Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) Junior Research Fellowship 2025 (Paid)

Deadline: December 31, 2024

Applications are open for the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) Junior Research Fellowship 2025. The Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) is looking for a dynamic junior researcher for a six-month mounted time period paid work expertise programme to assist its Just Transitions tasks.

The Just Transitions Junior Research Fellow will play a crucial function in supporting the Programme’s multi-year policy-influencing, and ecosystem-building analysis tasks. The Junior Research Fellow will assist with administrative and analysis duties throughout the Programme’s various tasks, requiring a candidate with robust analysis abilities, consideration to element, capacity to multitask, and to work autonomously in a distant work setting. The preferrred candidate is enthusiastic about advancing human rights and local weather justice, with a demonstrable willingness to study, adaptability, and an entrepreneurial method to downside fixing.

Duties & Responsibilities

Reporting to the Just Transitions Programme Manager, and working carefully with the Head of Just Transitions and wider Just Transitions mission groups, the Just Transitions Junior Research Fellow will assist the complete suite of programme features, together with however not restricted to:

• Desk analysis & literature evaluation: Supporting desk evaluation of sustainability science and coverage literature on a variety of questions associated to accountable company local weather motion. For instance, the analysis associated to renewables firm involvement in native battle at mission websites; examples of significant engagement inside decarbonisation initiatives throughout a variety of sectors and geographies; how numerous JETP international locations are shaping the function of enterprise in key coverage devices; particular monetary devices aligned with simply transition ideas.
• Stakeholder mapping & supporting interviews: Supporting lead researchers with mapping key stakeholders and transcribing a sequence of in-depth and confidential interviews with company, finance, authorized, and sustainability professionals throughout a variety of sectors, specifically renewable vitality for the Cost of Green Conflict mission.
• Project communications: Supporting the workforce with growing the Just Transitions Newsletter.

Alongside the duties outlined above, the Just Transitions Junior Research Fellow can be invited to attend inside administration conferences the place acceptable, gaining insights on pertinent enterprise and human rights points in addition to helpful mentoring and networking alternatives with IHRB workers and companions.

Remuneration

• £1,725 monthly (primarily based on full-time, 37.5 hours per week). Equivalent of £20,700 each year, pro-rata. IHRB’s compensation is calculated primarily based on a London, UK benchmark.

Eligibility

• Have a minimal of two – 3 years of labor expertise.
• Open to candidates of all ages, together with candidates who could be returning to work or transitioning to a brand new subject.
• Have a powerful curiosity to work in human rights, local weather motion, and social justice points.
• Proven analysis and writing expertise, ideally with a demonstrable concentrate on human rights, local weather, or improvement economics.

Skills Required

• Proven knowledge and quantitative evaluation abilities, together with proficient use of Google Sheets
• Ability to put in writing and current clear, nicely researched, solutions-oriented evaluation and suggestions into digestible inside briefings.
• High capability to organise and handle a number of priorities inside a completely distant workforce, demonstrating willingness to study, adaptability, and a entrepreneurial method to downside fixing.
• Collaborative working fashion and robust workforce participant.
• Ability to learn, write, converse, and perceive English required. Additional language abilities are fascinating however not important.
• Ability to undertake work with consciousness of political and business sensitivities and cautious diplomacy.

Application

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For extra info, go to IHRB Junior Research Fellowship.