Salary: £40,000 per annum
FTE: 1 (40 hours/week)
Term: Fixed Term (24 months)
Closing Date: 30/05/2026
Strathclyde Business School, in partnership with Nature Broking (https://www.naturebroking.com/), are seeking to appoint a KTP Associate to integrate advanced financial modelling, risk and scenario analysis, and emerging AI‑enabled analytical techniques within a rapidly developing natural capital market.
Natural capital has long been absent from financial markets, despite underpinning the global economy. That is changing. Tightening net‑zero commitments, biodiversity net gain regulation, and a flight to quality in voluntary carbon markets are turning nature into a tradeable asset class.
Nature Broking, a fast‑growing natural capital and carbon credit brokerage, is partnering with the University of Strathclyde's Responsible Business Institute (ReBI) on an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership.
The post will be predominantly based at Nature Broking’s premises in Edinburgh with visits to the University of Strathclyde campus.
Benefits
* £2,000 per year to spend on personal training, with around 10% of time in training and personal development
* A unique dual base: Nature Broking’s Edinburgh office as primary home, with hotdesk and university email at Strathclyde Business School in Glasgow for full academic library and journal access
* Direct involvement in building tools that will shape how natural capital is priced and trusted in financial markets
* Exposure to high‑profile multinational corporate clients
* Supervision by an outstanding academic team at the frontier of sustainable finance and AI‑enabled analytics
* A clear pathway to an ongoing role at Nature Broking following project completion
* Opportunity to contribute to one of the defining sustainability challenges of our time: making natural capital legible to financial markets
* Opportunity to present research at international conferences
The KTP Associate will work closely with the research team to define how nature is valued, traded and trusted, and will contribute to developing analytical tools and models for natural capital markets.
Interested candidates should possess strong analytical and quantitative skills, experience with financial modelling and risk analysis, and a keen interest in sustainable finance and AI‑enabled analytics.
Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Dr Kyung Yoon Kwon (kyung.kwon@strath.ac.uk).
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