Job Posting / Internship

Role: Junior Analyst, Impact Investing
Organization: The Atmospheric Fund
Location: Hybrid, with two days a week in TAF’s Toronto office (at Union Station). We will consider fully remote work for the right candidate!

We will begin rolling review of applications on August 25; candidates are encouraged to apply early to ensure full consideration. All applications received before this date will be reviewed, but the posting may close early if strong candidates are found.

About The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) and the Impact Investing Junior Analyst

Have you heard about TAF? We’re a regional climate agency that invests in low-carbon solutions for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and helps scale them up for broad implementation. We are experienced leaders and collaborate with stakeholders in the private, public and non-profit sectors who have ideas and opportunities for reducing carbon emissions. We advance the most promising concepts by investing, providing grants, influencing policies and running programs.

As an impact investor, we manage a $100 million endowment fund and invest in companies and projects with solutions to reduce urban greenhouse gas emissions. We’re particularly interested in investments that generate benefits beyond carbon reduction such as improving people’s health, creating new green jobs, boosting urban resiliency, and contributing to a fair society.

We’re looking for an intern to join the impact investing team to support due diligence on investment opportunities, conduct market research, help refine our financial and impact reporting, research new investment opportunities, and help monitor existing investments.

Project opportunities:

• Conduct Due Diligence — Evaluate prospective investments through risk assessment, market research, financial modelling, and preparation of key sections of investment memorandums for internal approvals.
• Participate in Governance Processes — Attend Direct Investment and Investment Committee meetings and support follow-up actions and analysis stemming from committee feedback.
• Explore Innovative Financing Models — Research and assess opportunities and financing models that align with TAFs four strategic focus areas with a view to mobilizing of large amounts of capital. 
• Support Portfolio Management — Help monitor the performance of existing investments, identify emerging issues, and maintain accurate records in our Salesforce-based investment opportunity database.
• Advance Impact Measurement —Contribute to the evaluation of impact metrics for existing investments to inform internal reporting and support investee upskilling.
• Contribute to Team and Organizational Culture — Participate and contribute in regular staff meetings, lunch n’ learns, planning sessions, working groups, and other cross-team initiatives that strengthen collaboration and learning across the organization.

Key details:

Compensation: $28/hour plus financial support for wifi associated with work. A laptop will be provided.

Employment term: full time (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm) for approximately four months, from mid-September to late December, 2025. Flexible schedule and hours to be determined in consultation with your manager.

Location: Hybrid, with two days a week in TAF’s Toronto office (at Union Station). We will consider fully remote work for the right candidate!

Other perks:

• Experience what it’s like to work in the climate sector, with a team of climate action professionals.
• Enjoy socials, lunch n’ learns, training sessions and other staff-wide experiences.
• Benefit from other hands-on learning and networking opportunities.

The kind of skills and experience we're looking for:

• Education: Currently completing, or a recent graduate of, a business, investing, or finance-focused program.
• Digital literacy: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (or similar tools); experience with Salesforce is an asset but not required—training will be provided.
• Research and analysis: Strong research and analytical skills, comfortable working with data.
• Organization and attention to detail: Able to manage tasks effectively, meet deadlines, and produce accurate, high-quality work.
• Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with others, actively contributing to meetings, planning sessions, and group activities.
• Written communication: Strong writing skills, with the ability to summarize key findings concisely.
• Climate solutions knowledge and alignment: Familiarity with greenhouse gas emissions analysis and carbon reduction technologies in buildings, transportation, or waste, with a demonstrated interest in sustainability and urban climate solutions (a strong asset).

Applying to intern at TAF:

We understand that candidates come with different types of experience and backgrounds that might not appear exactly to align with the requirements we’ve listed here. But if you’re excited by this job posting and to work at TAF, and think you’d be a great fit for this position, we encourage you to apply. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply. Our application process asks you to answer a few job-related questions using a platform and process that anonymizes applications and gives applicants the chance to show their skills and fit for the job versus simply evaluating on-paper qualifications. If you require any accommodations to fully participate in the hiring and selection process, please reach out to our People team at jobs@taf.ca .

Application process:

Apply via this link.

You’ll upload your resume (no cover letter is required), and answer two questions letting us know why you’re interested and a great candidate for the role. You can complete it at your own pace; you'll receive a direct link to your application, allowing you to come back and edit your responses until you click submit.

After the job closes, your answers will go through our de-biased sift process: all responses are anonymized, randomized, and scored by our team. We’ll also screen for AI-generated content (such as ChatGPT), and candidates who appear to have used these tools inappropriately will not move forward in the hiring process.

To help us track the diversity of our candidate pool, we ask for demographic information. The details you provide are confidential, not tied to your application, and will not be seen by the hiring team.

If your answers score in the top 10 - 20% of applicants, we’ll review your resume. While we value your resume, we place more emphasis on your responses to the sift questions than on your on-paper qualifications.

If you are shortlisted, we’ll invite you for an in-person interview at our Toronto office (virtual interviews can be accommodated on request) and complete a short technical assessment. In the final stage, the TAF hiring manager will connect with your professional references to hear about what it’s like working with you from your past colleagues.

Depending on the volume and quality of applications received, we may introduce an additional step. Whether you are successful or not, you will hear back from us once the process is complete. We appreciate your interest in applying to work at TAF!

Please mention you saw this at GoodWork.ca.