Sustainability Insights & Research Lead

NatWest Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 200,000 +; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution seeks a Sustainability Insights & Research Lead to integrate sustainability into strategic decisions. This role includes gathering and analyzing external sustainability trends, engaging stakeholders, and providing actionable insights. Ideal candidates possess a Master’s degree in a related field and significant experience in climate research or policy analysis. The position offers a hybrid work model and requires excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Expertise in sustainability, policy frameworks, and sectoral transitions.
• Experience in cross-sectoral collaboration and climate negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Gather and interpret sustainability insights from external sources.
• Engage with stakeholders on sustainability matters.
• Track global and national policy developments.
• Produce strategic recommendations based on analysis.
• Support teams with climate and market intelligence.

Skills

Climate or nature research

Policy analysis

Market intelligence

Data analysis and synthesis

Excellent communication skills

Data visualisation

Education

Master's degree in Sustainability, Public Policy, Environmental Science or related

Job description

Join us as a Sustainability Insights & Research Lead

• We'll look to you to create and deliver high-quality, actionable insights that integrate environmental and social sustainability considerations into our Group's strategic and commercial decisions
• We'll look to you to engage key stakeholders and position the bank as a thought leader in how financial institutions can support customers and the economy to be sustainable
• This is a chance to work in a fast-paced environment and develop high-quality reports, briefs, and presentations tailored to diverse audiences including executives, partners, and policymakers

What you'll do

In this key role, you'll gather, interpret and direct sustainability insights from external sources to raise awareness of emerging trends and issues to expand the Group's knowledge and aid integration into strategic decisions, plans, such as the climate transition plan, and policies including updates to our environmental, social and ethics policy.

You'll also integrate sustainability considerations into the bank's strategy, planning commercial decisions by tracking and providing updates on real economy policy developments, sectoral transformations, technological and market, and societal dynamics that inform our strategic approach towards strategic initiatives, such as the climate transition plan, nature approach and social issues.

Specifically, you'll:

• Identify challenges and develop solutions to enable us to support customers to maximise the opportunities and minimise risks in transition
• Engage with key external stakeholders such as regulators, NGOs, think tanks on sustainability related matters like customer campaigns, NGO dialogues, and government consultations
• Track and analyse global, regional, and national transition policy developments, regulatory changes, and emerging trends
• Produce actionable insights and strategic recommendations based on sustainability policy or technology or market analysis to inform internal decision-making and external stakeholder engagement
• Support internal teams and external partners with timely, relevant, and accurate intelligence on climate, nature policy and market developments
• Synthesise qualitative and quantitative data from multiple sources to support evidence-based insights

The skills you'll need

To succeed in this role, you'll bring your expertise in sustainability through demonstrating integrated thinking of the interrelations between the economy, society and the environment, policy frameworks, systems thinking and sectoral transitions. Additionally, you'll have a master's degree in Sustainability, Public Policy with specialisation in environmental or social policy, Environmental Science, Economics, Public Affairs, or related disciplines.

Experience in cross-sectoral collaboration, international climate, environmental negotiations, or innovation ecosystems will be advantageous.

You'll also need:

• Significant experience in climate or nature research, policy analysis, market intelligence, or sustainable strategy
• A strong ability to analyse and synthesise qualitative and quantitative data
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for diverse audiences
• Familiarity with tools for data visualisation and stakeholder mapping

Hours
35

Job Posting Closing Date:
27/08/2025

Ways of Working:Hybrid