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About the role

  • Lead sustainability research on disaster finance, insurance, and climate resilience for Canada’s applied research organization. Direct applied research projects, stakeholder engagement, business development, and resilience convenings.

Responsibilities

  • Lead research projects using quantitative and qualitative research methodologies
  • Lead new business by identifying opportunities, developing pitches and proposals, and finalizing stakeholder engagement strategies
  • Lead execution and finalization of project deliverables
  • Manage and provide leadership to direct reports, including research associates
  • Conceptualize new research ideas, methodologies and strategies to maximize research impact
  • Provide 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 roundtables and convenings
  • Support membership growth and retention strategies for the Strategic Resilience and Emergency Management Council
  • Demonstrate collaboration, ownership, excellence, evidence, passion and integrity in work and client interactions

Requirements

  • PhD or Masters’ degree in disaster science, actuarial science, geoinformatics, emergency management, climate adaptation or related areas
  • Deep knowledge of disaster insurance models, reinsurance, disaster financial instruments, and emerging innovations in disaster finance
  • Understanding of social, institutional, and infrastructure capacity interdependencies in disaster resilience
  • Understanding of pragmatic and place-based disaster resilience and climate adaptation measures at community and household levels
  • Competency analyzing environmental, economic, and social policies and their impact on disaster resilience and climate adaptation in Canada
  • Advanced MS Excel capabilities for analyzing and visually communicating trends in large datasets
  • Advanced writing skills
  • Advanced presentation and communication skills
  • Leadership in project management
  • Success handling multiple responsibilities, deadlines and deliverables
  • Ability to travel within Canada for client and team meetings when needed
  • Productive, professional and safe home office with internet service and reliable connection
  • Climate hazard modelling competency is an asset
  • Disaster governance and regulatory frameworks competency is an asset
  • GIS tools such as QGIS competency is an asset
  • Qualitative and textual analysis tools such as NVivo competency is an asset
  • Experience organizing and chairing convenings is an asset
  • Bilingualism is an asset

Benefits

  • Work from home anywhere across Canada
  • Home office setup budget
  • Recognition programs
  • Healthcare benefits from Day One
  • $2,500 benefit for Psychologist, Social Worker or Psychotherapist services
  • 20 days annual vacation
  • Closure between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day
  • 13 holidays per year
  • Friday afternoon closures
  • Defined benefit pension plan
  • 5% pension match from Day One
  • Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
  • Maternity and parental leave top-up plan

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$96,900 - CA$114,000 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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