Senior Research Associate, Sustainability

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B2B • Education • Finance

The Conference Board is the global, nonprofit think tank and business membership organization that delivers Trusted Insights for What's Ahead ®. For over 100 years, our cutting-edge research, data, events and executive networks have helped the world's leading companies understand the present and shape the future.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 1916

🤝 B2B

📚 Education

💸 Finance

📋 Description

• Lead research projects utilizing quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. • Co-create new business by identifying opportunities, developing pitches and proposals, and contributing to and finalizing stakeholder engagement strategies. • Lead the execution and finalization of project deliverables. • Provide leadership in conceptualizing new research ideas, methodologies and strategies to maximize research impact. • Provide leadership and contribute 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 leadership roundtables and convenings. • Support membership growth and retention strategies for the Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Council. • Demonstrate values of collaboration, ownership, excellence, evidence, passion and integrity in all aspects of work and interactions with colleagues and clients. • Commitment to producing high quality work and demonstrating professional values in all aspects of work and interactions with colleagues and customers.

🎯 Requirements

• PhD or Masters’ degree in disaster science, actuarial science, geoinformatics, climate adaptation or related areas. • Deep knowledge and understanding of disaster insurance models, reinsurance, disaster financial instruments, and emerging innovations in disaster capital. • Demonstrated understanding of the role and interdependencies between social, institutional, and infrastructure capacity in building resilience in disaster contexts. • Demonstrated understanding of pragmatic and place-based disaster resilience and climate adaptation measures, at the community and household levels. • Competency in analyzing the intersection of environmental, economic, and social policies and their impact on disaster resilience and climate adaptation in Canada. • Competency with climate hazard modelling for flooding, wildfire, and other climate-related disaster events is an asset. • Competency and understanding of disaster governance and regulatory frameworks is an asset. • Competency with geographic information systems (GIS) tools e.g. QGIS, is an asset. • Competency with qualitative and textual analysis tools e.g. NVivo, is an asset. • High proficiency with analyzing and visually communicating trends in large datasets using advanced capabilities in MS Excel. • Advanced writing skills with the ability to write clearly, concisely, and quickly. • Advanced presentation and communication skills – including the ability to condense complex and technical subject matter into clear and cogent insights for decision-makers in the public and private sector. • Leadership in project management, including priority setting, time management, working under pressure, and delivering high quality outcomes. • Experience with organizing and chairing convenings, including the moderation of panel discussions involving senior leaders is an asset. • Demonstrated success in handling multiple responsibilities, deadlines and deliverables. • Strong sense of teamwork, professionalism and responsiveness to client needs. • A passion for collaboration across disciplines, and an ability to navigate uncertainty and bottlenecks in the research process. • A drive for impact through research and a commitment to research excellence, integrity and evidence. • Ability to travel within Canada for client and team meetings when needed. • Bilingualism is an asset.

🏖️ Benefits

• Virtual First – work from home anywhere across Canada with a budget to set up your home office. • A workplace where your hard work is not just valued, but actively celebrated. We take pride in our commitment to recognizing and rewarding the exceptional talent that drives our success through our Recognition programs. • Healthcare benefits from Day One to support your physical and mental wellbeing, including a $2,500 benefit for Psychologist, Social Worker or Psychotherapist services • Work/Life Balance: In addition to 20 days annual vacation, we close between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, observe 13 holidays per year and offer Friday afternoon closures. • A modern, defined benefit (DB) pension plan: We care about your future and offer a pension plan with a 5% match from Day One • Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP): We understand that life can be unpredictable and challenging and EFAP supports you and your family during difficult times. • Maternity and parental leave top-up plan