Director of Research - Sustainable Finance

February 8

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Blockchain & Climate Institute

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Blockchain & Climate Institute is a progressive think tank providing leading expertise in the deployment of emerging technologies for climate and sustainability actions. As an international network of scientific and technological experts, it is at the forefront of innovative efforts, enabling technology transfers to create a sustainable and clean global future. The institute engages in various work streams such as capacity building, technology information dissemination, and developing enabling environments for climate-focused finance. It also addresses regulatory challenges and emphasizes the integration of blockchain technology in achieving climate resilience and advancing global climate finance. As a not-for-profit entity, it relies on donations to support its mission, benefiting developing countries through its services and operations.

Blockchain • Climate Change • Carbon Markets • Impact Investment • Carbon Offsets

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2018

🤝 Non-profit

🌐 Web 3

🌍 Social Impact

📋 Description

•THIS IS AN UNPAID ROLE •Role Title: Director of Research (Sustainable Finance) •Role Nature: Volunteer •Location: Home-based •The Blockchain & Climate Institute (BCI) is an international volunteers-led think tank supporting and advocating the application of blockchain technology in the global fight against climate change. •We are looking for a passionate professional VOLUNTEER who takes a methodological approach to their work, conducts independent research and analysis, engages with key stakeholders, and establishes strategic partnerships to progress the BCI’s core mission. •Driving the end-to-end research process, conducting both independent research and mentoring research officers, publishing research, producing briefing materials for speeches and presentations at high-level conferences; and turning actions into impacts to shape sustainable finance policy agenda on a global platform. •BCI is currently looking for an outstanding volunteer to undertake the role of Director of Research (Sustainable Finance) leading Research Division I at BCI. As with all other roles in BCI, this is a voluntary unpaid role. •Responsibilities: •To provide leadership, strategic planning, and administrative and personnel management across the entire Division, particularly with projects that combine “Sustainable Finance” and “Data Technologies” in response to demands from governments; •To report to the Director-General, the ExCo, and advisors on progress across the management and a wide range of projects taking place in the Division; •To coordinate research support for fellows’ councils in areas such as sustainable finance, renewable energy, carbon trading, biodiversity conservation, etc.; •To carry out primary and secondary research activities, including both quantitative and qualitative, analytical examination and publishing of high-quality research which spearheads the growing field of sustainable finance (particularly climate/environmental aspects); •To generate opportunities for strategic partnerships with the support of Strategy Officers; •To attend conferences and events to promote the BCI, communicate research findings and insights engage with key stakeholders.

🎯 Requirements

•A relevant degree or training in the relevant discipline, at Ph.D. level, preferred; •Experience in producing research outputs and structured reports for different audiences. •Proven ability in organization/business development (e.g. experience working in a target-driven role); •Experience in building constructive relationships with stakeholders; •Experience in working independently and with teams to drive forward projects using own initiative; •Experience in designing, planning, and facilitating independent research and the ability to meet tight deadlines. •Experience leading technology projects (e.g. AI, IoT, DLT) that support sustainable development. •Deep understanding of the TCFD (Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures) Recommendations – This framework has become in recent years the most important guideline to help financial and non-financial organizations assess climate-related risks and opportunities. •Working knowledge of different aspects of the finance sector – It includes important asset classes (e.g. Fixed Income, Equities, Commodities, Derivatives, etc.), types of stakeholders (e.g. Institutional Investors, Exchanges, Asset Managers, Regulators), Risk Assessment, New Regulations (e.g. Basel III/IV), among others. •Knowledge of important Sustainable Finance standards – This includes financial products such as Fixed Income (e.g. ICMA Green Bonds Principles, ISO 14030, etc), Equities (e.g. SASB, GRI, IFRS), and EU Taxonomy, among others. •Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies – This should include well-known open-source projects like Ethereum as well as domain-specific ones like Corda R3. •Artificial Intelligence – The increasing amount of data from ESG investment requires the use of new technologies like Machine Learning (ML). The Director of Research in this Division should demonstrate experience with supervised and unsupervised ML. •Internet of Things – Data from real economy projects in sectors such as Energy, Transport, Materials & Buildings, and Agriculture, among others could be collected in order to demonstrate the environmental impact of sustainable investments. •Other aspects of Data and Distributed Computing – In order to handle the growing amount of data across the ESG investment spectrum, candidates should have a working knowledge of Cloud Infrastructure, Version Control (GitHub), DevOps, Software Development, Data Engineering, Databases (SQL and NoSQL), etc.

🏖️ Benefits

•Your mind will be mentally stimulated, hence providing you with a sense of purpose; •You will advance and boost your professional career by helping you to make professional connections and giving you real-world experience at the intersection between climate and emerging technologies; •Help you develop long-lasting professional relationships with others. People who come together to make the world a better place forge close connections.