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Job Opportunity: Policy Fellow (Nature Central Banking):Job description:Job location: London LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university income from£50,606 to £58,505 per annum with potential to progress to £65,157 pa inclusive of London allowance This is a fixed term appointmentuntil June 2025,with potential to extend subject to further funding. The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (GRI) has established a new Centre for Economic Transition skills (CETEx) to support the delivery of sustainable, inclusive and resilient economies and financial systems across Europe. We seek to appoint an practiced Policy Fellow to deliver policy-oriented research projects within its Monetary and Financial Markets pillar, focusedon the function of central banks and financial managers in the context of nature loss and deforestation. The appointee will employ their reputation for rigorous, user-focused analysis and policy-orientated work, at a senior level, to ensure that research outputs have demonstrable impact and inform the public debate. The post holder willlead key aspects of a research, policy and engagement programme on central banking, financial supervision and nature/biodiversity loss with a specific focus on deforestation and Latin America, by identifying policy significant research questions and contributing to the intellectual shape and design of the overall programme, including preparing a range of impactful research and policy-significant publications and other high-quality outputs. They will also lead the organisation of engagement activities with senior policy experts and policymakers to ensure that outputs have demonstrable impact and inform decision-making, as well as work with non-traditional financial sector stakeholders, including indigenous peoples and local communities, on nature-loss related impacts and dependencies. Candidates should have an MSc in economics, climate/environmental governance, environmental/ecological economics or a closely related field. They will have work practice in a central bank or financial manager, working on environmental risks, biodiversity/nature loss, deforestation and climate change; and a strong knowledge of biodiversity impact and of dependency studies on nature-related exposures and risks preferably in the context of a central bank or financial manager. They will have strong practice in undertaking academic research on topics relating to climate change, environmental degradation and the low carbon transition, and practice in working with senior policy and decision-makers in international organisations, central banks and managers, and related sustainable financial networks. A strong regional and international network of climate and nature contacts in the financial policy space, with a focus on Latin America, is desirable. The other criteria that will be used when shortlisting for this post can be found on the person specification, which is attached to this vacancy on the LSE's online recruitment system. In addition to competitive income other benefits include an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave entitlement,hybrid and flexible working, training and development opportunities. For more information about the post, please see thehow to apply document,job descriptionand theperson specification. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the ?contact us? links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the function, please emailgri.hr@lse.ac.uk The closing date for receipt of applications is 19 May 2024 (23.59 UK time). We are unable to accept any late applications. Skills:
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