About Us
Barbour is a trusted and comprehensive provider of regulatory information, guidance, standards and resources to support our clients wherever they are in the world. Through our knowledge of complex legislation and flexible resources, we empower our clients to simplify and manage their EHS compliance.
It's about more than just legislation. Working with Barbour, you have a partner to help put solid compliance foundations in place, tools to influence company culture, and specialist consultancy. We help you stay on top of ever-changing industry developments, ensuring your organisation keeps people safe and protects the environment.
About The Role
To assist with the implementation and embedding of AI tools across the Editorial function. Defining requirements, identifying the most beneficial solutions and assisting with the implementation of these. Ensuring the ongoing management of AI solutions in relation to source content requirements and business needs.
To create, update and review health, safety, environment and energy focused content for the Barbour International Service. To research, analyse and gain a comprehensive understanding of key health, safety, environment and energy topics (from a legislative and official guidance perspective) in multiple jurisdictions and use this intelligence to produce factual guidance content for a professional audience. To create content in line with our defined content types while also working to Barbour standards relating to quality, accuracy, coverage and the fulfilment of user expectations. To work to production deadlines.
What You'll Be Getting Up To
AI Implementation

• To analyse source content, gather requirements and define outputs in relation to the use of AI in the creation of document content, for example summaries of legislation.
• To review and evaluate available tools, determining and advising on their suitability, benefits and costs.
• The evaluation and review of content generated through the use of AI, taking into consideration an Editorial acceptance criterion and the intended output.
• To define processes for the consistent creation of content to predefined templates.
• To evaluate requirements and implement the use of AI within wider research tasks.
• To ensure the currency and suitability of processes on an ongoing basis.
  

Writing and Research

• To create, update and review health, safety, environment and energy focused international content providing guidance on relevant legislation and official guidance and how to remain compliant. This content focusses on a number of jurisdictions.
• To research and gain a comprehensive understanding of health, safety, environment and energy topics being covered.
• To be comfortable digesting, analysing and summarising legislation, official guidance and governance information for use in the end guidance content.
• To be comfortable determining information, news and topics which would be relevant to our audience.
• To become familiar and knowledgeable on sources of official information, government and legislative structures and to keep up to date with current affairs relating to this sector.
• To work to defined content templates and specifications which define both the structure and guide on the extent of coverage.
• Using AI enabled processes to create and validate content which is suitable for a professional, business-to-business audience; being factual, interesting, digestible and very well written.
• Ensure the correctness and accuracy of content. Raising any issues or queries identified at any point during the content research, review and creation process.
• Review, assess and verify content produced by other writers.
• To work to and define production deadlines and be comfortable working under pressure.
  

What We're Looking For
The ideal candidate for this role will demonstrate behaviours that reflect our core values. Our colleagues are approachable and optimistic, focusing on solutions. We listen to understand client needs, delivering expert guidance and a high-quality service. We foster collaboration by sharing knowledge openly and supporting others to thrive by sharing well-considered feedback. We continuously strive for improvement by being open to challenge, being curious and focusing on innovation.
In order to excel in this role you need...

• An understanding of, or experience in, the health and safety and/or environment and energy sectors is desirable.
• Experience working with legislation, compliance or regulatory content.
• GCSE English and Maths at C/4 and above
• Excellent writing skills.
• Strong research skills.
• An understanding of AI and desire to align with further technical developments.
• Ability to analyse information and extract salient and important material.
• Ability to summarise content.
• Very attentive to detail and accurate.
• Comfortable working to deadlines and under pressure.
• Extremely organised.
• Able to work as a part of team.
• An understanding of legislation and legal governance is desirable.
  

Why join us?
We put people first-whether it's our customers or our colleagues. When you join us, you'll be part of a supportive team that values collaboration, innovation, and professional growth. We'll give you the tools and opportunities to succeed, while ensuring you feel valued every step of the way.
Our Benefits
We aim to support our colleagues both professionally and personally. Here's a snapshot of what we offer:

• Location: Remote based
• Working Pattern: Monday to Friday 9 - 5:30pm with a one hour unpaid lunch break.
  

• Annual Leave: 25 days holiday in addition to usual bank holidays.
• Wellbeing - Health cash plan, company sick pay scheme, gym discounts, cycle to work scheme, mental health first aiders and an enhanced employee assistance programme
• Financial - Salary sacrifice pension scheme, exclusive shopping discounts, EV Salary Sacrifice scheme, access to affordable ways to buy white goods and tech
• Family - We enhance statutory family leave entitlements, run charity events throughout the year to support our charity partner Mind, provide group life insurance and offer a one‑off two‑week paid life‑event leave after five years of service.
• Community - Volunteer days and religious holiday swaps
• Social - We host an annual conference to get the whole business together as well as our team of Social Champions who arrange regular events for inside and outside of work
• Development - We'll cover the cost of a professional membership fee, support your personal and professional development and provide you with access to our online learning library