Location: Africa, preferably South Africa or environs
Duration: flexible: 4 days per week to full time
Start date: January 2015
Remuneration: competitive for non for profit sector
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 (ESG) issues into investment processes and ownership practices. The principles are supported by a Secretariat that promotes the PRI and provides implementation support to signatories.
Job description:
This is a unique opportunity for an experienced professional with institutional sales experience to join a growing team, dedicated to providing practical guidance to investors across various countries on the implementation of responsible investment [RI] practices. You will be interacting with asset owners and investors in Africa to build and sustain a strong presence for the PRI in these countries. You will be working with the London-based PRI teams to support signatories' implementation of the PRI across different asset classes, such as equities, fixed income, private equity, property, microfinance, ESG-themed investments and more. You would report to the Director, Networks & Global Outreach. This position involves some travel within Africa and, occasionally, further afield.
Context:
There is growing interest in responsible investment in the Africa. To address this interest, to advance the familiarity, favourability of the PRI and to acquire signatories and provide them with support and information on how to implement the principles an Africa Manager is required.
Core Responsibilites:
• Raising awareness about the materiality of ESG issues for investment processes among asset owners, investment managers and service providers.
• Development of engagement opportunities in the African market and the recruitment of new signatories.
• Supporting Signatories in their implementation of the Principles through best practice development and dissemination, shareholder collaboration, and other relevant activities.
• Facilitating the coordination, meetings and activities of the African network and the network working groups, and generating Signatory events.
• Act as a liaison between the African Network and other signatories in the rest of the PRI community.
• Develop 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 Africa.
• Feed back to the Director, Business Development and other members of the PRI team on key activities and issues arising in Africa.
• Participate in relevant conferences / trade shows / seminars in Africa.
Responsibilities may include any or all of the following:
• Lead recruitment meetings and PRI presentations to potential signatories in Africa
• Represent PRI in key local conferences and RI related forums.
• Support the local working groups work with insights and research.
• Organise local PRI events and/or signatory workshops.
• Manage email correspondence, conference calls, meetings and events involving PRI signatories and other stakeholders.
• Prepare agendas, minutes and progress updates.
• Manage PRI signatory extranet and databases.
• Participate in PRI team commitments, such as: general team calls/meetings, networks calls/meetings and other team related duties.
Requirements:
• Experience in institutional sales and relationship management in the African financial services industry
• Significant, relevant work experience. Experience in investment management or investment analysis is a plus.
• Strong interest in responsible investment and environmental, social, governance issues in general.
• Degree in a PRI-related field (finance, economics, business administration, responsible investment, law).
• High-level written and spoken English.
• Confidence to relate to and interact with senior investment professionals and in speaking engagements to large audiences.
• Professional maturity: ability to complete tasks without supervision; well organised and reliable.
• Outstanding project management skills.
• Confidence with a range of IT and Internet tools.
• Diplomacy, tact, and the ability to get on with people and fit into a multi-cultural team.
• Residence in Africa, preferably where there is a significant signatory concentration i.e. Cape Town or Johannesburg. Other locations will be considered.
• This is not a 9-5 job. We expect the successful candidate to demonstrate desire to achieve the highest standards of professional delivery in an international investment and policy environment.
The position has significant scope for professional development, especially for someone looking to develop a specialism within the RI sphere. International travel opportunities are available.
To Apply:
To apply for this role please send a resume with cover letter to careers@unpri.org – closing date for applications is noon on 20 November 2014.
Duration: flexible: 4 days per week to full time
Start date: January 2015
Remuneration: competitive for non for profit sector
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 (ESG) issues into investment processes and ownership practices. The principles are supported by a Secretariat that promotes the PRI and provides implementation support to signatories.
Job description:
This is a unique opportunity for an experienced professional with institutional sales experience to join a growing team, dedicated to providing practical guidance to investors across various countries on the implementation of responsible investment [RI] practices. You will be interacting with asset owners and investors in Africa to build and sustain a strong presence for the PRI in these countries. You will be working with the London-based PRI teams to support signatories' implementation of the PRI across different asset classes, such as equities, fixed income, private equity, property, microfinance, ESG-themed investments and more. You would report to the Director, Networks & Global Outreach. This position involves some travel within Africa and, occasionally, further afield.
Context:
There is growing interest in responsible investment in the Africa. To address this interest, to advance the familiarity, favourability of the PRI and to acquire signatories and provide them with support and information on how to implement the principles an Africa Manager is required.
Core Responsibilites:
• Raising awareness about the materiality of ESG issues for investment processes among asset owners, investment managers and service providers.
• Development of engagement opportunities in the African market and the recruitment of new signatories.
• Supporting Signatories in their implementation of the Principles through best practice development and dissemination, shareholder collaboration, and other relevant activities.
• Facilitating the coordination, meetings and activities of the African network and the network working groups, and generating Signatory events.
• Act as a liaison between the African Network and other signatories in the rest of the PRI community.
• Develop 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 Africa.
• Feed back to the Director, Business Development and other members of the PRI team on key activities and issues arising in Africa.
• Participate in relevant conferences / trade shows / seminars in Africa.
Responsibilities may include any or all of the following:
• Lead recruitment meetings and PRI presentations to potential signatories in Africa
• Represent PRI in key local conferences and RI related forums.
• Support the local working groups work with insights and research.
• Organise local PRI events and/or signatory workshops.
• Manage email correspondence, conference calls, meetings and events involving PRI signatories and other stakeholders.
• Prepare agendas, minutes and progress updates.
• Manage PRI signatory extranet and databases.
• Participate in PRI team commitments, such as: general team calls/meetings, networks calls/meetings and other team related duties.
Requirements:
• Experience in institutional sales and relationship management in the African financial services industry
• Significant, relevant work experience. Experience in investment management or investment analysis is a plus.
• Strong interest in responsible investment and environmental, social, governance issues in general.
• Degree in a PRI-related field (finance, economics, business administration, responsible investment, law).
• High-level written and spoken English.
• Confidence to relate to and interact with senior investment professionals and in speaking engagements to large audiences.
• Professional maturity: ability to complete tasks without supervision; well organised and reliable.
• Outstanding project management skills.
• Confidence with a range of IT and Internet tools.
• Diplomacy, tact, and the ability to get on with people and fit into a multi-cultural team.
• Residence in Africa, preferably where there is a significant signatory concentration i.e. Cape Town or Johannesburg. Other locations will be considered.
• This is not a 9-5 job. We expect the successful candidate to demonstrate desire to achieve the highest standards of professional delivery in an international investment and policy environment.
The position has significant scope for professional development, especially for someone looking to develop a specialism within the RI sphere. International travel opportunities are available.
To Apply:
To apply for this role please send a resume with cover letter to careers@unpri.org – closing date for applications is noon on 20 November 2014.
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