Natural Capital Markets Research Associate (KTP Associate)

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 (revenue up over 500% in a single year), is partnering with the University of Strathclyde's Responsible Business Institute (ReBI) on an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership.

This is your chance to help define how nature is valued, traded, and trusted.

The post will be predominantly based at Nature Broking’s premises in Edinburgh with visits to the University of Strathclyde campus.

The position offers the KTP Associate the following benefits:

• £2,000 per year to spend on personal training with around 10% of their time in training and personal development

• A unique dual base: Nature Broking’s Edinburgh office as your primary home, with a 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.

• The opportunity to contribute to one of the defining sustainability challenges of our time: making natural capital legible to financial markets

• An opportunity to present research at an international conferences

All this in addition to the invaluable experience gained through working on a KTP project with the support of expert teams.

The project is part of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme that aims to help businesses to innovate and grow by working with UK universities. Successful Knowledge Transfer Partnership projects are funded by UK Research and Innovation through Innovate UK and are part of the government’s Industrial Strategy. To find out how KTP works and the vital role you will play if you successfully secure a KTP Associate position please visit: www.ktpws.org.uk

Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Dr Kyung Yoon Kwon, (kyung.kwon@strath.ac.uk).

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