Research Assistant in the Dept. Financial Markets (f/m/d)

The Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE - Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe - (www.safe-frankfurt.de) promotes scientific research, transfer work to the public and independent policy advice on all aspects relating to the structure and functioning of the financial system. It aims to contribute to strengthening a sustainable and resilient financial system that drives innovation and serves the needs of the economy and citizens. Researchers from the fields of economics, law, and political science collaborate at SAFE.

Your tasks:

We are looking for a research assistant for the SAFE project TSI (Technical Support Instrument) Project Grant “ESG risk management framework for the financial sector”, with the acronym ESG UPTAKE, of which Prof. Loriana Pelizzon is one of the Lead Experts. The project supports a selected group of European supervisory authorities in identifying, monitoring, and assessing the impact of ESG risks on their respective supervised entities, as well as on the entire financial sector, with a view to adopting appropriate supervisory responses and indirectly contributing to the achievement of the overarching EU and national goals in the area of sustainability. To this aim, ESG-UPTAKE enables the uptake and implementation of a risk-based supervisory approach to assess and mitigate ESG and climate risks, complemented by reporting systems, data, and methodologies based on best practices. The Research Assistant will assist the project team, develop and operationalize, in collaboration with the other project partners, a quali-quantitative approach including respectively desk-based research and literature review, knowledge co-production meetings and workshops with NCAs, and best practices analysis to deliver an operative framework for improving supervisors’ identification, monitoring, assessment and management of ESG and climate risks.

Your profile:

• Master-level degree in Economics, Banking and Finance or in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics and Engineering, or equivalent
• Excellent performance in your field of study
• Research interest in sustainability-related research, financial risk assessment, climate stress testing
• Excellent data handling and analytics skills
• Very good knowledge of MATLAB, Python, STATA and SQL
• Very good knowledge of the English language
• The ability to work independently and on your own initiative
• Flexibility and teamwork
• Experience in the management of a third-party funded project

We offer:

We offer he infrastructure of a modern research center with excellent contacts to the scientific and financial community. You will be working in a very attractive working environment in the House of Finance at Goethe University with an enthusiastic team of colleagues. Compensation will be 50% of a full-time position in accordance with the standards of the public services wage agreement of the State of Hesse (TV-H E 13). The employment contract has a duration until 31.08.2026.

SAFE seeks to increase the share of women in research and thus strongly encourages female scholars to apply. We are also committed to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities and therefore invites them in particular to apply.

Interested? We look forward to receiving your online application!

Apply now until 22.10.2024 by using the button "Online Application"

Should you have any questions please contact Nicole Weidlich via email office_pelizzon(at)safe-frankfurt.de