Climate Change Jobs

As European Steel Data Analyst, you’ll be employed by SteelWatch but work as part of the European Fossil-Free Steel Network (EFFSN) secretariat. You’ll be the data expert supporting over 90 environmental organizations across Europe, building the evidence base needed to accelerate steel sector decarbonization.

This remote-working, Europe-based role combines technical expertise with real-world impact. You’ll manage critical datasets on European steel plants, analyze industry trends, and create compelling data visualizations that inform campaigns and policy decisions. Your work will directly support efforts to transition Europe’s steel industry from coal to clean energy.

The European Fossil Free Steel Network

The European Fossil Free Steel Network (EFFSN) brings together over 90 civil society organizations, researchers, and think tanks working to accelerate the iron and steel sector’s shift away from fossil fuels. The network supports a 1.5°C-aligned transformation grounded in renewable energy, just transition and resource efficiency. EFFSN works collaboratively across Europe and with international partners to align strategies, share knowledge, and drive systemic change. It is coordinated by a secretariat hosted by E3G and Beyond Fossil Fuels.

The organisation

SteelWatch is an international climate campaign organisation, driving corporate accountability and action in the steel sector. Our vision is a steel sector that underpins a thriving zero emissions economy. We run corporate campaigns and challenge the global steel industry to replace complacency with urgent action in line with the 1.5C limit.

Accurate and credible data, robust analysis and our global, long-term, climate-first lens on sector decarbonisation, are key strengths that underpin our campaigns and dialogue.

We complement the work of other civil society change-makers bringing a vigilant voice and corporate scrutiny.

SteelWatch is a non-profit registered in the Netherlands in 2023.

Role and Responsibilities

The core purpose of the role is to lead the data related work of the EFFSN, ensuring its effective integration into network strategy and implementation.

Key Responsibilities
Data & information mining (~30%):
● Be(come) an expert on the European iron and steel landscape – having a good overview of existing plants, and keeping track of key developments;
● Maintain a continuous overview and understanding of what is available in relevant publicly available datasets, while making sure that the EFFSN is making full use of the data available;
● Collaborate with global partners working on data tracking to build strong data partnerships, make good use of their data and evolve the role and data management approach as partners evolve their own data work;
● Identify key data gaps in existing available iron and steel data and develop systems to fill them through structured data collection and maintenance, ensuring up-to-date, accurate and actionable data is available for internal and external use.
● Monitor steel market and project developments, making it possible to pick up key announcements of relevance to the network – eg relining, stalling of green steel projects, new green steel projects – and making sure that these are integrated into internal and external datasets.
● Proactively seek out new data sources and analysis techniques that can support campaigning in the steel sector and develop innovative ways to share and visualise them.

Data provision, analysis and member support (~35%):
● Bring the data managed, as outlined in the above section into life and help identify how it can be useful to tell powerful data stories as well as for campaigns and policy and advocacy work through regular interaction with network members;
● Work closely with the EFFSN secretariat to:
○ Respond to specific member requests.
○ Inform network strategy and campaign development, ensuring campaigns
are data-driven, targeted, timely, and grounded in evidence.
○ Identify opportunities and pressure points for systemic impact
● Develop and maintain unique, consolidated internal resources — bringing together critical information on steel plants, companies, and transition pathways across Europe

Campaigning products and tools (~35%):
● Analyse and synthesise trends and findings on the steel sector for internal and external audiences. This could be working with the communications officer to prepare content for a range of outputs e.g. blogs, briefings, reports, social or traditional media and data visualisations
● In close collaboration with the EFFSN secretariat, conceptualise and drive the development of a minimum of one visualisation product or tool that supports communications and campaigns. This would be a web-based tool, such as a digital countdown or a transition map tool.