Required: minimum requirements include:

2+ years of experience in environmental research, data journalism, or disinformation monitoring.

Background in climate science, environmental policy, or related fields strongly preferred.

Strong technical fluency in data analysis using Python, R, or similar tools; knowledge of SQL and database handling.

Comfortable with OSINT investigations, especially around media monitoring, lobby tracking, and influence networks.

Ability to develop and present data-driven stories to non-technical audiences

Prior experience working with environmental NGOs, climate activists, or monitoring policy lobbyists. 

Knowledge of African climate contexts and policy debates

Experience using tools like Gephi, Maltego, Meltwater, Meta’s Content Library or EarthData.

Foundational AI literacy: awareness of how generative AI tools can be used in both producing and detecting disinformation.

Preferred: candidates who are able to demonstrate the following will have an advantage:

Deep understanding of how climate narratives are manipulated or misrepresented in African digital spaces.

Experience identifying, categorising, and profiling disinformation actors such as lobbyists, bots, and pseudo-experts.

Ability to trace narrative flows, build network maps, and analyse influence strategies across platforms.

Skilled in mapping coordinated campaigns, funding trails, and media manipulation tactics.

Ability to conceptualise and help develop ranking systems or annual indices 

Able to work with cross-functional teams to translate findings into impactful investigations, visual reports, or multimedia explainers.

Capable of spotting newsworthy patterns in complex data and framing them for diverse audiences.

Passionate about climate justice, transparency, and holding power to account.

Language and Location Requirements:

Location: Africa, the Middle East or South Asia

Primary workplace languages: English

Preferred but not required: French, Arabic

About the Role:

The successful candidate will join iLAB’s Climate & Environment desk, which is responsible for investigating climate denialism/delayism, greenwashing, lobbying by both the fossil fuel and clean energy sectors, and anti-science disinformation. The team produces high-impact ‘actionable intelligence’ reports, alongside annual Toxic Ten rankings and partners with newsrooms and CSOs to expose harmful narratives, identify key disinformation actors, and support evidence-based research.

The investigative analyst will play a central role in surfacing and analysing large datasets drawn from media platforms, lobbying disclosures, environmental records, and OSINT sources. The analyst will help identify and classify bad actors, map coordinated disinformation campaigns, and produce evidence-backed insights for public-facing investigations and advocacy. Duties include developing data methodologies, scraping and cleaning datasets and creating visual comparisons (such as region-vs-region and year-on-year indices).

Responsibilities: Your daily responsibilities will include:

Monitor and analyse online environmental information manipulation with a focus on climate change denial/delayism, lobbying, greenwashing, and anti-science rhetoric.

Identify and categorise bad actors across sub-groups (media amplifiers, corporate lobbyists, pseudo-scientists, bots).

Develop yearly Toxic Ten rankings and comparison indices (region-vs-region, year-on-year).

Scrape, clean, and analyse large datasets including social media activity, media content archives, and environmental reporting databases.

Track coordinated influence campaigns and networked misinformation flows using OSINT and environmental data sources.

Map funding trails, affiliations, or campaign strategies behind denialist groups or narratives.

Build robust methodologies for identifying and classifying denial/delay content using a mix of qualitative and quantitative tools.

Work with editorial, design, and tech teams to produce public-facing investigations, dashboards, or infographics.