Responsible Business Specialist - Cirencester, United Kingdom - St. James's Place

St. James's Place
St. James's Place
Verified Company
Cirencester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Who we are

People have always been at the heart of St.

James's Place, we value long-term relationships and we are a home for people who care about the future - financially, environmentally and socially.

These core values have enabled us to become a leading FTSE 100 Wealth Management company.


Location:
Cirencester/Hybrid (2 days p/wk in Cirencester office)


Employment Type:
Permanent

Here at St.

James's Place, we're on a journey to create a better future for our clients, Partners, and employees by being a responsible business.

We're committed to reducing our environmental impact and step by step, year after year, are working to become good ancestors.


The main purpose of the role is to help develop and manage the activities and initiatives within the Responsible Business (RB) portfolio.

This involves organising and coordinating activities within the RB plan, promoting initiatives to key partners and monitoring the progress of the plan against metrics and targets.


You'll provide support to colleagues in SJP UK and Asia, to deliver the responsible business framework and support SJP in our ambition to be a leading responsible business.


What you'll be doing:


  • You'll provide expert knowledge, guidance and support to collaborators across the business on all aspects of RB, including but not limited to; Financial Wellbeing, Investing Responsibly, Climate Change and Community Impact.
  • Support the delivery of the strategy for RB, to leverage the commercial opportunities of RB and mitigate the risks.
  • Responsibility for specific areas and project delivery of SJPs RB framework and strategies including Climate Change, Financial Education and Community Impact.
  • Support the RB Corporate Consultant with specific areas of focus within the RB portfolio.
  • Develop, in collaboration colleagues, resource for all material topics relating to SJPs RB framework including; Investing Responsibly, Responsible Relationships, Responsible Procurement, Inclusion & Diversity, Human Rights, Policy Influence, Client Satisfaction and retention, Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Data Privacy.
  • Support the RB Corporate Consultant, to deliver the strategic goals and critical metrics across all material topics to support our ambition to be a leading responsible business and to feed into the RB dashboard.

Who we're looking for:


  • We're seeking someone with broad and comprehensive understanding of concepts and principles relating to RB, Environmental, Corporate and Social Governance (ESG), Sustainability, I&D, Community Impact.
  • Experience of developing resources such as PowerPoint presentations and toolkits.
  • Good understanding of the commercial business case for RB.
  • Basic understanding of the ESG frameworks and benchmarks used to determine and assess progress against responsible business goals and Key Performance Indicators.
  • Welldeveloped communication skills, with a good ability to talk confidently and competently about RB with partners across the SJP community
  • Adept at building strong longterm relationships based upon authenticity and trust.
  • Ability to filter, prioritise and analyse potentially complex and dynamic material from a number of different sources.
  • Collaborative approach to problem solving with the ability to engage with others and seek alternative perspectives.

Flexible Working
We understand that employees work best in different ways, at different times and in different environments.

We value all of our employees and appreciate that everyone is unique, and at one of many stages within their career.

Recognising this, we have introduced a hybrid working policy to provide greater flexibility for part-time work, job-sharing, remote working, and flexibility on hours.

Our people are encouraged to work in a flexible way that suits their lifestyle where it can be accommodated, so please ask the question and start a conversation


Why work for us?

Our Rewards
In addition to an attractive salary and eligibility to participate in the discretionary annual bonus opportunities, you will also receive an excellent benefits package including:

  • Non-Contributory Pension
  • 10% (increasing with length of service) with further pension matching
  • Meaningful protection benefits with real value, such as 10X life cover, PHI, and critical illness.
  • Best in class terms and conditions including 6 months paid parental leave.
  • Private Medical and Dental Insurance
  • 28 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays (based on fulltime equivalent) with the option to buy up to an additional 5 days holiday
  • Discretionary bonus scheme dependent on company and personal performance, varied by level
  • Not applicable to fixed term contracts (standard uplift applies in lieu of the protection benefits)

Our Culture


Our culture is the glue that binds us together - It's one of our biggest assets and one of the biggest reasons for our success.

It's underpinned by core values of doing
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