Sustainability Technical Writer & Editor - RE Tech Advisors

McLean, VA, USAReq #1957

Thursday, January 23, 2025

RE Tech Advisors, a Legence company

RE Tech Advisors (https://www.retechadvisors.com/) is a growing, woman-led consulting firm of over 125 ESG professionals. We deliver results at the intersection of engineering, technology, and sustainability. RE Tech has a progressive and ambitious client base that includes numerous commercial real estate portfolios, private equity investors, federal agencies, industry associations, and manufacturing companies. By joining the RE Tech Advisors team, you will work closely with recognized industry leaders who are driving national and global sustainability initiatives providing you the opportunity to realize your own professional growth objectives in the ESG arena.

RE Tech is seeking a Technical Writer who can develop and edit content for internal and client deliverables, communicate across project teams to ensure consistent and timely delivery of materials, work closely with and under the oversight of the Project Manager. The Technical Writer will work with stakeholders to create internal and external RE Tech collateral for social media, email, website, and print format to help promote the company, our services, and our expert knowledge in the field of sustainability. This position requires the ability to coordinate the creation of multiple reports simultaneously balancing internal and external resources, workloads and timelines. It also requires a strong grasp of grammar and formatting which includes the ability copyedit/proofread following a diverse range of editorial brand guidelines for each client deliverable.

This position is located within our McLean, Virginia office. After a successful onboarding, the position is open to a hybrid work model that includes a mix of in office and work from home, as well as flex scheduling. This role will, at times, require the employee to work extended workdays, including into the evening and on weekends to meet proposal deadlines. RE Tech supports workplace flexibility, enabling our team members to balance their working hours between busier and lighter periods.

Essential Job Functions / Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare written text for internal and client materials, such as: CSR/CR/ESG corporate reports, brochures, and ESG communications. Apply the correct language and tone based on the subject and target audience, and conduct research, as needed, generating a list of references and footnotes.

• Provide suggestions on themes for the client work product.

• Collaborate and work in conjunction with the design team to ensure that themes and content are represented accurately, and that client’s branding standards are followed throughout the document layout.

• Participate in client calls, gathering information needed to generate deliverable. Handle follow up email communication with clients to obtain necessary information needed for work product.

• Conduct research and due diligence on a subject, industry, company/organization or technology.

• Create and curate RE Tech collateral including social media posts, email communications, website language, and printed/presented materials. Work with Project Manager to upkeep a timeline of these deliverables using Asana. When necessary, engage design team to assist with layout.

• Copyedit content prior to delivery of the product to the client.

• Maintain and ensure execution of your projects schedule including both delivery dates and production timelines. Coordinate with team members for deliverables, drafts, versions, and content in a timely manner.

• Conduct research and interviews on behalf of the client for reports and other collateral. Take initiative to request information needed for preparing content, looking for opportunities to suggest content additions to the client based on research and interviews.

• Ensure quality control of your written material and provide editorial assistance to others in reviewing and proofreading other communication projects/deliverables.

• Properly and accurately track all of your time worked and expenses. Input on time in the expense and time keeping system, billing to the correct codes and using the correct labor categories.

• Know and follow company policies and processes.

• Perform all other duties as needed and assigned.

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of the subject, target audience(s), and use of language and appropriate tone (which may be “client-oriented” when needed)

• Ability to create innovative content ideas.

• Possess a growth mindset seeking continuous improvement and supporting a culture of learning, growing, and improving as an individual, our team members, our business, and our client work.

• Ability to collaborate internally and externally to co-create successful outcomes.

• Analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities. Strong attention to detail in your work and work produced by more junior team members.

• Possess sound business ethics, including the protection of proprietary and confidential information.

• Ability to be flexible and adapt to a changing landscape and client needs, handle multiple time-sensitive priorities, excel in a fast-paced environment, and ability to pivot and adjust priorities and approaches.

• Ability to manage up, down, and across the organization, as well as outside clients and vendors.

• Experience in utilizing asana (or like platform) as a project management system.

• Strong interpersonal skills including courtesy, professionalism, and a cooperative attitude.

• Strong written communication skills with a propensity to write in a clear, concise manner to convey points effectively, creatively, and with the appropriate tone and professionalism.

• Strong verbal communication skills to effectively interact with and build confidence with internal and external contacts, including public speaking.

• High degree of initiative, proactiveness, drive, enthusiasm, energy, and follow through.

• Proficiency with online collaboration and file sharing tools, such as SharePoint and the Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams).

Required Education and/or Experience

• A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in a marketing and communications role

• Experience in consulting and sustainability related field is preferred.

Bonus Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience drafting CSR/CR/ESG corporate reports and ESG communications

• Knowledge and experience writing for sustainability frameworks such as TCFD, SASB, GRI and UN SDGs

• Experience designing using the Adobe Creative Suite

• Ability to review a spreadsheets or data visualizations to recognize and communicate trends happening within the data.

• Experience with InCopy

• Proficiency using Adobe Live Links for content markup

No sponsorship available for this position.

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Health and Welfare Benefits

• Health and Welfare

• Medical

• Dental

• Vision

• Prescription drug

• Employee assistance program

• Maternity and parental leave

Personal Benefits

• Paid vacation

• Company-paid holidays

• Volunteer time off

• Flexible/hybrid work schedule

• Annual professional development fund

• Voting leave

Financial Benefits

• 401(k) retirement savings plan

• Company-paid long-term and short-term disability insurance

• AD&D insurance

• Life insurance

• One-time home office bonus

Office perks

• Snacks, coffee and Bevi drink machine

• Regular social activities

• Free on-site parking

• Free on-site gym (Tysons Corner, Virginia office)

• Dog friendly office (Dallas, Texas office)

• Metro accessible office (Tysons Corner, Virginia office, Silver Line)

About Legence

Legence, a Blackstone portfolio company, is an Energy Transition Accelerator™ that provides advisory services and implementation focused on financing, designing, building, and servicing complex systems in mission-critical and high performance facilities. With five decades of expertise in the built environment, Legence has a proven track record of reducing carbon emissions, implementing renewables, lowering utility costs through efficiency consumption, and making systems run better at unmatched speed and scale. To learn more about Legence and its services, visit https://www.wearelegence.com/ .

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