Position: Investors engagement officer
Working location: Remote
Terms and conditions: Two-year contract, type to be agreed upon during the interview.
Salary to be agreed on depending on location, experience and role
About ReCommon
ReCommon – an Italian Non-Governmental Organisation based in Rome – works to oppose the power of multinational corporations and financial groups through multifaceted campaigns and investigations on social, environmental and climate justice issues. We believe that the current extractivist model is profoundly unjust and that a real process of society’s transformation can be achieved only through collective efforts.
Area of work
Engagement with investors would allow ReCommon to increase the pressure on campaign targets both in the corporate (Italian energy multinationals) and financial sector (Italian banks and other financial institutions).
The work is mainly advocacy, oriented to sensitise mainly international investors to intervene in the appropriate fora, taking on board the demands of international civil society groups on climate, environment and human rights.
The preparation of shareholders’ meetings (where investors can submit questions, introduce agenda items, resolutions and question management’s actions) offers important opportunities for investor engagement. Similarly, preparing briefings, organising bilateral exchanges and participating in investor roundtables and seminars are opportunities that foster engagement and increase the chances of moving investors to action.
With the investor work, the person will contribute to the activities of ReCommon’s campaigns on Fossil finance, False climate solutions and The six-legged state, interfacing regularly with ReCommon’s campaigner(s).
Objectives
Systematising the investor engagement work for ReCommon as a tool to constrain the extractivist agenda of the main Italian financial institutions and corporations, contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the aforementioned campaigns.
Main responsibilities
– Operational management of investor engagement work, following strategic indications from ReCommon’s campaigners
– Conducting desk research activities
– Writing reports and briefings for investors
– Research, create and manage investor databases; identify ESG-sensitive investors to approach
– Initiate or strengthen interaction with investors, so that it can lead to specific outputs
– Synergy and work with ReCommon’s Italian and international partners
– Support, if and when required, the engagement activity of the organisations of the international coalition Fossil Free Finance Campaign, of which ReCommon is a member
Profile
– At least 3 years’ experience in stakeholder engagement, campaigning and/or advocacy work, preferably within non-governmental organisations
– Good knowledge of international finance, particularly in relation to ESG issues
– Good knowledge of Italian financial institutions and corporations, and their respective corporate structures
– Excellent knowledge of environmental, climate and social justice issues
– Excellent knowledge of English language spoken and written
– Good knowledge of the Italian language
– Good computer skills (especially spreadsheet management) and of the main online communication tools
– Willingness to travel in Italy and abroad
– Affinity with the values of ReCommon
How to apply
Send an email with the subject “Investors engagement_ReCommon”, enclosing your CV and motivation letter, by 04.02.2022 to the email address candidature@recommon.org
