Researcher

5 months ago

Oxford, United Kingdom Global Canopy Full time

Global Canopy is a data-driven not for profit that targets the market forces destroying nature. We do this by improving transparency and accountability. We provide innovative open-access data, clear metrics, and actionable insights to leading companies, financial institutions, governments and campaigning organisations worldwide.

Corporate Performance: A growing number of companies and financial institutions are seeking to mitigate their impacts on nature. But many have made commitments that are not being met, and others are failing to take any action at all.

We hold to account through our Forest 500 project, assessing the policies and performance of influential companies and financial institutions. And our Deforestation Action Tracker monitors financial institutions with significant climate commitments to track their action on deforestation and associated human rights abuses.

We also support financial institutions and investors with our suite of Deforestation-free Finance Guidance. And we support the finance sector, policy makers and other stakeholders by providing market-leading data on deforestation and ESG metrics through Forest IQ.

You will be part of a leading, multinational, multidisciplinary, and multilingual team of experts, delivering this exciting program in a way that is effective, manageable and fun We value diversity, inclusivity and creativity at the core of what we do.

This role will be central to the Corporate Performance programme and will be responsible for carrying out thorough and detailed research and engagement on corporate performance on deforestation, conversion, and associated human rights abuses. This work will bring greater accountability and transparency to companies and financial institutions exposed to deforestation, conversion, and associated human rights abuse risks.

This will primarily include working within a small team of Researchers and Research Assistants to conduct in-depth assessments of corporate and financial institutions, based on their self-published publicly available information. This will be across a range of high-risk commodities and geographies, and the role will join the team in a period of expansion.

Alongside the assessments, the Researcher will support and occasionally lead effective engagement with assessed entities on their assessments and areas for improvement, as well as with data users and NGOs.

To find out more, download the recruitment pack or visit our website.

**Requirements**:
To be successful in this role, these are the things that will matter the most:

- Analytical skills and a keen eye for detail
- Ability to communicate effectively
- A strong drive to contribute to our mission, and a passion for sustainability
- Passionate about working collaboratively, with experience of working well as part of a team

Essential behavioural competencies:

- Positive and proactive
- Flexible team player
- Able to prioritise work effectively and support others to do the same

Skills and experience:

- Experience of using a methodology to analyse and evaluate qualitative and quantitative data
- Data collection, analysis and management skills
- Experience with large, complex datasets, including data cleaning and processing
- Experience of working collaboratively as part of a team
- Ability to communicate complex ideas to non-expert audiences - both in writing and in person
- Ability to problem solve and identify opportunities for improvement in existing systems, research approaches, and ways of working
- Knowledge of relevant IT packages
- Experience of working on deforestation, human rights, supply chains, or ESG

Desirable
- Experience identifying and locating relevant information on corporate websites and reports
- Fluency in Portuguese
- Experience engaging corporate or financial institutions on topics relating to deforestation, sustainability, or ESG
- Experience with SQL

**Benefits**

Salary

£30,000 per annum full time equivalent

This role sits within Band E on Global Canopy’s remuneration

framework.

Nature of contract

Base

Our office is in Oxford, we offer hybrid working, with regular weekly office attendance required for this role (details in role overview).

Holidays

36 days (including bank/public holidays) for discretionary use across the annual leave year. Option to purchase up to an additional 5 days or equivalent of one week’s leave.

Pension

Employer pension contribution of 6%.

Healthcare cashback plan

Covering dental fees, eye-care, wellbeing, physiotherapy, chiropody and much more - for you and any children.

Employee Assistance Programme

Which provides free, confidential advice on personal and legal matters.

Other

Huge range of discounts and cashback deals at gyms, restaurants, holidays, and much more.

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