Lead Research Associate, Sustainability
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Lead sustainability research on disaster finance, insurance, and climate resilience for Canada’s applied research organization. Direct applied research projects, stakeholder engagement, business development, and resilience convenings.
Responsibilities:
- Lead research projects using quantitative and qualitative research methodologies
- Lead new business by identifying opportunities, developing pitches and proposals, and finalizing stakeholder engagement strategies
- Lead execution and finalization of project deliverables
- Manage and provide leadership to direct reports, including research associates
- Conceptualize new research ideas, methodologies and strategies to maximize research impact
- Provide subject matter expertise during client engagement and business development activities
- Lead content development, stakeholder relations, speaker identification, sponsorship outreach and event delivery for sustainability-related roundtables and convenings
- Support membership growth and retention strategies for the Strategic Resilience and Emergency Management Council
- Demonstrate collaboration, ownership, excellence, evidence, passion and integrity in work and client interactions
Requirements:
- PhD or Masters’ degree in disaster science, actuarial science, geoinformatics, emergency management, climate adaptation or related areas
- Deep knowledge of disaster insurance models, reinsurance, disaster financial instruments, and emerging innovations in disaster finance
- Understanding of social, institutional, and infrastructure capacity interdependencies in disaster resilience
- Understanding of pragmatic and place-based disaster resilience and climate adaptation measures at community and household levels
- Competency analyzing environmental, economic, and social policies and their impact on disaster resilience and climate adaptation in Canada
- Advanced MS Excel capabilities for analyzing and visually communicating trends in large datasets
- Advanced writing skills
- Advanced presentation and communication skills
- Leadership in project management
- Success handling multiple responsibilities, deadlines and deliverables
- Ability to travel within Canada for client and team meetings when needed
- Productive, professional and safe home office with internet service and reliable connection
- Climate hazard modelling competency is an asset
- Disaster governance and regulatory frameworks competency is an asset
- GIS tools such as QGIS competency is an asset
- Qualitative and textual analysis tools such as NVivo competency is an asset
- Experience organizing and chairing convenings is an asset
- Bilingualism is an asset
Benefits:
- Work from home anywhere across Canada
- Home office setup budget
- Recognition programs
- Healthcare benefits from Day One
- $2,500 benefit for Psychologist, Social Worker or Psychotherapist services
- 20 days annual vacation
- Closure between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day
- 13 holidays per year
- Friday afternoon closures
- Defined benefit pension plan
- 5% pension match from Day One
- Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
- Maternity and parental leave top-up plan
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