• Employer: Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility
• Work Type/s: Permanent: full time, part time at 0.8FTE considered. Flexibility available. Please specify your preference when applying.
• Salary: $115-135K + super depending on experience [pro rata if part time]
• Sector/s: Not For Profit (NFP)
• Location: Any Australian location, working from home (supported by ACCR); or from ACCR’s Sydney or Canberra office. Some use of office space is also available in Melbourne and Brisbane.

Role

This role will work with our Chief Scientist to integrate climate science into stock transition plan analysis, and to expand and keep current ACCR’s knowledge base on decarbonisation. The position will join our high-performing Research Team, providing analysis to inform our strategies in relation to high emitting companies listed in Australia and globally. This level of analyst will be expected to operate with a significant degree of independence, bringing existing and up-to-date climate science expertise and substantial relevant professional experience. We are seeking someone who can undertake outstanding research presented in such a way as to achieve change and real world impact (rather than purely for an academic audience), produced within defined timeframes in a rapidly changing external context.

You’ll love this job if:

• You love exploring how we get from where the world is today to where the world needs to be to mitigate climate change and fast-track the energy transition. You are motivated to grow your already substantial understanding of climate science.
• You get a buzz out of uncovering the true picture of how a company is impacting the climate and figuring out when their claims about energy may not stack up once the data is examined. Your analytical and inquisitive mind leaves no stone unturned.
• You genuinely enjoy working in an interdisciplinary team of professionals. You can be relied upon for your contribution, and you appreciate the complementary skills others bring to create outstanding research that leads to change.
• You’re looking for a purpose-driven job surrounded by like-minded people.

Responsibilities

The role will provide climate and energy research and analysis as required, under the guidance of our Chief Scientist. The following are indicative of the tasks that may arise:

• Compile and analyse literature, for example, on the role of types of energies, on sectoral decarbonisation pathways
• Compile and analyse findings from significant energy transition reports and climate-related reports
• Draft concise persuasive documents communicating ACCR’s position on complex matters relating to climate change and energy transition
• Evaluate company climate transition plans
• Present findings to internal and external audiences in the form of reports, presentations and webinars.

Criteria

We’re looking for someone with these types of skills and experience:

• Understanding of the fundamentals of climate science, climate scenarios, climate mitigation and adaptation, and the role of the types of energy in the energy transition
• Awareness of the main climate change policy initiatives and/or policy incentives that have an impact on national and sectoral decarbonisation and the role of national determined contributions
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent organisational skills, including prioritisation, attention to detail, ability to work to deadlines, and to move quickly if opportunities present themselves

You are also a person with:

• a strong work ethic, and would thrive working in and learning from a collaborative, deeply experienced and committed team of equities analysts, researchers and climate scientists
• an alignment to ACCR’s mission and values, including valuing diversity; and
• a desire to make a difference in the global fight to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

As a bonus (but not required) you also have:

• Coding experience (e.g. python)
• Experience with IPCC scenario database or other institutional scenario database (e.g. IEA)
• Advanced degree in environmental science or similar

If you don’t meet every point above, please still apply if you can see your skills well used in this role.

Accountable to: Chief Scientist, within ACCR’s Research Team

Key Relationships: Companies Research Lead

Background

ACCR is a non-profit shareholder advocacy and research organisation founded in 2012. We use shareholder strategy to enable investors to escalate engagements with heavy-emitting companies in their portfolios, and provide research and analysis for institutional capital seeking long term value in a zero-emissions economy. Thanks to a heightened awareness of the importance of our work, and the urgency to act on climate change, we are growing rapidly. More information about our latest work can be found in our FY23 Annual Review. In 2023, ACCR won ESG engagement initiative of the year - Asia at Environmental Finance’s Sustainable Investment Awards.

ACCR has a dynamic team of over 30 driven and experienced staff, mostly based in Australia, working globally. Our growing team has a wide range of relevant expertise - climate science, communications, engineering, law, equities analysis, finance, investor relations, IT and more. Due to our high levels of staff satisfaction and engagement, ACCR won one of Voice Project’s Best Workplace Awards for 2021.

What we offer

• We enjoy flexible work hours and supportive home-based working for those who want it.
• Personal leave is double the statutory requirement, plus additional paid leave from Christmas to New Year. Option to purchase additional leave.
• We value peer learning and each of us has a professional development budget.
• Our Employee Assistance Program also includes our employees’ households.
• ACCR offices are accessible and further detail can be provided.

Application Guidelines

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We use Applied as our recruitment platform, helping us reduce the risk of unconscious bias in our hiring process.

We will ask you to answer 3 questions designed to test your ability to do the job. Please give it your best effort, your scores on these questions will be the primary consideration in whether you are invited for an interview. To avoid bias, we do not look at CVs until later in the process. For example;

• Give an example from your work history of where you have undertaken analysis in relation to climate science. How did you approach it? How did you measure success? What were your learnings? [Word count is 250 words]

Please note, for this role, ACCR is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in Australia.

We value diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace. ACCR encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people of all cultures, abilities, sex and genders.

ACCR is committed to improving accessibility to enable the full participation of a diverse workforce. If there are any alterations to this recruitment process that would assist you in applying, please let us know.

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