Researcher, Writer and Co-op Member

The Researcher will be trained to apply our ratings system to the companies behind the brands
in our product guides, as well as to perform
company screenings for external
clients. Researchers input research into our database, write accompanying articles for
our magazine and website, and produce research for external clients and for consultancy
projects as and when required. This role will also include some business marketing.

Ethical Consumer is a not-for-profit multi-stakeholder cooperative, and welcomes applications
from all sections of the community. We use name-blind shortlisting. The offices are upstairs in
a wheelchair accessible building in Manchester. Remote working is possible.

Co-operative Responsibilities

New staff are required to work a probationary period of nine months, before they can become permanent staff and full members. Due to the length of training and the nature of this role, we are looking for people interested in working with Ethical Consumer medium to long term.

All members share the responsibilities of running the co-operative, including taking part in the decision-making process and joining relevant subgroups to help manage eg finance, personnel or consultancy.

Specific responsibilities – Researchers will:

• Help to produce research for publication in Ethical Consumer magazine and on its website
• Contribute to screenings or consultancy work as agreed collectively. Recently, clients have
  included selected organisations such as Lush Cosmetics, Amnesty International, Fair Tax Mark
  and Which? magazine.
• This role will also require providing some assistance with business marketing work within
  our marketing team.

The timetable for this recruitment is as
follows:

• Closing date – 10pm Thursday 15th August
• Short-listing – Friday 16th – Thursday 22nd August
• Interviews – week of 26th August (conducted on Zoom)
• Starting date – Tuesday 1st October (subject to negotiation)