ShareAction

We are at a pivotal moment: the climate and biodiversity crises are deepening, and inequalities are even more marked in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The global investment system has an oversized impact on many of these global challenges. We want to make sure that impact is positive. At ShareAction we work with investors, policymakers and individuals to unleash the positive potential of the investment system. We aim to build a world where our financial system serves our planet and its people.

Team

ShareAction’s newly-launched and growing Biodiversity programme will work with asset managers, asset owners and banks to raise the profile of biodiversity loss, drive stronger biodiversity performance by corporates and improve policy and regulation to incentivise action to address biodiversity loss. In early 2022 we secured funding to enable us to launch the first phase of the programme and we are now building a team to drive progress towards a financial system that halts and reverses the biodiversity crisis.

The destruction of our natural world is one of the most pressing crises we face today. Our survival as we know it is dependent on nature. Its destruction is undermining our societies and our global economy. Tackling the loss of nature will require urgent and transformative action by all actors, and the financial sector has a major role to play.

We are seeking to appoint a Senior Manager – Biodiversity to develop and deliver campaign strategies for company and investor engagement within ShareAction’s Biodiversity programme. They will oversee two campaigns: a sector-based campaign, initially addressing the harmful effects of the agrochemicals industry on nature and a place-based campaign, encouraging investors and companies to commit to protecting critical habitats that go beyond today’s baseline of World Heritage Sites.

What you’ll do:

• You will be responsible for developing campaign objectives (which companies to target and what outcomes to seek) and strategies (with an emphasis on investor influence), as well as delivery of campaigns
• You will develop and oversee an annual workplan of campaign and engagement activity
• With the support of colleagues in the Biodiversity and Communications teams, you will produce campaign materials, including letters, AGM questions and external communications materials
• You will work with the Head of Biodiversity to build and maintain relationships with investors, NGOs and other stakeholders to support our campaigns
• You will lead on investor engagement activities with target companies to grow support for campaigns, including calls, meetings and other events held on 1:1 and in groups
• You will build a team to support this work and line manage team members
• You will deputise for the Head of Biodiversity as ShareAction’s spokesperson on biodiversity where appropriate
• You will ensure that activity and outcomes are recorded in our systems and produce reports about these as required, to enable ongoing monitoring, evaluation and learning
• You will provide input into team efforts to develop new areas of work, including contributing to funding bids, when required
• You will play a role in wider team and cross ShareAction activity related to biodiversity to foster collaboration

Please note this list is not exhaustive and the role might change slightly from time to time.

What you’ll bring to the team:

• You will be able to demonstrate your knowledge of biodiversity loss and the action needed by corporate and financial sectors
• You will have experience of promoting action by business to address nature loss
• You will ideally have some understanding of the finance industry, in particular the role of asset owners, asset managers and banks
• You will have experience or a working knowledge of third sector advocacy or campaigning organisations
• You will be energised and excited by identifying, building and maintaining relationships with external stakeholders
• You will have excellent written and verbal communications and can demonstrate experience of tailoring your message to a range of different audiences
• You will be a natural collaborator and team-player making sure you get the best out of those you work with
• You will be able to manage a range of competing priorities and deadlines
• You will have experience of project management and applying monitoring, evaluation and learning in a programme

It would also be great – but not essential - if you have:

• An understanding of the agrochemicals industry
• Experience working with CRM systems, for example Salesforce

What we will do for you

Working with ShareAction will offer you the opportunity to achieve significant personal impact in one of the most respected and exciting organisations in the responsible investment space. ShareAction seeks to offer all its employees an exceptional working experience with opportunities to develop existing and new skills, applying them in ways that help change the world for the better. You will be challenged but also supported very actively to succeed within a friendly, high performing and highly motivated team.

We commit to:

• Supporting you to be able to continue to grow your experience and give you space to try new and innovative ideas and approaches;
• Offering you formal training to build up your skill-set (as identified with your manager) and time to conduct informal training;
• Providing a flexible working environment – including options to work from home and compressed hours;
• Providing opportunities to attend, and play a key role in, meetings with high profile stakeholders from across the public health, corporate and investment sectors.

Hours: Full-time, but with some flexibility possible

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: £40,000 - £44,530 + 8% pension (non-contributory) and benefits including a healthcare scheme

Deadline for applications: We are considering applications on a rolling basis. Candidates will be notified of the outcome of their application within two weeks of submission.

Interview date: Two stage interview process, dates to be confirmed

ShareAction values and respects all differences in people (seen and unseen) and welcome applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and so if you are not 100 per cent sure that you meet all the requirements but believe you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and use the application questions to tell us about your experience and what you hope to bring to this role.

We also actively encourage staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available- such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

ShareAction’s London office will be in Aldgate East from November 2022, and this will be your current place of work. As we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic we will be exploring the best hybrid working culture for the organisation but expect to continue to offer remote working as far as possible, with office space available in London for those who wish to use it.

Please note that to be considered for this post you must be legally eligible to work in the UK. Due to current restrictions we are unable to hire anyone that isn’t already living in the UK. Due to our size we are unable to sponsor visas.