Responsible Investment Analyst

Org. Setting and Reporting

The United Nations Secretary-General is responsible for the investment of the assets of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF). The Secretary-General has delegated this responsibility to the Representative of the Secretary-General for the investment of the assets of the UNJSPF (RSG). The RSG is, in turn, assisted in this function by the Office of Investment Management (OIM). OIM manages a $95+ billion multi-asset class, global investment portfolio, about 85% of which is actively managed in-house. Asset classes under management comprise global equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, timber and commodities. OIM’s staff are all based in New York but come from over 40 countries. This position is located in the Responsible Investment Team of OIM. The incumbent reports to the Investment Officer.

Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the Investment Officer, the incumbent will perform the following duties:

Assists the Responsible Investment Team to develop and implement the Responsible Investment approach for public market portfolios and in collaboration with all the Investment Teams by Conducting careful and thorough responsible and climate investment research.

• Supports the global sustainable investments research program for public market strategies, and recommends appropriate ESG solutions and strategies, including climate change, in line with the Fund’s targets
• Contributes to the formulation of recommendations on partnership with sustainability-focused institutions, Academia and vendors to conduct sustainable investing research initiatives, including an effective climate change strategy
• Participates in and contributes to seminars on sustainable investing and related topics.
• Conducts portfolio analysis using risk, ESG and analytical tools.

Maintains ESG and climate investment-decisions support dashboard and the internal ESG focal point

• Assists with investment portfolios sustainable analysis and reporting implementation, including ongoing integration of ESG metrics embedded throughout investment and risk analytical tools
• support of the Investment Teams with ESG implementation.

Reporting

• Assists with the preparation of management reports on responsible investment matters for submission to appropriate United Nations governing bodies
• Assists with ESG reporting, including website updates.

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Business and Administration (MBA), Finance, Economics or related field is required. A first degree level university degree in combination with two additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree. Certifications or course work in ESG is desirable. CFA is desirable.

Work Experience

• Applicants to positions at this level who have an advanced university degree in a relevant field of study are not required to have professional work experience. For applicants who have a first level university degree, two additional years of qualifying work experience is required. A minimum of one year of progressively responsible experience in multi-assets investment analysis and/or investment management, primarily focused on climate and ESG integration experience is required.
• Relevant experience in Sustainable Investment strategy & policy, ESG integration, alternative data providers, ESG reporting, and sustainability-focused institutions networks is required. Relevant experience in Asset Owner institutions with in-house investment management is desirable Relevant experience with data analytic tools (such as Bloomberg, Excel, programming languages such as Python, C++ or VBA) is desirable.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the UN Secretariat. For this position, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another UN official language is desirable.

Source: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/249533?language=en