Closing Date:

Aug 31, 2015

Salary:

£Competitive for not-for-profit

How to Apply:

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Job Description:

Principles for Responsible Investment

Acre is working with the Principles for Responsible Investment, an investor initiative in partnership with UNEP Finance Initiative and the UN Global Compact. Launched by 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.

Unlike other geographies, the UK signatory base has not, to date, had a dedicated resource allocated to servicing its needs. This is an opportunity for an experienced professional to join a growing organisation, dedicated to providing practical guidance to investors in the UK on the implementation of responsible investment [RI] practices.

Reporting to the Director of Networks and Global Outreach, the successful candidate will be interacting with asset owners and investors to build and expand relationships throughout the UK signatory and potential signatory base.

Additional responsibilities include:

  • Supporting Signatories in their implementation of the Principles through best practice development and dissemination, shareholder collaboration, and other relevant activities

  • Developing engagement opportunities in the UK market and the recruitment of new signatories

  • Leading the coordination, meetings and activities of the UK Network and the network working groups and generating Signatory events. Events logistics assistance will be provided from the events team

  • Developing relationships with other organizations in the responsible investment, SRI, institutional investment and sustainability fields to ensure PRI's work is complementary to existing initiatives already active in the UK and Europe.

  • Representing PRI in key local conferences and RI related forums (which include public speaking)

You will have significant experience in institutional sales and/or strong relationships within the UK financial services industry.

In addition you will have:

  • Relevant experience in responsible investment, sustainability and environmental, social, governance issues (highly valued but not essential)

  • Practical experience in investment management or investment analysis (desirable)

  • Degree educated (or equivalent) in a finance‐related field (finance, economics, business administration, responsible investment, law)

  • Extensive experience interacting with and relating to investment professionals at the C-suite level and in speaking engagements to large audiences

  • Professional maturity: ability to complete tasks without supervision; well organised and reliable