Postdoctoral Fellow

Job title:

Postdoctoral Fellow

Firm

College of British Columbia

Job description

Educational

Job Class College Non Bargaining

Job Title Postdoctoral Fellow

Division Analysis | Carol Liao | Peter A. Allard Faculty of Regulation (Carol Liao (On Depart))

Posting Finish Date February 1, 2024

Notice: Purposes will likely be accepted till 11:59 PM on the day previous to the Posting Finish Date above.

Job Finish Date Jun 30, 2024

The anticipated pay (or pay vary) for this place is $5,000 – $5,833.33/month.

Postdoctoral fellow: Accelerating Canada’s transition to a net-zero economic system via public coverage – Local weather governance analysis and writing

Group

The analyses the authorized obligations of company administrators, pension fiduciaries, and asset managers to handle and report on climate-related monetary dangers and alternatives. It publishes steerage on efficient local weather governance, working intently with authorized and accounting professionals and policymakers. Our mission is to allow Canadian administrators, executives, policymakers, and regulators to confidently and swiftly lead Canada via a net-zero emissions transition with efficient local weather governance.

CCLI is supported financially by household foundations, and is led by its Principal Co-Investigators who embrace professors on the College of British Columbia Peter A. Allard Faculty of Regulation and Osgoode Corridor Regulation Faculty, York College.

Background

CCLI’s analysis and coverage work previously three years has centered on advancing regulation to maneuver Canadian companies and monetary establishments to net-zero transition plans by offering authorized analysis on the authorized duties of company and pension fiduciaries with respect of climate-related issues and advising senior policymakers and regulators on the federal and provincial ranges. Our targets embrace advancing securities regulation and company legislation to advance disclosure and administration of climate-related monetary dangers; analysis in advancing coverage choices for monetary companies and pension legislation regulators in respect of growing, managing, and measuring milestones in transition plans to net-zero greenhouse gasoline emissions according to Canada’s acknowledged public coverage to succeed in net-zero emissions by 2050.

We imagine that CCLI has made important contribution to the event of coverage and regulation on efficient local weather governance. CCLI has written or co-written a number of letters to key legislators and policymakers and quite a few submissions to public consultations by regulatory and supervisory our bodies such because the Canadian Securities Directors (CSA), the Workplace of the Superintendent of Monetary Establishments (OSFI), the Worldwide Sustainability Requirements Board (ISSB), and the USA (US) Securities and Change Fee (SEC). CCLI can be very energetic in supporting the proposed new requirements by the ISSB and can work to make sure that its new Canadian equal helps requirements that make significant progress in the direction of sustainable finance accounting and monetary reporting in help of the transition to net-zero emissions. We’re additionally advising the Sustainable Finance Motion Council (SFAC) on efficient science-based inexperienced and transition finance taxonomies pursuant to the proposed Taxonomy Roadmap, providing analysis assist on governance and oversight constructions, drawing on developments globally to develop methods greatest suited to Canada. The subsequent yr is essential to speed up the implementation of laws that meaningfully advance a whole-economy transition to net-zero greenhouse gasoline emissions and scaling up of sustainable finance and CCLI requires a researcher and authorized advocate to assist these targets.

Obligations

The postdoctoral fellow, beneath the supervision of and steerage of , will play an important position in researching, writing in-depth evaluation, and assembly with key policymakers and regulators.

The postdoctoral fellow will profit from alternatives to increase their skilled community, have interaction in cutting-edge analysis collaboration, and obtain assist from main Canadian students. Main obligations will embrace:

Finishing up ongoing authorized and coverage analysis tasks to advance CCLI’s coverage targets, working at instances with an interdisciplinary scholarly crew

Main analysis to supply assist to key policymakers, legislators, supervisors, and regulators

Studying related printed papers and reviews

Writing complete evaluation that will embrace coverage briefing notes, letters, and submissions

Main and/or attending conferences with key policymakers and regulators

Staying well-informed in local weather and ESG-related developments

{Qualifications} and necessities

Candidates should have a not too long ago accomplished PhD in company and securities legislation, monetary companies legislation, public coverage, or associated subject with sturdy analytical expertise and have printed within the areas of company, securities or monetary companies legislation, Canadian public coverage, local weather danger and governance, disclosure, sustainable finance, or related areas.

Demonstrated sturdy analytical and analysis expertise

Wonderful writing expertise

Environment friendly communications expertise

Bilingualism (English and French) is an asset

All certified candidates are inspired to use; nevertheless Canadians and everlasting residents of Canada will likely be given precedence. All candidates should have a sound work allow.

Fairness and variety are important to tutorial excellence. An open and various group fosters the inclusion of voices which were underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage functions from members of teams which were marginalized on any grounds enumerated beneath the B.C. Human Rights Code, together with intercourse, sexual orientation, gender id or expression, racialization, incapacity, political perception, faith, marital or household standing, age, and/or standing as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous individual.

Extra Particulars

Desired begin date: January 1, 2024

Period: Six months (mounted time period/short-term), with risk of an extension

Contract sort: Full time

Wage vary: $60,000 to $70,000

Work schedule: Approximatively 40 hours per week

The right way to apply?

To use for this place, please e mail Sonia li Trottier, Director, at with the topic line Postdoctoral fellow, Canada Local weather Regulation initiative with the next objects hooked up:

Present CV

Cowl letter

Analysis assertion specializing in the candidate’s analysis pursuits in company legislation, public coverage, local weather danger and governance, sustainable finance, or associated areas

Writing pattern on a subject associated to the fellowship

Analysis pattern

The place is open till stuffed. Please contact Sonia li when you have extra questions.

Anticipated wage

$60000 – 70000 per yr

Location

Canada

Job date

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:30:40 GMT

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