Transition Specialist; Finance

Transition Specialist (Finance)

£43,851pa + excellent benefits

Woking, Surrey GU21 4LL
/ Hybrid Working

Hybrid working:
Minimum 40% in person collaboration per month

About the role

We’re excited to be recruiting a Transition Specialist (Finance) to help drive WWF-UK’s work influencing the finance sector to integrate climate and nature into business decision-making. Sitting at the intersection of conservation, policy and finance, this role plays a critical part in shaping how financial institutions respond to the climate and nature crisis.

You will lead WWF-UK’s direct engagement with financial institutions, providing insight, advice and challenge to support more sustainable financial practices. Working across teams and with external partners, you’ll help build a clear strategy for engaging the finance sector, strengthen WWF-UK’s influence, and ensure we remain at the forefront of developments in sustainable finance.

This is a strategic and analytical role, combining deep financial sector expertise with strong relationship-building skills. You’ll help interpret transition plans, identify opportunities for change and support financial institutions to take meaningful action that benefits people, climate and nature.

Skills and experience

You’ll bring the following skills and experience to succeed in this role:

Essential

* Significant experience and understanding of the finance sector, ideally gained within a financial institution or closely aligned environment.

* Strong expertise in sustainable finance, including climate and or nature-related risks, opportunities and transition planning.

* Knowledge of key frameworks and standards such as Science Based Targets initiative, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), ICMA Green Bond Principles or similar.

* Excellent analytical capability, including financial analysis or modelling, with the ability to interpret complex transition plans and financial information.

* Experience influencing external stakeholders and building credible relationships across complex systems.

* Strategic thinking skills, with the ability to navigate and understand the wider financial ecosystem.

* Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to translate technical insight into clear and compelling messages.

* Ability to work collaboratively within matrixed teams while also operating independently and managing priorities effectively.

* A clear commitment to environmental issues and WWF-UK’s values.

Desirable

* Experience structuring or advising on sustainable debt instruments such as green, transition or sustainability-linked finance.

* Experience working across international contexts or with global stakeholders.

* Understanding of climate and sustainable finance policy relevant to the UK and global finance sector.

What we offer

We believe in rewarding our team with more than just a salary. Here’s what you can expect:

* Annual leave starting at 26 days a year, rising one day each year to 31 days plus bank holidays

* Flexible working options, to support your work life balance

* 7.5% employer contribution to pension, rising to 10% with employee contribution

* Learning and development opportunities to help you grow

* Regular wellbeing initiatives to support your health and happiness.

This is a UK based contract, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.

This role is hybrid with a minimum 40% of your contracted hours spent at our beautiful UK head office, the Living Planet Centre in Woking, Surrey, where you’ll hot desk among trees and gardens.

About WWF-UK

We’re a global conservation charity with millions of supporters and hundreds of projects around the world.

At WWF-UK, we’re bringing our world back to life. Protecting what’s left isn’t enough. We’re racing to restore nature and prevent catastrophic climate change. And it’s a race we can win with everyone’s help.

We’re courageous, passionate, and driven by science. For more than 60 years we’ve been at the forefront of global efforts to protect wildlife and the natural world. We work…