Senior Environmental Economist - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - EA First

Description

An exciting opportunity awaits as a leading sustainability-focused company seeks a Transition Risk Modeller/Senior Climate Economist to contribute to their mission of revolutionising businesses' response to the nature-climate crisis.

This dynamic role offers a chance to make a meaningful impact in climate risk management within a supportive and innovative environment.

Their solutions empower corporations to assess and manage the risks and opportunities associated with transitioning to a low-carbon, nature-positive economy.

Based in a Cambridge office, the Transition Risk Modeller/Senior Climate Economist will join an environmental analytics team, playing a crucial role in developing and maintaining environmental and risk models.

With a focus on climate-related transition risk modelling and planning, the successful candidate will drive the development of new models and methods to quantify economic, technological, and social dimensions of sustainability transitions.

Develop rigorous models to quantify the probability, consequences, and financial impacts of nature and climate risk scenarios.
Generate insights through visualization and representation of outputs to address environmental risks to business.
Contribute to the company's development and mission to drive sustainable business transformation.

Bachelor's degree in economics, natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, or a related quantitative discipline.
Expertise in scientific topics related to climate change, economics, energy, finance, risk analysis, or quantitative modelling.
Proficiency in programming languages, preferably Python.
Interest in climate change and nature risks and their impact on business.
Familiarity with climate-related transition risks and scenarios.

Project management experience with a track record of delivering projects on time and on budget.