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

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

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St. James's Place (SJP) works in partnership to plan, grow and protect our clients' financial futures.

We deliver personalised, face-to-face financial advice to our clients, who trust us to manage their money to reach their goals.

We provide this service via the Partnership, a network of qualified, expert advisors. We put financial wellbeing and responsible business choices at the heart of everything we do.

We believe in the value of difference and know that diverse teams can help us problem and innovate for clients.


We look for people to join SJP to make an impact and to contribute to our culture which is based around long term relationships, doing the right thing, and being the best version of ourselves.


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


Employment Type: 12 month Fixed-Term Contract

Here at St.

James's Place (SJP), 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.


If you're looking for an opportunity where you can use your broad Responsible Business experience within an exciting, supportive, in-house corporate environment then we'd love to hear from you. This role is up to 12 months in duration.


Supported by the Head of Responsible Business Consultancy (Corporate), you'll deliver consultation and facilitation to stakeholders across our business, to deliver the responsible business (RB) framework and support SJP in our ambition to be a leading responsible business.


The main purpose of the role is to help embed accountability and ownership for the RB framework across the business and drive awareness, education and adoption.


What you'll be doing:


  • You'll provide expert knowledge, guidance and support on all aspects of RB, including but not limited to; Financial Wellbeing, Investing Responsibly, Climate Change/Climate Transition, Social Mobility and Community Impact.
  • You'll support the delivery of the strategic goals and KPIs across all material topics to support our ambition to be a leading responsible business and to feed into the RB dashboard.
  • Support the RB Group, regularly reviewing goals and KPIs, taking into consideration industry and sector developments and working collaboratively with the RB team to keep abreast of future changes in best practice and regulatory disclosures.
  • Support the delivery of the strategy for RB, to demonstrate commercial opportunities of RB and mitigate the risks.

Who we're looking for:

We're looking for someone with great communication skills and the ability to influence and empower others


You'll also have:

  • A broad understanding of concepts and principles relating to RB: Climate change, community impact, financial wellbeing, responsible investing and the material enablers.
  • Proven experience of delivering responsible business activities in line with business strategies.
  • Good understanding of the commercial reasons for responsible business.
  • Good understanding of the ESG frameworks and benchmarks used to determine and assess progress against responsible business goals and KPIs
  • Excellent presentation skills with the ability to positively and clearly engage audiences, of varying size, on complex, sensitive and often emotive topics.
  • A Collaborative approach to problem solving with the ability to engage with others and seek alternative perspectives.

Some business travel to locations and external conferences/events will be required.
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What's in it for you?

  • Non-Contributory Pension 10% with further pension matching.
  • Parental leave 6 months full pay
  • 28 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays (based on fulltime equivalent) with the option to buy up to an additional 5 days holiday

Flexible Working
We know that everyone works best in different ways, at different times and in different environments.

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, so please ask the question and start a conversation


What's next?
Our team will be in touch.

As a business regulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with the conduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to an interview with SJP.

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