Full job description
ESG Investment Specialist – London
This is a great job for someone who is interested in driving the Liquid Market ESG and product agenda, operate across asset classes and ensure strategic projects get over the line.
A bit about the job:
This role will encompass three key functions:
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ESG Product strategy: Ensuring the Liquid Market ESG Strategy applies consistently at asset class level.
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Proposition Development: The candidate should have a strong understanding of the client base and market trends enabling them to steer proposition development.
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Strategic project management: Coordinating the implementation of strategic projects at product level (eg ESG projects).
The role itself will require close collaboration with Investment, sales, marketing, compliance, ESG and legal teams alongside individual contributions.
Skills and experience we’re looking for:
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Investment knowledge and ESG knowledge demonstrated by relevant professional qualification and/or experience.
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IMC or equivalent; or recognized historical knowledge, experience and/or qualification.
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CFA or equivalent qualification.
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Strong knowledge of Financial Markets.
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Strong industry product knowledge, allied with knowledge on upcoming product trends and industry innovations.
What you’ll get for this role:
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Generous pension scheme – Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in
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Eligibility for annual performance bonus
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Family friendly parental and carer’s leave
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Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days
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Up to 40% discount for Aviva products
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Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars
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Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme
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21 volunteering hours per year
In this role you’ll be ‘Certified’ under the Financial Conduct Authority / Prudential Regulation Authority’s Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). This means that we’ll need to complete some regulatory background checks on you before you take up your role and we’ll need to ask you some questions on an annual basis to make sure you remain ‘fit and proper’ and competent to carry out your role. We’ll provide training on what holding a SMCR role means when you join us and annually thereafter.
Aviva is for everyone:
We are inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair.
We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you.
Most of our people are smart working – spending around 60% of their time in our offices and 40% at home.
We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you.
We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, send an email to
GlobalRecruitment@avivainvestors.com
Location: London
Closing Date: 15th April 2024
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