Impact Management and Measurement Consultant (maternity cover)

Your professional experience is valued here​

A welcoming and supportive setting where you can develop and make a real difference in the world – that’s what you’ll find at COFRA. We’re a family business, geared to creating lasting value and united by an ambition to change industries and society for the better. Aspiration and entrepreneurism are encouraged and rewarded with opportunity. Teams are diverse yet close-knit. Relationships matter. People matter.​

What we can achieve together​

One of our greatest strengths is our people: talented, dedicated professionals who are true experts in their field, committed to the pursuit of excellence and open to new opportunities and ways of capturing them. ​

As part of our drive for Sustainable Impact, we need an exceptional ESG Expert to help us ensure the continuity of our Sustainable Investment capabilities. Reporting to the Head of Sustainable Impact, you will be supporting COFRA Group and for strengthening key ESG capabilities across COFRA Group. Specifically, you will:

• Finalize COFRA’s Sustainable Investment Policy: though an initial template is already in place, some key content pieces will need to be developed, particularly those connected to COFRA’s investment ambitions related to its core Sustainable Impact commitments: Climate, Nature/Biodiversity, Human Rights and Labour Practices, and Inclusion, Equity & Diversity​
• Work with our current consultants on delivering discussion papers on at least two key topics (e.g. fossil fuel, deforestation) that will lead to investment decisions to be implemented across the Group: for a given topic, what should we exclude/divest from, where should we engage with investees, and where should we look for positive impact generation. These working papers shall be approved by COFRA’s Impact Committee and Management Team and incorporated into the Sustainable Investment Policy​
• Embed ESG considerations in businesses performance reviews: support the Chief Sustainable Impact Officer in assessing Quarterly Business Reviews to advance businesses’ ESG agenda; work with the Strategy team in embedding ESG/Impact considerations in Strategic Planning​
• Prepare ESG-related materials for COFRA’s Impact Committee, Board and Management team​
• Lead ESG due diligence in potential COFRA acquisitions: should any M&A opportunity arise, taking ownership of the ESG due diligence for Energy or Food acquisitions, in close coordination with COFRA’s M&A team. Depending on the tasks at hand, this can be done in house or by managing outsourced ESG consultants. ​
• Provide Holistic team support: supporting with overall guidance to more junior team members and ad hoc requests to the Sustainable Impact team

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What you will need​

• At least 7 years of relevant experience in and familiarity with:​
• Responsible Investing/ESG practices, in particular policymaking for asset managers or owners and ESG reporting​
• ESG Due diligence ​
• Excellent English written and spoken skills​
• Great ability to simplify complex concepts for non-expert audiences; structured thinking and strong Powerpoint skills ​

What we offer you in return​

The role is an opportunity to put your Sustainable Finance skills to practice across different asset classes, in a setting that genuinely and authentically wants to be a Force for Good

Contract terms​

• This is a temporary contract and requires a commitment of at least eight months.​
• Ideally we would like someone to start immediately but no later than May, 2024
• Reference check and an external screening is part of the process

If you fit the profile and are interested in doing good while doing business, we would love to hear from you.​

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COFRA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin or disability. None of this gets in the way of hiring and retaining the best people