2021 – with continuation subject to funding
Location: Flexible (working from home until further notice)
Hours: Flexible – up to 6 days a month
Rate: Contractor) circa £500/day
Closing date: 0900 BST, 29 April 2021
Role: Help us ensure successful continuation funding for SERI through converting existing partners to paying members and adding new commercial partners.
Context: SERI was set up as a response to an 18-month consultation with industry, policy and individual practitioners, during which we spoke with 230+ experts. The mission of the project is to create a clear, impactful and detailed governance framework that enables government, businesses, consumers and 3rd party developers to understand further the potential of sector-wide data sharing in insurance, the next steps to implementation in the UK and empower decision makers to mandate, measure and act upon the data flows that enable net-zero.
UX/Web Developer (Open Energy) — CLOSED
Contract: Fixed – April to end of July 2021
Location: Flexible (working from home until further notice)
Hours: Part time – eight days a month
Rate: up to £450-550 / day
Closing date: 9am GMT, 30 March 2021
Role: Help us to build web-based, user and mobile-friendly interfaces for Open Energy.
ABOUT THE ROLE & HOW TO APPLY
Information & Data Architect (Open Energy) — CLOSED
Contract: Fixed – March to end of July 2021
Location: Flexible (working from home until further notice)
Hours: Up to three days a week
Rate: Contractor rate – £500 – £600 / dayC
Context: Icebreaker One has won a major UK Research and Innovation competition for the Open Energy project, which aims to revolutionise the way data is shared across the energy sector to make sure the UK achieves its net-zero goals. This funding means we can continue developing a standard that all organisations in the energy data ecosystem can use to search, share and access data.
Role: Help us understand, map and create data schemas and metadata for Open Energy.
ABOUT THE ROLE & HOW TO APPLY
API/Services Developer (Open Energy) — CLOSED
Contract: Fixed – March to end of July 2021
Location: Flexible (working from home until further notice)
Hours: Up to three days a week
Rate: Contractor rate – £500 – £600 / day
Context: Icebreaker One has won a major UK Research and Innovation competition for the Open Energy project, which aims to revolutionise the way data is shared across the energy sector to make sure the UK achieves its net-zero goals. This funding means we can continue developing a standard that all organisations in the energy data ecosystem can use to search, share and access data.
Role: Help us develop and build an open governance platform and search engine for energy data.
ABOUT THE ROLE & HOW TO APPLY
Data Scientist (Open Energy) — CLOSED
Contract: Fixed – March to end of July 2021
Location: Flexible (working from home until further notice)
Hours: Up three days a week
Rate: Contractor rate – £500 – £600 / day
Context: Icebreaker One has won a major UK Research and Innovation competition for the Open Energy project, which aims to revolutionise the way data is shared across the energy sector to make sure the UK achieves its net-zero goals. This funding means we can continue developing a standard that all organisations in the energy data ecosystem can use to search, share and access data.
Role: Help us to document, map and design an affective energy data search tool.
ABOUT THE ROLE & HOW TO APPLY
Open Engagement Manager (Open Energy) — CLOSED
Contract: Fixed Term – mid-February to end of July 2021
Location: Flexible (working from home until further notice)
Hours: Flexible – up to three days a week
Rate: (Contractor) c £450/day
Context: Icebreaker One has won a major UK Research and Innovation competition for the Open Energy project, which aims to revolutionise the way data is shared across the energy sector to make sure the UK achieves its net-zero goals. This funding means we can continue developing a standard that all organisations in the energy data ecosystem can use to search, share and access data.
The role: The Open Engagement Manager will help us ensure this next phase of Open Energy is developed in collaboration with the energy industry and beyond.
ABOUT THE ROLE & HOW TO APPLY
Systems and standards lead (SERI) — CLOSED
Contract: Fixed Term – 7 months (1 September 2020 to 31 March 2021)
Location: Flexible (working from home until further notice)
Hours: Flexible – minimum 2.5 days per week (if you can do more then we’d be interested to hear more)
Pay: £3k per month
Context: Help us develop climate-ready insurance products and investigate what systems, standards and regulatory changes are needed for a Standard for Environment, Risk and Insurance (SERI). This role will lead the Systems and Standards Working Group to help identify and develop the systems and standards required.
Policy and regulation lead (SERI) — CLOSED
Contract: Fixed Term – 10 months (June 2020 to 31 March 2021)
Location: Flexible (working from home until further notice)
Hours: Flexible – up to 2.5 days per week (contracted role)
Pay: £2.5k per month
Context: This role will be to chair the Policy and Regulations Working Group to help develop and build the policy and regulation response for a Standard for Environment, Risk and Insurance (SERI).
Constellation Manager — CLOSED
Contract: Fixed Term – to 31 March 2021
Location: Flexible (working from home until further notice)
Hours: Flexible – up to three days a week
Pay: Up to £2k per month
Context: Our Constellation Manager will help support our Standard for Environment, Risk and Insurance (SERI) programme—to develop the first climate-ready insurance product and lay the foundations for exponential impact. This will involve building, informing and engaging across the Icebreaker One community of practice and SERI partners.
Researcher — CLOSED
Contract: Fixed Term – to 31 March 2021
Location: Flexible (working from home until further notice)
Hours: Flexible – three days a week
Pay: £35k FTE per annum (pro-rata according to actual days worked)
Benefits: Pension and the opportunity to work on a groundbreaking project
Context: Support the Product Innovation group to help understand the existing and potential market opportunities that will inform a Standard for Environment, Risk and Insurance (SERI).
Executive Assistant – CLOSED
Contract: Fixed Term – 11 months (1 May 2020 to 31 March 2021)
Location: Flexible (working from home until further notice)
Hours: Flexible – three days a week
Pay: £35k FTE per annum (pro-rata according to actual days worked)
Benefits: Pension and the opportunity to work on a groundbreaking project