About the PRI

The Principles for Responsible Investment is an investor initiative in partnership with UNEP Finance Initiative and the UN Global Compact. Launched by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the PRI is a set of voluntary best practice principles to assist investors in integrating environmental, social and corporate governance issues into investment processes and ownership practices. The principles are supported by a Secretariat that promotes the PRI and provides implementation support to signatories. See www.unpri.org.

Job description

The Associate role is based in Beijing and is a key supporting function to the China team to support PRI’s local Signatories, projects and promote the development and implementation of responsible investment/ESG investment in the region.

The role will report into the PRI’s Head of China. The day-to-day job, among other things, involves research and analytical work, support in coordinating meetings and organising events, translations and proofreading, onboarding and other support to Chinese signatories, admin support and regular communication with London.

This is very much a developmental role and subject to the chosen candidate’s ability and drive there will be opportunities to take on more ownership including signatory relationship responsibilities once the successful candidate has familiarised themselves with the immediate priorities of the position.

Core Responsibilities:

• Provide market research and analysis

• Develop materials for signatory relationship meetings and recruitment meetings

• Coordinate onboarding of new signatories

• Help prepare and run team meetings

• Support the implementation of the ongoing projects in China

• Set up meetings and support in organising events

• Translate and proofread translated materials

• Deliver admin support including management of CRM database (Salesforce)

• Dealing with day-to-day signatory inquiries

• Support the China team on other ad hoc priorities

Technical Competencies & Requirements:

Fluency in both spoken and written English and Mandarin is essential along with strong and professional communication skills.

Additional essential requirements are:

• Experience working in a professional and international environment; e.g. the financial services industry or similar

• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification; Master’s degree in one or more relevant fields is preferable

• At least intermediate knowledge of relevant IT (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and ideally Salesforce or other CRM system)

• A confident and professional manner in dealing with senior business professionals

• Good verbal communications skills

• Strong attention to detail

• Self-starter and ability to learn quickly

• Enthusiastic, self-motivated and responsible

• Diplomacy, tact, and ability to work well in teams

DESIRED:

• Understanding of responsible investment / sustainable finance

• Investment qualification(s)

All candidates must have eligibility to work in China without visa sponsorship. While every effort is made to contain the needs of the role within the usual working day, there will be a rare occasional need to work outside of hours owing to the international nature of the business.