About the role

Reimagine search and browse experiences for a climate data product, moving from early concept development to implementation. Collaborate with engineering, data science, and policy teams to design interfaces for expert users navigating complex climate documents.

What they look for

Product Design Interaction Design Information Architecture Figma HTML CSS Prototyping Design Systems User Interface Design Data Visualization End-to-End Product Thinking Cross-functional Collaboration

Requirements

Requires over 5 years of digital product design experience, specifically with data-heavy or search-oriented interfaces and proficiency in Figma. Candidates should have a strong portfolio and a working knowledge of modern web development (HTML/CSS).

Benefits

Four-Day Workweek Collaborative Work Culture

Full description

About us

Climate Policy Radar is an independent non-profit building open, credible data infrastructure and AI-powered tools for climate, nature, and development action.

Our data and tools help governments, researchers, international organisations, civil society, and the private sector to understand and advance effective climate policies and deploy climate finance. Harnessing data science and AI – including pioneering applications of natural language processing in this field – we make previously unstructured, siloed data easier to find, understand, and act on.

We are a team of policy experts, engineers, data scientists, product thinkers, communicators, and operators. We care deeply about how we work – our values, culture, and ways of collaborating – as well as what we build. As part of that, we have embraced a flexible, hybrid approach to work, including a four-day workweek.

Roles and responsibilities

We’re looking for an experienced designer who can help reimagine sophisticated search and browse experiences for our core product.

You will:

work on early concept development, bringing them all the way through to interaction design and implementation

work closely with our product engineering, data science, and policy teams to define what we will build to meet our users’ needs

work directly with engineers to ensure high-quality implementation

design for expert users who need to find, explore, and make sense of complex documents and relationships between climate topics

prototype interactions to test and communicate ideas

work across search interfaces, browse patterns, reading experiences, and everything in between

establish new patterns and components that evolve our product design system

You bring with you:

5+ years designing digital products (ideally with experience working on data-heavy or search-oriented interfaces)

A strong portfolio showing end-to-end product thinking and expert interface design with attention to detail

experience working in multi-disciplinary teams

ability to shape your own work and handle competing priorities

an understanding of information architecture and how people navigate complex systems

comfortable working with ambiguity

experience building or contributing to design systems

be proficient in Figma and have a working knowledge of HTML and CSS and best practice in modern web development.

a collaborative approach and strong communication skills

Nice to haves

enthusiasm for trying new tools and approaches, especially a desire to experiment with new ways of working with AI tools

an interest in the climate domain

experience designing data visualisation

able to ship small amounts of front-end code (HTML, CSS, basic JavaScript)

We are looking for candidates with significant experience in highly collaborative cross-functional teams, excitement about working in a startup/scaleup environment and all that brings.

We are a mission driven organisation, and work best with people who have strong alignment with our values. We care about them deeply.

We actively encourage applicants from diverse and historically underrepresented backgrounds. Not sure if you tick all the boxes but feel like you align with our values, are excited about working in Climate Change and AI and have the potential to do well in the role? Click apply! We’d love to hear from you.

Salary and Benefits:

Salary between £550 - £650 per day depending on experience

A vibrant, collaborative, empathetic work culture that thrives on innovation and the impact of our work

Interview process

We know that applying for a new job can be full of uncertainties - and we aim to reduce those by communicating clearly. Our process is made of several stages (see below). After each stage, we’ll contact you as soon as we can and no longer than 2 working days, to let you know if you will be progressing to the next stage.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the process of application and selection, please let us know.

Process:

Screening interview (recruiter)

30 minute call with 1 hour Head of Product and one other member of the team

1 hour at home task, to be recorded to sent to the team for review

30 minute - 1 hour behavioural interview with two team members

Right to Work in the UK

Equal opportunities

At Climate Policy Radar, We are committed to fostering a workplace that is inclusive and equitable. Climate Policy Radar welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and does not tolerate discrimination in any aspect of employment. We actively work to ensure equal opportunities for all, regardless of heritage, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, relationship choices, or criminal history, in line with legal requirements. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, in line with legal requirements.

Not sure if you tick all the boxes but feel like you align with our values, are excited about working in climate change and AI and have the potential to do well in the role? Click apply! We’d love to hear from you.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation in the process of application and selection, please let us know.