Senior Policy Researcher (Climate Governance)

Location: hirify.global Alternate Site - Other Canadian

Salary: $7,158.42–$10,292.25 CAD monthly

Company

hirify.global is a university environment supporting the Canada Climate Law Initiative within the Peter A. Allard School of Law.

What you will do

• Lead strategic legal and policy research on climate-related disclosures, greenwashing, climate standards, transition plans, climate governance, and sustainable finance.
• Develop research questions, scopes, methodologies, timelines, briefing notes, policy submissions, letters, analyses, and educational content.
• Identify emerging legal, regulatory, policy, and market developments and develop research opportunities aligned with CCLI objectives.
• Engage with policymakers, regulators, standard setters, academics, research partners, consultants, financial and corporate market participants, and civil society organizations.
• Present research findings, legal analysis, and policy recommendations through meetings, consultations, conferences, webinars, media interviews, and other public engagements.
• Supervise and coordinate research assistants, including assigning work, setting timelines, providing guidance, reviewing outputs, and assessing performance.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline and at least two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives that conflict with one’s own.
• Commitment to enhancing personal awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Nice to have

• Law degree such as LL.B. or J.D. and a master’s degree.
• Completed or near-completion PhD in corporate and securities law, financial services law, public policy, climate governance, or a related field.
• Ability to independently identify research opportunities and develop research scopes and proposals.
• Strong analytical, legal research, and policy research skills.
• Ability to lead research projects from approved scope through completion.
• Ability to critically review and quality-assure research by research assistants and external research partners.
• Experience engaging policymakers, regulators, standard setters, academics, research organizations, or other external stakeholders.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including communicating complex legal and policy concepts to audiences with different levels of subject-matter expertise.
• Sound judgement, discretion, and initiative in external stakeholder engagement.
• Experience supervising, mentoring, or coordinating research assistants or junior researchers.
• Experience in corporate, securities, financial services, climate risk and governance, disclosure, sustainable finance, or related policy areas.
• Bilingualism in English and French.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with the Canada Climate Law Initiative under the supervision of the Director.
• Collaborate with leading Canadian scholars and an interdisciplinary research team.
• Opportunities to expand a professional network and engage in research collaboration.
• Staff position in the non-union employee group with a defined monthly compensation range.