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United Kingdom · Sustainability · Entry Level (0-2 years)

Junior Climate Risk Analyst

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  • Experience bandEntry Level (0-2 years)
  • Direct reportsNo direct reports
  • Reports toClimate Risk Specialist
  • UK framework levelUsually someone starting out, or keeping a process running

Also advertised as Entry-Level Sustainability Analyst · Climate Data Assistant · ESG Risk Support · Environmental Data Analyst

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ABBE Level 3 Diploma in Domestic Green Deal Advice Awarding Body for the Built Environment · Level 3 · covers 1 of 1 standard

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Prepare and issue domestic Green Deal Advice Reports ABBE Level 3 Diploma in Domestic Green Deal Advice
Prepare and issue non-domestic Green Deal Advice Reports ABBE Level 4 Diploma in Non Domestic Green Deal Advice

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  • Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
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3What this role really is

A junior climate risk analyst works with climate data, checking figures and pulling reports for the risk team to use. The work involves handling physical risks like floods and financial risks like new carbon policies. It does not involve setting strategy, but it gives the data that shapes it.

4What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Advanced Excel Advanced

Manipulating large datasets, building pivot tables, using VLOOKUPs and other complex formulas for initial data cleaning and analysis. You'll live in Excel, honestly.

Microsoft PowerPoint / Google Slides Intermediate

Creating clear, concise slides to present data findings or support senior colleagues' presentations. This isn't about fancy graphics, but getting the message across.

Microsoft Word / Google Docs Intermediate

Drafting internal notes, documenting processes, and contributing to written reports. Good clear writing is key.

ESG & GRC Platforms (e.g., Workiva, Persefoni) Intermediate

Entering data for disclosures, tracking risk mitigation tasks, and pulling evidence for auditors. You'll be a regular user of these systems, typically for data input and retrieval.

Climate Risk Platforms (e.g., Jupiter Intelligence, MSCI Climate VaR) Intermediate

Running pre-configured scenarios, pulling asset-level risk scores, and generating standard reports. You'll be using these tools, not configuring them.

Power BI / Tableau (Data Visualisation) Basic

Viewing and interacting with existing dashboards. You might make very minor edits or pull specific data, but you won't be building complex dashboards from scratch yet.

5What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing in Where you are nowThe step above
Data Source Selection No independent decision. Use pre-approved sources or consult manager for new ones. Can select from approved list for routine tasks. Propose new sources to manager. Evaluates and recommends new data sources. Defines data quality standards for projects.
Methodology for Data Cleaning Follows established procedures. Escalates complex data anomalies. Applies standard cleaning methodologies independently. Proposes minor adjustments. Designs and implements new data cleaning methodologies. Approves team's approaches.
Prioritisation of Daily Tasks Priorities set by manager. Inform manager if unable to meet deadlines. Manages own daily task prioritisation within project deadlines. Consults manager on conflicts. Sets priorities for own workstream. Negotiates deadlines with project leads.
External Communication No direct external communication. All queries routed through manager. Responds to routine data requests from internal clients. Manager reviews sensitive communications. Communicates directly with vendors and cross-functional leads on technical matters.

6How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, and what is not on it. The hard targets, how often each is actually looked at, and the quiet signals that never reach a dashboard.

Data Accuracy for GHG Emissions
Error rate in data entry and initial processing for Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.
Target · <2% error rate

Out of 500 data points entered for Q1 Scope 3 emissions, you identify and correct fewer than 10 errors before final submission. This means our overall GHG inventory is reliable.

Timeliness of Data Requests
Completion of assigned data gathering and processing tasks by internal deadlines.
Target · 100% of data requests completed on time

All data required for the CDP questionnaire, including facility energy consumption and transport emissions, is prepared and submitted to the Senior Analyst by the agreed-upon date, allowing ample time for review.

Asset Screening Throughput
Number of company assets screened for specific physical climate risks using our standard tools and methodologies.
Target · 50+ assets screened per week (using standard tools)

You successfully run the flood risk assessment tool for 65 of our European distribution centres in a single week, generating the initial risk scores for review.

Report Generation Efficiency
Time taken to produce standard climate risk reports using established templates and data sources.
Target · Reports generated within 90% of estimated time

A weekly climate risk summary report, typically estimated to take 4 hours, is consistently completed in 3.5-4 hours, freeing up time for other tasks.

Proactive Learning & Initiative
Your willingness to ask questions, seek out information, and take on new challenges without being explicitly told.
  • You'll ask for clarification on a complex data point rather than guessing. You'll read up on TCFD requirements in your own time. You'll suggest a small improvement to a data entry process. You'll volunteer for tasks that stretch your skills a bit.
Quality of Documentation
How well you document your data sources, methodologies, and any assumptions made during analysis.
  • Your colleagues can easily pick up your work and understand exactly what you've done. Data sources are clearly referenced. Any manual adjustments to data are explained. This is key for auditability, honestly.
Team Collaboration & Support
Your ability to work effectively with team members, offering support and communicating clearly.
  • You'll respond promptly to requests from senior colleagues. You'll offer to help a peer if you're ahead on your own tasks. You'll communicate clearly if you're stuck or need more time on something, rather than letting it become a surprise.
Understanding of Climate Risk Concepts
Your developing grasp of core climate risk terminology and frameworks.
  • You'll be able to explain the difference between physical and transition risks in a team meeting. You'll understand why Scope 3 emissions are so tricky. You'll start to connect the dots between a climate scenario and its potential business impact, even if it's a basic connection.

7Would you like it

Both sides. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Making a Tangible Impact on Sustainability

You'll feel a sense of purpose knowing that the data you're cleaning and analysing directly contributes to our company's climate strategy and disclosures. Seeing your numbers used in a board report or a public statement will be genuinely rewarding.

You're excited when you see a press release about our reduced emissions, knowing your meticulous data work helped make that claim credible.

Continuous Learning in a Niche Field

Every day will bring new insights into climate science, financial risk, or regulatory frameworks. You'll be constantly learning from your senior colleagues and through hands-on experience, becoming an expert in a highly sought-after area.

You enjoy attending internal webinars on new climate modelling techniques or reading up on the latest IPCC report findings in your lunch break.

Building Foundational Skills

You'll appreciate the opportunity to develop strong data analysis, reporting, and project support skills that are transferable across many industries. This role is a fantastic stepping stone for a long career in sustainability or risk management.

You're keen to master Excel shortcuts and learn basic Python scripting because you know these skills will be invaluable for your future career.

What frustrates people
  • The data is a disaster: You'll spend a lot of time chasing incomplete supplier data, especially for Scope 3 emissions. It's like being a detective with half the clues missing.
  • Fighting for clarity: Sometimes, the instructions for a task might be a bit vague, and you'll need to ask lots of questions to get to the bottom of it.
  • Repetitive tasks: There will be periods of repetitive data entry or report generation. It's essential, but not always thrilling.
  • Explaining basics to non-experts: You'll occasionally need to explain fundamental climate concepts to people who just don't get it yet.
What this role does not give you
  • Strategic decision-making authority: You won't be setting the company's climate strategy.
  • High-level external representation: This isn't a client-facing or public-speaking role at this level.
  • Immediate, dramatic impact: Your impact is foundational and cumulative, not instant.
  • A perfectly clean, organised data environment: Expect to get your hands dirty with messy data.

8Who you work with

Your work directly supports the accuracy and completeness of our climate risk disclosures and internal risk assessments. Get it right, and we maintain our reputation and comply with regulations. Get it wrong, and we face scrutiny, potential fines, and a loss of trust from investors and the public. You're building the bedrock for robust climate decision-making.

Inside the business
  • Climate Risk Specialists
  • Senior Climate Risk Analysts
  • Sustainability Reporting Team
  • Data & Analytics Team (for data infrastructure support)
  • Internal Audit (for data verification)
Outside the business
  • Data providers (weather, geospatial)
  • ESG platform vendors (for data entry support)

9What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • A genuine interest in climate change and its impact on businesses. You really need to care about this stuff.
  • Strong analytical aptitude and comfort with numbers. You'll be working with a lot of data.
  • Excellent organisational skills – keeping track of multiple data sources and tasks is key.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (advanced level) or Google Sheets. This is non-negotiable for day one.
  • Ability to communicate clearly, both in writing and verbally. You'll be asking questions and documenting your work constantly.
  • A proactive attitude and willingness to learn new tools and concepts quickly. This field moves fast.

10What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced Data Visualisation in Power BI/Tableau

Simply put, pretty pictures communicate better than raw numbers. As you progress, you'll need to move beyond basic charts to create interactive, insightful dashboards that tell a compelling story about climate risk to non-technical audiences. This skill helps turn data into actionable intelligence.

Dashboard design principles (storytelling, clarity · Data modelling and relationships in Power BI/Table · DAX/Tableau calculations for complex metrics · User experience (UX) for interactive reports · Integrating multiple data sources into a single da

  • This month: Take an intermediate Power BI or Tableau course, focusing on data modelling.
  • Month 2: Recreate one of our existing static reports as an interactive dashboard.
  • Month 3: Get feedback on your dashboard from a senior colleague and iterate.
  • Month 4: Start exploring how to integrate geospatial data into your visualisations.

Quick win: Experiment with different chart types in Excel or Power BI on your current datasets. Play around with filters and slicers to see how they change the story. It's about getting comfortable with the tools.

Climate Scenario Analysis Application

Understanding the impact of different future climate pathways (e.g., 1.5°C vs 3°C warming) is central to strategic climate risk management. You'll move from simply running pre-set scenarios to understanding why certain scenarios are chosen and how to interpret their outputs for our specific business context. This is about moving from 'what' to 'why'.

Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) and S · Interpreting outputs from climate models (e.g., te · Translating physical changes into financial impact · Sensitivity analysis for key assumptions · Limitations and uncertainties of climate models

  • This month: Read up on the latest IPCC assessment report summaries, focusing on scenario differences.
  • Month 2: Ask your manager to walk you through how we select and use specific climate scenarios.
  • Month 3: Try to articulate the business implications of a 2°C vs 3°C warming scenario for our company.
  • Month 4: Participate in a workshop or webinar on climate scenario analysis methodologies.

Quick win: When you run a climate risk platform, pay close attention to the scenario names (e.g., 'RCP 4.5'). Look up what those scenarios actually mean in terms of global warming and policy assumptions. It's about building context.

11Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Attend introductory webinars or online courses on climate change, ESG reporting, or data analysis.
  • Read industry publications and news on climate risk and sustainability trends.
  • Join relevant professional groups or forums to network and learn from others.
  • Seek out opportunities for internal training on our specific climate risk platforms and tools.
  • Participate in company-wide sustainability initiatives or employee resource groups.

12The rising capability

The rising capability

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What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Basic Python for Data Automation

Honestly, manual data cleaning and report generation are time-consuming and prone to human error. Python, with libraries like pandas and GeoPandas, is becoming the go-to for automating these repetitive tasks and handling larger, more complex datasets. Analysts who can script will be far more efficient.

  • Basic Python syntax (variables, loops, functions)
  • Using pandas for data manipulation (reading CSVs,
  • Simple data visualisation with Matplotlib or Seabo
  • Automating Excel tasks with openpyxl
  • Introduction to GeoPandas for spatial data

Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

Beyond climate, nature and biodiversity loss are becoming critical financial risks. The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is the next big framework after TCFD. Companies are already being asked to assess their impact and dependencies on nature, and this will soon be as important as carbon emissions.

  • LEAP Approach (Locate, Evaluate, Assess, Prepare)
  • Biodiversity metrics and data sources
  • Nature-related dependencies and impacts
  • Ecosystem services and their financial value
  • Regulatory developments (e.g., EU Taxonomy for bio

13What you’ll use

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • TCFD Framework Awareness
  • GHG Accounting Basics
  • Physical & Transition Risk Concepts
  • Data Validation & Quality Checks

14The pathway

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Graduate Scheme / Internship Conversion

    6-12 months (internship) to 1-2 years (graduate scheme)

    Skills to master

    • Data cleaning, basic reporting, understanding internal systems, foundational climate risk concepts.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Consistently accurate data output.
    • Proactive in asking questions and seeking solutions.
    • Reliable in meeting deadlines for data requests.
    • Demonstrated understanding of core climate risk terminology.
  2. 2

    Data Entry / Junior Analyst in a related field

    1-2 years in a previous role

    Skills to master

    • Adapting existing data skills to climate-specific datasets, learning new industry frameworks (TCFD, GHG Protocol).

    You're ready to move on when

    • Strong Excel skills and comfort with large datasets.
    • Ability to quickly grasp new concepts and methodologies.
    • Experience with data validation and quality control.
    • A clear interest in transitioning into sustainability/climate risk.
  3. 3

    Environmental Science / Geography Graduate

    Direct entry post-degree (0-1 year)

    Skills to master

    • Translating scientific understanding into business context, developing practical data analysis skills, learning corporate reporting requirements.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Strong academic record in relevant subjects.
    • Demonstrated analytical and research skills.
    • Enthusiasm for applying environmental knowledge in a commercial setting.
    • Basic proficiency in data tools (e.g., Excel, GIS software).

15Where this role leads

The long view: This role can lead to work as a senior climate risk specialist, a lead climate risk strategist, or a climate risk manager.

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Where it leads

Roles this leads to

How you would learn this

One to one, on the work you already do

A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.

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  1. 1 Remember
  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 6 Create
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Junior Climate Risk Analyst
  • TCFD Framework Awareness
  • GHG Accounting Basics
  • Physical & Transition Risk Concepts
  • Data Validation & Quality Checks
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16The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Junior Climate Risk Analyst is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Climate Risk Specialist (Level 002)

    2-3 years in the Junior Analyst role

    You'll move from supporting tasks to owning specific analysis areas. Less supervision, more independent work.

    • Designing basic data collection processes.
    • Conducting full scenario analysis for specific assets or business units.
    • Developing basic dashboards in Power BI/Tableau.
    • Basic Python scripting for data automation.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, a big chunk of climate risk work involves sifting through mountains of data and dense reports. What if you could cut down on the tedious bits and spend more time on the interesting analysis? That's where AI comes in. We're not talking about robots taking over; we're talking about smart tools that make your day-to-day work faster and frankly, a lot less frustrating.

As a Junior Climate Risk Analyst, you'll be at the forefront of using AI to streamline data collection, research, and reporting. Imagine having an intelligent assistant that helps you pull out key figures from supplier invoices or summarise a 100-page climate report in minutes. It's about giving you superpowers to tackle the 'Scope 3 Nightmare' and stay on top of ever-evolving regulations, letting you focus on the actual insights.

Scope 3 Data Harvester

Use AI-powered document extraction to automatically pull emissions data, spend figures, and activity data from thousands of supplier PDFs, reports, and invoices. This radically accelerates the creation of our GHG inventory, saving you from endless manual data entry. Honestly, it's a game-changer for the most painful part of the job.

IPCC & Regulation Synthesizer

Deploy Natural Language Processing (NLP) models to scan and summarise dense, 1000-page IPCC reports or new regulatory filings (like CSRD). It'll highlight the specific physical and transition risks most relevant to our industry and asset locations, meaning you don't have to read every single word.

Rapid Site Risk Assessor

Use an AI assistant to instantly collate location-specific climate data for a potential new factory or acquisition. It pulls historical weather events, projected sea-level rise, and local policy information in minutes instead of days. This means quicker initial screenings and less time spent manually searching for data.

Disclosure Narrative Drafter

Leverage a generative AI model, trained on best-practice TCFD reports, to create the first draft of the narrative for your annual climate disclosure. It'll outline methodologies, findings, and strategic responses for you to refine, saving you hours of staring at a blank page. Think of it as a really smart writing assistant.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Junior Climate Risk Analyst?

Common routes in include Graduate Scheme / Internship Conversion (6-12 months (internship) to 1-2 years (graduate scheme)), Data Entry / Junior Analyst in a related field (1-2 years in a previous role) and Environmental Science / Geography Graduate (Direct entry post-degree (0-1 year)). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Junior Climate Risk Analyst progress to?

This role can lead on to Climate Risk Specialist (2-3 years in the Junior Analyst role), depending on the skills you build.

What new skills matter most for a Junior Climate Risk Analyst?

Increasingly, Basic Python for Data Automation and Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). These are the skills our record of this role lists as growing.

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17Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 2

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

 More jobs in sustainability

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.
If you leave this industry

The skills learned here carry into broader ESG reporting, corporate finance, sustainable finance, enterprise risk management, and consulting on climate strategy. Demand for climate risk expertise keeps growing, which opens up a range of directions.

This role profile is © 2026 Growth Engineering Technologies Ltd. Built from UK occupational standards and regulated qualification data, and written for Zavmo.

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