Our Financial Sector Research team works towards holding financial institutions accountable for their impact on climate change, human rights, biodiversity, and other important issues.Asset managers, insurance companies and banks hold a huge amount influence over the worlds largest companies through their investment, lending and underwriting activities. While many of these financial institutions publicly claim to be taking environmental and social issues seriously, often these claims do not hold up to scrutiny.In this role, you will have many opportunities to challenge the financial sector and financial by contributing to:Our financial sector benchmarks, covering insurance companies, banks and asset managersCoordination with civil society allies to maximise our combined impact.Engagement with relevant institutions and providing them with detailed recommendations for improvement.Communication of our research findings externally, for example on webinarsWorking alongside the rest of the Financial Sector Research team, you would contribute to our key reports ranking financial institutions. This involves collecting information from institutions and databases, analysing quantitative and qualitative data, producing engaging graphics to communicate results and translating this analysis into actionable steps for financial institutions to take. You would collaborate with teams across here and may join meetings with financial institutions, other NGOs, or regulators, to discuss this research. We will ensure that you receive sufficient support and oversight to ensure you feel comfortable and knowledgeable in delivering this bold and challenging work.This a very exciting time to be joining the team. In 2025 we are undertaking our comprehensive benchmarks of the insurance sector and reinvigorating the survey of the European banking sector. In this rapidly evolving field, we are looking for a person with excellent research and communication skills, and passion to make a difference, to join our team.Key responsibilities:Analysing quantitative and qualitative data, primarily writing reports on insurance companies and/or banks in 2025Using Excel to analyse and organise large data setsInstigating, developing and managing relationships with financial institutions, inviting them to participate in our research, as well as answering technical questionsPresenting findings of our work to external and internal stakeholders, most frequently through webinars and presentations, including the coordination of these eventsInstigating, developing and managing relationships with civil society stakeholdersOrganising and planning work with a high-level of autonomy, and providing guidance to colleagues across workstreams where relevantMonitoring and evaluating the impact of relevant projects as well as contributing to funding bids and reporting on KPIs to funders where appropriateKeeping up to date on relevant news and information on the financial sector and the thematic areas covered by our workRequirementsWhat youll bring to the teamWe welcome anyone who shares our passion for environmental and social justice through transformation of the financial sector. Please feel free to apply even if youre not sure you tick every box.EssentialExcellent analytical skills, attention to detail, and a proven ability to conduct qualitative and quantitative researchA broad understanding of how the financial sector works, and how financial institutions can have an impact on environmental and social issuesA keen interest in driving the finance sector to better serve people and planetExcellent organisational skills, proven ability to manage competing demands while still meeting deadlinesStrong communication skills in written and spoken EnglishCompetency with Microsoft Excel, including writing formulae and building chartsStrong teamwork skills, the ability to work collaborativelyA passion for our vision and missionDesirableSubject matter knowledge in climate change, biodiversity or human/labour rightsExperience in or with the finance sector; an understanding of responsible investment and its implications for different types of financial institutionsExperience giving presentationsAny experience programming, particularly an interest in learning Python for data processingExperience with managing relationships with external stakeholdersExperience with Microsoft Office 365, particularly SharePointExperience with CRM systems, ideally Salesforce
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Senior Research Officer