Location: London

Duration: Permanent

About the PRI

The PRI is the world's leading proponent of responsible investment. It works to understand the investment implications of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and to support its international network of investor signatories in integrating these factors into their investment and ownership decisions. The PRI acts in the long-term interests of its signatories, of the financial markets and economies in which they operate and ultimately of the environment and society as a whole.

The PRI is truly independent. It encourages investors to use responsible investment to enhance returns and better manage risks, but does not operate for its own profit; it engages with global policy makers but is not associated with any government.

Job description

This opportunity is within the PRI’s ESG team, which is the thematic hub within the organization. The team is responsible for:

• Developing PRI’s internal expertise on ESG themes from the company level to the macroeconomic systemic level

• Raise awareness, provide insights and develop guidance and tools on ESG themes for PRI’s signatory base

• Provide ESG issues expertise into other processes within PRI such as policy and research, investment practices and active ownership

  The successful candidate will be responsible to support the delivery of services and outputs (i.e. signatory collaborative engagements, investors/company roundtables, webinars, podcasts, briefings and publications) focused on environmental issues. This could include but not be limited to topics such as sustainable land use, water and the circular economy. The successful candidate will also assist with some across team functions.

  This is a unique opportunity at the intersection of responsible investment and corporate sustainability and will provide the successful candidate with a range of knowledge and experience in this fast-moving area.

Core Responsibilities:

• Provide support to the PRI Environmental team on projects related but not be limited to topics such as sustainable land use, water and the circular economy. Responsibilities include:

• Organising/participating in calls with relevant investor groups

• Drafting call notes

• Analysing progress of the engagement projects against an agreed framework

• Drafting reports for use by relevant investor groups

• Conducting research on company practices and analyse research results

• Editing reports for external audiences

• Attending relevant events

• Build relationships with signatories to maintain and expand expertise of signatory knowledge of environmental issues, practices and requirements.

• Build relationships with external stakeholders, liaising and promoting synergies with other investor networks and initiatives and partner organisations.

• Manage signatory queries as needed, and acting as a point person when relevant team members are travelling

• Ensuring accuracy and completeness of project related information on Salesforce

• Managing the content of private online working spaces for relevant investor groups, and assist signatories to resolve any technical issues they might encounter

• Other ad hoc tasks as required

Requirements:

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline

• Fluent in English with excellent verbal and written communications skills

• Motivated by the mission of the PRI, interested in environmental issues as they relate to companies and investors

• Confidence to relate to and interact with a wide range of investment professionals from different regions. Ability to network and build relationships.

• Strong experience of relevant IT systems (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, CRM software)

• Fluency in Portuguese is highly desirable.

• Proactive attitude

• Strong attention to detail

• Ability to learn quickly

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

• Willing to occasionally take notes of conference calls in different time zones outside normal working hours

  Desired:

• Understanding of responsible investment and shareholder engagement activities

• Relevant experience in administrative and coordinative activities will be viewed positively

• Relevant knowledge of deforestation and/or plastics and/or water issues as they relate to the private sector

  All candidates must have eligibility to work in the UK without visa sponsorship. While every effort

  is made to contain the needs of the role within the usual working day, there will be an occasional

  need to work outside of normal working hours owing to the international nature of the

  organisation.