Junior Data Scientist - Climate

Junior Data Scientist - Climate London, England

Legal & General Investment Management
Full Time London, England 58100 - 89244 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Reference

VN-25714

Role Type

Permanent

Location

London

Salary

Competitive salary, bonus and benefits

Closing Date

18 June 2023

Your role at a glance

LGIM investments climate solutions' team model, develop, communicate and implement climate response strategies for our clients. Co-ordinating and embedding climate factors into all of LGIM’s investment areas. They work in collaboration with investment stewardship and distribution teams to raise LGIM’s public profile in the sphere of climate integration. The team also research energy transition investment opportunities and develop climate impact investing strategies.

What you'll be doing

  • Development of climate risk and alignment metrics through the enhancement of our climate models
  • Supporting the advice to investment teams on using and understanding our climate models and helping embed climate risk into our investment process
  • Supporting the team’s partnership with strategic clients on developing climate aware strategies and Paris aligned pathways.
  • Extending our research and expertise in climate risk and scenario analysis
  • Working with our colleagues in group functions as we support their use of our climate models
  • Developing the technical tools used in Identifying investment opportunities from solving the climate crisis and the energy transition
  • Supporting the CIO office on climate and energy related, and wider sustainability/strategy matters

What we're looking for

Some level of knowledge, understanding and interest of the following areas:
  • Climate change, carbon pricing, climate risks and transition scenarios and physical risk evaluation
  • Corporate finance theory, ideally with experience of practical application in an investment context
  • Broad understanding of capital markets, security pricing in different asset classes, and portfolio management
  • Macro-Economics especially an understanding of macro economic modelling and the ability to interpret and apply macro-economic data
  • Understanding of different industry frameworks/scenario modelling, regulation and government policy with respects to climate change at a global level.
  • Broad awareness of the asset management industry and the different challenges climate change poses for different client channels

We would also expect you to:

  • Have strong technical skills in particular Python and SQL, ideally interest or experience in our secondary languages including R and optimisers (for example AIMMS and/or GAMMS)
  • Be happy to work independently and in a structured and organised fashion. Capable at multi-tasking and managing short and long term projects simultaneously.

Benefits

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, at least 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave.

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings.

Junior Data Scientist - Climate
Legal & General Investment Management

http://careers.lgim.com/?cid=GlassdoorCareers
London, United Kingdom
Michelle Scrimgeour
$10+ billion (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Public
Investment & Asset Management
Finance
1970
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