SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES

Essential:

• Experience of working on issues of climate change related risks and opportunities, ideally gained in a corporate / investment / consulting environment. Alternatively, experience working in a relevant role with professional studies or demonstrated understanding of nature and climate change.
• Understanding and demonstrable interest in financial markets, the investment industry and their role in sustainability including a good understanding of different approaches to investor stewardship.
• Proven experience of leading and delivering on a workplan, including excellent project management, coordination and organisational skills, demonstrating flexibility where required.
• Proven ability to work as a team and successfully manage internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent data management capabilities, including mastery of Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a high level of attention to detail
• Competency in routine IT tools including Microsoft Office (e.g., Word, Power Point, etc.)
• Written and spoken fluency in English.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of best practice in corporate climate reporting (e.g. TCFD, SBTi)
• Knowledge of A&R related issues
• Experience presenting to large groups online and in person.
• Fluency in other languages.

THE ROLE

Our work is delivered across three programme areas - corporate, investor strategies and policy - and covers a range of important topics, including net zero, adaptation and resilience, and nature.
Over recent years, IIGCC has launched a number of the most significant investor climate initiatives through the Corporate Programme. These include Climate Action 100+, the world’s largest investor engagement; Nature Action 100 (NA100); the Banks Working Group, and the Net Zero Engagement Initiative (NZEI). More recently, IIGCC has become the Secretariat for the Finance Sector Deforestation Action (FSDA) initiative.
You will join us as one of the programme managers of IIGCC’s Corporate Programme, contributing to the development and implementation of our collaborative engagement initiatives. You will be responsible for tracking the progress of company engagements, managing initiative databases and responding to investor enquiries, among other tasks. The work will involve interacting with IIGCC members and other stakeholders as well as mentoring more junior members of the team.
A key aspect of this role is collaboration with partner networks across the world, with whom IIGCC works on major investor initiatives, such as Climate Action 100+ and initiatives on nature and banking. This requires relationship building across geographies to drive shared global priorities.
You will also work on IIGCC’s own engagement initiatives in relation to climate and nature. You will help coordinate shareholder engagement to secure net zero transition plans from companies across a range of sectors and to ensure that they are appropriately taking account of adaptation and resilience (A&R) related risks.
You will be sector lead for at least one major carbon emitting sector. This role will involve working closely with investors, the rest of the IIGCC corporate team and also the other IIGCC programmes on policy and investor practices.
While this role is initially offered on a fixed term basis for 12 months, we hope that the contract can be extended.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

The work will comprise the following key activities:

• Programme management of key workstreams of the IIGCC Corporate Programme
• Working closely with IIGCC members, facilitate effective collaborative engagement, including producing tools and guidance, convening working groups and providing technical assistance.
• Collaborate with partner networks across the world on joint initiatives, such as Climate Action 100+ and Nature Action 100, with data providers and other third parties.
• Assist with the overall project management and research needs of the Corporate Programme
• Analyse company transition plans and A&R related activities to support investor engagement.
• Manage databases to enable tracking and reporting of engagement progress.