Careers
We currently have three vacancies
Current vacancy - Web content editor
Role
Global Water Intelligence, the leading magazine for the international water business, is looking for a writer to produce and edit copy for its desalination related websites, www.desalination.com and www.desaldata.com. The two sites provide news, company and country profiles, job advertising and analysis for the desalination industry. It is an opportunity to join a fast growing business with a ring-side seat reporting on one of the greatest environmental challenges facing the world today.
You would also be expected to generate ideas for developing our online desalination content in new ways, with the objective of making desalination.com the number one online resource for the industry.
As well as writing desalination-related content for the web, you would be expected to help with the production of GWI during busy periods, and work regularly on gathering news for our project tracker, which provides bite-size updates of upcoming water-related infrastructure projects around the world.
The post would suit a graduate looking for their second job or someone looking for a route into publishing/journalism. The salary range is £22,000-£25,000.
Requirements
- The ability to gain a rapid understanding of a technical subject.
- Writing ability, including experience or knowledge of writing for websites.
- The ability to précis complex stories concisely without losing their sense.
- An eye for detail.
- Ideas for how to develop content for a specialist site.
- The flexibility to thrive in a busy, rapidly-growing international business with minimal supervision.
How to apply
Please do not sign up for a free trial for any of our publications. Instead go to www.globalwaterintel.com/webcontenteditor and download the PDF of the December 2011 issue of GWI. Pick five full-length stories to summarise – the body text must be 150 words and the headline must be 53 characters long.
Send your summarised stories and CV to Rhys Owen: ro@globalwaterintel.com by Mon 20 February 2012.
About Global Water Intelligence
Global Water Intelligence is a monthly magazine focused on the international water industry. With its emphasis on high value-added news reporting it has grown from two employees to nearly 50 spread across three international offices over the past decade. The outlook for continued growth of the magazine, its related websites and research reports remains strong. Our head office is in central Oxford, but fewer than 5% of revenues are generated in the UK, ensuring that there is plenty of scope for international travel. If you are cosmopolitan, highly motivated, and creative we would love you to join us. See www.globalwaterintel.com/about/
Current vacancy - Research analyst
Analysing data and communicating the stories that it tells.
Role
As an analyst, you would work closely with a team on our market intelligence reports and consultancy projects. You would be a key team member, researching the fine detail while being aware of the big picture.
This position would suit someone with a maths / science background looking for, or continuing, a route into publishing and science communication.
Typical work activities would include
- Picking up the essentials of a new field quickly through background research.
- Collecting and analysing data and information from published sources, proprietary sources and interviews conducted with industry experts.
- Working out what "stories" the data is telling in order to build up a picture of both the current marketplace and what is likely to happen in the future.
- Writing sections of our reports to communicate these findings to an appropriate audience (e.g. consultancy clients, investors, water sector specialists, etc).
Requirements
- Highly numerate, with an ability to "join the dots" across different datasets and make the kinds of connections that "speak a thousand words".
- Good communicator, with an ability to explain ideas to a variety of audiences (or a capacity to learn quickly through editorial support and feedback if writing experience is currently limited).
- Good attention to detail, taking pride in a high quality end-product.
- A team player who delights equally in sharing with and learning from others who are working on a project.
- Strong problem-solving and IT skills.
- Some programming experience would be desirable though not essential.
- Salary dependent on experience.
How to apply
Send your answers to the two questions given below, together with your CV, to Heather Lang by Mon 20 February 2012.
Email address: hl@globalwaterintel.com
Postal address: Global Water Intelligence, The Jam Factory, 27 Park End Street, Oxford, OX1 1HU
Question 1
Calculate what a residential customer with a 3/4" meter who lives in the City of Charleston would be charged for water and sewerage if they used 15 cubic metres of water in the month of July 2011. Use the rate chart given here: City of Charleston rate chart. Annotate your calculations (which can be handwritten, in a document, in Excel, etc. as you choose) explaining what you have done to get your answer and, if necessary, any clarifications you would ask for.
Question 2
You are working with a colleague on a tariff survey. This involves collecting information about water and sewerage tariffs for 320 cities worldwide, and calculating what a 15 cubic metre per month "benchmark user" would pay in each city. Your colleague is less confident with numbers than you are, and is not quite sure how to go about the kind of calculation you've just done in question 1.
Write some brief notes (around three-quarters of a page) for your colleague saying how to go about doing calculations like these, including the potential problems or issues they might encounter. The notes would be used as the starting point for you sitting with your colleague and going through some examples with them, and also as a 'checklist' for them to look at as they go on to collect tariffs for other cities and do similar calculations.
About Global Water Intelligence
Global Water Intelligence specialises in high-level business intelligence. Our analytical, industry-focused reports are essential reading for those who need a clear understanding of the rapidly expanding global water industry.
With an emphasis on value-added products, the company has grown from two employees to nearly 50 spread across three international offices over the past decade. The outlook for continued growth of the reports, consultancy, magazine and related websites remains strong. Our head office is in central Oxford, but fewer than 5% of revenues are generated in the UK, ensuring that there is plenty of scope for international travel. If you are cosmopolitan, highly motivated, and creative we would love you to join us.
Current vacancy - Sales executive
GWI is the leading market researcher for the international water market. We produce reports, databases, and monthly/weekly publications for professionals in the industry.
We’re a rapidly growing company. There’s great upward mobility potential for those who work hard. We have a small sales team at our Oxford office of about 10 people who are very friendly, ambitious, and independently motivated.
The role
We’re looking for a sales executive to work in our central Oxford office. You’ll be calling business people from companies around the world who work in the water industry. You’ll be selling them products specific for professionals within the water industry.
The available working hours will be Monday - Friday, from 9am to 6pm. Your primary duty will be making phone calls and writing emails. You’ll need to maintain and organize sales leads, to gain the maximum benefit from each opportunity.
This role can be full-time or part-time. Starting pay is £8.50 per hour plus commission, which is normally around £600-£800 per month.
About you
We’re hoping to find a bright and enthusiastic person looking for a step-up in publishing and the chance to make a big difference in a small company. The successful applicant will be:
- a friendly and confident communicator with strong negotiating and interpersonal skills
- positive and motivated to persistently make calls
- comfortable working with a wide range of people and tasks
- able to enjoy working as part of a small team but also confident working independently
- a quick and creative thinker who can present our products in ways that will intrigue potential clients
- educated to degree level or equivalent
Previous sales experience – specifically over the phone – is preferred. Knowledge of the water sector is desirable, but not essential.
To apply
Please email Oliver Rollinson with your CV and covering letter. His contact email is or@globalwaterintel.com.
Are you a bright graduate who’d like to start a career in publishing or in the water industry? Or do you need flexible part time work to help you through their degree? Often students who help us out in part time admin or telesales jobs end up staying on in the sales and marketing department as full time members of staff once they’ve graduated.
For sales and marketing roles, please send your CV to Emma Welsh, Sales and Marketing Director, ewelsh@globalwaterintel.com
We’re also happy to receive speculative applications from graduates. For editorial roles, please send your CV to Christopher Gasson, Managing Director, cg@globalwaterintel.com.
