
Editor, Specialist
Principles for Responsible Investment
- Team: Communications
- Grade: Specialist
- Salary: £45,000 - £52,000
- Location: London UK
- Closing: 8:00pm, 22nd Jan 2023 GMT
Job Description
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 incorporating 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; it is supported by, but not part of, the United Nations.
Working at the PRI provides an opportunity to engage with highly motivated, culturally diverse professionals on a wide range of cutting edge issues, such as climate change and income inequality, through the lens of sustainable finance. The PRI provides scope for development at all levels with opportunities for project leadership, in combination with a supportive culture that encourages continuous learning and flexible working policies.
Job Description
The Editor, Specialist will be a member of the editorial team, which is responsible for ensuring the editorial quality of work produced by the PRI’s research teams prior to publication. This editor will work specifically with the PRI’s policy and sustainable financial system teams to enhance the content, structure and style of written materials, ensuring that the content’s goals are effectively communicated to a diverse audience including investors, policy makers and the media. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for what makes content engaging and useful to professional audiences, knowledge of how financial markets operate and meticulous attention to detail.
Core Responsibilities
Work with research teams developing content to ensure clear, concise and engaging publications that communicate their message effectively and are attuned to the needs of the desired audience.
Improve the logic, clarity of argument, the structure and the style of content from research teams.
Lead research staff through the publishing process, including guiding them on planning out timelines.
Keep up-to-date records of publications in development and their associated timelines via centralised content planning tools.
Prepare content in the CMS, handling basic layout and formatting, and working with design and digital production teams on the overall look and feel of published content.
Identify and escalate content that could provide a reputational or legal risk to the PRI.
Provide editorial expertise to ad hoc projects as required.
Contribute to broader Communications team activities, such as producing launch materials and organisational communications pieces.
Provide regular reporting to the Manging Editor as required.
Core competencies
The PRI expects all roles at a Specialist level within the organisation to demonstrate skills across the following core competencies:
Analytical
Proactively offers impartial specialist knowledge, insights or input
Uses business/ specialist knowledge and analysis to identify issues, applying fact-based insight to develop and evaluate solutions or solve issues
Maintains a professional and impartial stance in assessing all information which feeds into decision making
Balances rigour with pragmatism in conducting analyses that are fit for purpose
Effectively reviews and quality-checks all analyses
Business Awareness
Focuses on maximising Signatory or operational value and driving PRI outcomes
Actively keeps up to date with developments both within the organisation and within area of specialism
Balances the internal needs of the PRI and that of Signatory Organisations to deliver outputs
Understands how own area of specialism drives value to the PRI and meets its mission
Uses market insights and knowledge to suggest and drive strategic initiatives which will enhance signatory servicing.
Collaborative
Builds consensus and trust with all that engage with
Is responsive to feedback, proactively following up to ensure any issues are resolved
Engages with colleagues to gain a broader understanding of issues and seeks to respond to or resolve them
Provides specialist knowledge and insights to colleagues where requested
Communicative
Translates specialist information or provides technical expertise in a clear and understandable format
Clarifies matters by absorbing and understanding relevant information and feeding them back in concise terms
Uses effective listening and questioning to enhance understanding of complex issues
Engages the recipient using their language, tailoring communication style for the audience
Developmental
Actively seeks opportunities to enhance specialist knowledge/ experience
Constantly reviews own work with the aim of improving outputs
Applies knowledge or experience to question practices and suggest alternatives
Actively seeks and shares feedback wherever possible, as a means of improvement
Uses best practice identified through external networks or evolutions in the field of specialism
Structured
Has a strong sense of execution and delivery, working to agreed deadlines, involving relevant colleagues and allowing enough time for review and quality assurance
Regularly monitors and reports on progress of work, providing regular updates as appropriate
Takes a methodical approach to how specialist or technical knowledge is acquired and, distributed (where necessary)
Captures knowledge at the end of each project/ process/activity, to use and share
Technical Competencies and Experience
Demonstrable ability to enhance the argument, structure and style of other people’s written work
Excellent understanding of English grammar and usage, including the principles of plain English and ability to translate financial and sustainability jargon into plain English
Understanding of digital publishing best practice, including writing for the web, working with images, laying out pages and working with basic html features such as tables
Knowledge of how financial markets and public policy makers operate and impact the world
An interest in responsible investment, sustainability and ESG issues
Comfortable defining and working to realistic but ambitious deadlines
A collaborative and consultative approach to working with others, the ability to foster an inclusive working environment
Expert user of Microsoft Word, and comfortable with website content management systems
Translation skills into and/or from any other major languages would be considered a bonus
We particularly welcome candidates from under-represented groups, including Black, Asian, and other people of colour, those with visible or non-visible disabilities, LGBTQ+ candidates and those who are neurodivergent.
Removing bias from the hiring process
- Your application will be anonymously reviewed by our hiring team to ensure fairness
- You’ll need a CV/résumé, but it’ll only be considered if you score well on the anonymous review
Applications closed Sun 22nd Jan 2023
Removing bias from the hiring process
- Your application will be anonymously reviewed by our hiring team to ensure fairness
- You’ll need a CV/résumé, but it’ll only be considered if you score well on the anonymous review
Applications closed Sun 22nd Jan 2023