On an ongoing basis we are recruiting IFB Business Fellows, each with significant experience in the finance sector and an interest in applying biodiversity data within financial decision-making. These appointments will be part-time, flexible, and non-stipendiary (unpaid). The term of appointment is one year in the first instance and renewable based on performance.
We are looking for individuals with an expertise and interest in biodiversity and financial decision-making and the implications for companies, the financial system, and the real economy. We welcome Fellows with a broad range of backgrounds and interests, e.g. data, metrics and analytics, environmental risk, infrastructure development, supply chains, agriculture and biodiversity, greening investment portfolios, TNFD disclosures, high integrity nature markets and biodiversity credits.
The Fellows will help deliver translational academic research with direct applicability in real world contexts, support training and capacity building activities and overall support the mainstreaming of biodiversity data in financial decision-making. We expect Fellows to inform IFB about financial institution requirements and needs, help IFB develop products and tools tailored to financial institution and corporate workflows, and champion the use of biodiversity analytics across their organisation and the financial services more broadly. This will involve contributing to open publications, data outputs and events.
The positions are part-time, and applicants are expected to retain a primary affiliation with another organisation during the duration of their appointment. This is a non-remunerated, non-stipendiary position that will not result in a UK work visa. Time commitments are flexible. Ideally applicants will be working for a financial institution or other company, financial profession, or financial services provider. Applicants must demonstrate that their organisation is supportive of their application and see value in the applicant spending a proportion of their time as an IFB Business Fellow.
Fellows will be able to support research and projects in line with their personal interests or those of their organisation and will bring back to their organisation a much better understanding of biodiversity and finance, as well as enhanced networks and renewed confidence to tackle issues related to greening finance and investment. The exact terms of engagement will be finalised on a one-to-one basis.
As part of this opportunity, the Fellows will be able to work alongside world-leading researchers within IFB from 17 institutions led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology with Queens University Belfast, Queen Mary University of London, the University of Nottingham, the University of Oxford and the James Hutton Institute, and support the delivery of the Integrated Finance and Biodiversity Flagship Initiatives and Themes.
Please discuss your application with one of the IFB Flagship or Theme Leaders or contact us here for more information on applying.