Role open to existing University of Leeds Postgraduate Researchers only*
Are you a current University of Leeds postgraduate researcher or nearing the completion of your studies, with an interest in helping the Bank of England use climate information, including a case study investigating the potential impact of climate change on UK residential property. Would you like to gain valuable experience and apply your skills in the finance industry?
The UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI) is a national centre established to accelerate the adoption and use of climate and environmental data and analytics by financial institutions internationally. It aims to unlock opportunities for the UK to lead in greening finance and financing green. It involves several Universities (Bristol, Imperial, Leeds, Oxford, Reading), research institutes and stakeholders from the finance sector.
UK CGFI Leeds Innovation Hub, based at Nexus – University of Leeds, acts as a platform to connect wider UK science and innovation with financial institutions, providing a route by which needs are understood and the latest climate and environmental science is made accessible, commercialised, and exported globally, placing the UK as global hub for climate and environmental analytics (CEA) for financial institutions.
The Leeds Innovation Hub and the Bank of England are collaborating on a project focused to understand how to select and describe different sources of climate information, with a case study focusing on how and where climate change might directly impact UK residential property. We are seeking a current or recently completed Leeds postgraduate researcher (PGR) to join us as an intern for this exciting project. This role offers the opportunity to work in a professional office environment, collaborating with industry partners in the finance sector, including regulators and policymakers.
Based at the Leeds Innovation Hub, you will have the opportunity to work with post-doctoral researchers and leading regulator and policy makers on how different climate information is selected for use in financially related impact studies. The project will use a case study relevant to the Bank of England focusing on climate impacts on residential property in the UK.
The collaborative partner, the Bank of England, will work closely with the researcher, including by leading on the conversion of future weather projections into flood information and working with the researcher on estimating the financial cost of climate damage.
The intern will be responsible for delivering outcomes associated with the collaborative project, including selecting appropriate climate data, intercomparing alternative climate datasets and converting the climate data into a form that can be used in the Bank of England modelling. Additionally, the researcher will play a major role in writing up the results in a form the Bank of England can use.
To achieve this, the intern will be a visiting researcher at the Bank of England and will be co-supervised by their climate lead. Engagement with the wider Bank of England team and researchers at the University of Leeds CGFI innovation hub is crucial to ensuring the project meets the needs of the Bank of England, and seamlessly connects with their own research.
The position will be employed at Leeds University Business School, and also have connection to the Priestley International Centre for Climate, and the Bank of England.
Salary Requirements of the Skilled Worker Visa Route
G6 - Please note that due to Home Office visa requirements, this role may only be suitable for first-time Skilled Worker visa applicants if they are eligible for salary concessions. For more information, please visit the Government’s Skilled Worker visa page.
To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:
Patricia Grant, Leeds Innovation Hub Manager
UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment
Email: p.grant@leeds.ac.uk
Or
Professor Iain Clacher, Pro Dean for International, Leeds University Business School
Email: I.Clacher@leeds.ac.uk
