Head, Sustainability Initiatives

**LOCATION**: Hybrid - London, UK
Please note, where the PRI has an office there is an expectation to work there a minimum of 2 days per week.
- **BASIS**: Full-time
- **SALARY**:£82,000 - £97,000 (GBP)
- **CLOSING DATE**: 8.00pm, 5 January 2025 (GMT)

**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’s three distinct capabilities relate to the core elements of the PRI’s approach to achieving a sustainable financial system.
- Translate RI (Responsible Investment) thought leadership into insights and practical support that is tailored to what signatories need to progress their RI practice
- Convene our vast network to create opportunities for collaborative action
- Harness our global scale to influence policymakers and regulators to effect system change

This is an exciting opportunity to join PRI’s Sustainability Initiatives Team, responsible for leading and overseeing a portfolio of investor initiatives in which PRI signatories participate. This includes established thematic and asset class initiatives (the Net-Zero Financial Service Providers Alliance, the Net-Zero Investment Consultants Initiative, and the private markets focused initiative Climat International) and the launch of a new peer learning and capacity building-focused initiative on nature with an emerging market focus.

The role will manage a small team working across this portfolio of investor initiatives, and report into PRI’s Director of Sustainability Initiatives.

**Core Responsibilities**:
Lead the strategic direction of PRI’s sustainability initiatives portfolio:

- Guide the strategic direction of the portfolio of sustainability initiatives and alignment with PRI strategy and priorities, providing a clear vision for impact and implementation.
- Identify and manage current and future needs, risks and opportunities for the initiatives, drawing on relevant expertise internally and externally as and where needed.
- Ensure robust governance and operations of the portfolio of sustainability initiatives.

Oversee signatory and stakeholder engagement (internal and external):

- Engage regularly with signatories involved in the sustainability initiatives and prospective signatories globally and in key strategic markets.
- Engage regularly with key stakeholders relevant to the sustainability initiatives (e.g. industry leaders, civil society, peer organisations).
- Coordinate and collaborate with other colleagues and teams across PRI to support initiatives and alignment with PRI’s strategy, exchange insights and manage signatory relationships share insights and best practices.

Oversee and manage delivery plans and budgets for the sustainability initiatives portfolio and team:

- Oversee implementation of workplans for each of the initiatives in the portfolio.
- Support the Director of Sustainability Initiatives in delivering against the team’s business plan and budget.
- Provide regular reporting to the PRI Leadership team and Board as and when required.
- Provide leadership and management for a small team of PRI colleagues responsible for delivering and supporting the day-to-day operations of the portfolio of sustainability initiatives (4 team members, 2 of which are to be recruited).
- As this is a global role, some international travel may be required, as well as occasional calls outside of typical office hours.

**Person Specification**:

- **Strategic thinking**: Ability to see the big picture and identify current and future needs, risks and opportunities for the initiatives in the portfolio and how to deliver.
- **Stakeholder engagement & communication**: Excellent relationship management and interpersonal skills, including the ability to forge long-term relationships with relevant stakeholders and drive decision-making in diverse, multi-stakeholder groups; and excellent facilitation skills, including the ability to support collaborative activities involving investor coalitions with varying backgrounds. Ability to convey and communicate with varied stakeholders on key sustainability issues, and deliver high quality briefings and reports and presentations to a senior audience.
- **Programme management & governance**: Experience and skills in programme management and delivery, including financial management and timely delivery. Ability to propose, negotiate and agree governance approaches and reforms to strengthen effectiveness of initiatives, with a strong level of understanding of main legal arrangements that affect initiatives. Ideally some experience in fund raising.
- **Subject matter expertise**: Strong understanding of the responsible investment industry and/or one or more of the sustainability issues addressed through the initiatives (climate, n