Specialist, Stewardship CA100+ (10 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Principles for Responsible Investment

Specialist, Stewardship CA100+ (10 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Employment Type - Contract (Please note, where PRI has an office there is an expectation to work from the office a minimum of 2 days per week)

Location - Hybrid · London, City of, UK

Salary - £51,000 - £58,000 (GBP)

Closing: 11:55pm, 16th Nov 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

Job Description

This role will work on Climate Action 100+, one of PRI’s flagship projects and the largest collaborative investor initiative to date. The initiative seeks to ensure the world's largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters take appropriate action on climate change in order to mitigate financial risk and to maximise the long-term value of assets.

This position sits within the PRI’s Stewardship Initiatives team, which is responsible for supporting collaborative investor engagement activities on key environmental, social and governance issues.

Stewardship is one of the most powerful mechanisms by which investors and their agents can contribute to the achievement of the PRI’s mission: the creation of a sustainable financial system which benefits the environment and society as a whole. The role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to work that will encourage and enable PRI signatories to fully realise the potential of stewardship to drive real-world outcomes on topics that are part of the broader climate change agenda.

The role sits in the PRI’s Climate Action 100+ team and will also involve collaboration with PRI colleagues working on other sustainability stewardship issues – in particular the Climate, Ecosystems and Policy team – who are responsible for issue expertise on climate-related topics, as with the PRI’s regional signatory relationship managers. It also involves collaboration with the other four investor networks that support Climate Action 100+, Ceres, AIGCC, IGCC and IIGCC.

This role would suit an early career professional with expertise in climate and investor stewardship issues, in particular in the context of the consumer goods & services and industrials sectors, as well as strong analytical, communication, research and project management skills.

Core Responsibilities

Support Climate Action 100+ investors in their engagements with companies

• Support investor engagement with Climate Action 100+ focus companies in the consumer goods & services / food and beverage, industrials and other high-emitting sectors.
• Convene and facilitate regular meetings/calls with investors to track the progress of company engagements and discuss ongoing developments.
• Conduct and/or disseminate relevant company / sector / policy research, guidance, and other analysis for investors to use in company engagements both within and beyond Climate Action 100+.
• Deliver regular presentations on research and project updates in investor webinars and working group calls.
• Build relationships with and organise educational / capacity building sessions on key climate topics for participating investors and other relevant stakeholders.

Contribute to one of or more of Climate Action 100+’s strategic projects, including (but not limited to):

• Development and delivery of the Net Zero Company Benchmark in collaboration with the initiative’s research partners.
• Delivery of PRI’s sectoral and thematic priorities focused on methane abatement, sustainable aviation fuels, cement, engagement with state-owned enterprises in emerging markets, and others.

Internal Processes

• Independently deliver well-structured, logical outputs or recommendations that deliver maximum impact with minimum editing.
• Conduct rigorous data analysis to inform initiative programmes of work and engagements (e.g., using frameworks such as CDP or CA100+ Benchmark datasets).
• Work with other PRI engagement staff to ensure that different initiatives and workstreams are aligned and appropriately tracked. Proactively share knowledge with PRI colleagues from other teams on lessons learned from past and ongoing CA100+ engagement efforts through various channels, including regular presentations and joint meetings.
• Be responsive to feedback from PRI colleagues, signatories and other stakeholders, proactively following up to ensure any issues are resolved. Engage with colleagues to gain a broader understanding of issues and seek to respond to or resolve them.

Person Specification

• Good knowledge of responsible investment, stewardship and understanding of asset owner and investment manager perspectives is preferred.
• Experience of working on climate change related issues is preferred. Regional and/or sector knowledge is also beneficial, particularly as it relates to the consumer goods and services & industrials sectors.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills. Ability to identify trends (and risks) and solve problems in a structured and rigorous way with a view of implementing improvements.
• Proactive approach to keeping up to date with the latest science and research on climate change and stewardship.
• Ability to apply knowledge and analysis to identify issues, communicate fact-based insights and develop and evaluate tailored engagement strategies.
• Ability to translate specialist information and providing technical expertise in a clear and understandable format.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to systematically consider different potential solutions, using a data and evidence-driven approach and thoroughly assessing the risks and benefits of each.
• A collaborative and consultative approach to working with others & committed to fostering an inclusive environment. An ability to find consensus among differing perspectives and identifying mutually beneficial solutions.
• Excellent written communication and verbal presentation skills.
• Excellent networking, influencing and interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong and constructive relationships in different circumstances (remote/in-person or internal/external) with a clear understanding of how to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Ability to engage Climate Action 100+ investor participants using their language, tailoring communication style for this audience. Ensuring that engagement asks to companies are framed in actionable and constructive terms.
• Ability to clarify matters by absorbing and understanding relevant information and feeding them back in concise terms. Using effective listening and questioning to enhance understanding of complex issues.
• Good project management skills, with ability to multi-task, prioritise and manage multiple timelines.
• A strong sense of execution and delivery, working to agreed deadlines, involving relevant colleagues and allowing enough time for review and quality assurance.
• Ability to capture knowledge at the end of each project/ process/activity, to use and share.

We encourage applications from those who do not meet the full list of competencies and experience listed above.

We particularly welcome candidates from under-represented groups, including Black, Asian, and other People of Colour, those with visible or non-visible disabilities, LGBTQ+ candidates and those who are neurodivergent.

The PRI is committed to offering flexibility to our employees, both formal (e.g. part-time work) and informal (e.g. a shift in hours to accommodate caring responsibilities). Please talk to us about how we could make this role flexible for you.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.