Deputy - Assistant Director, Sustainability Office

You will work closely with relevant departments within the organisation to anchor Singapore as a leading green finance centre.

This is a 1 year contract position directly with our client.

In this role, you will:

• Support the Sustainability Group (SG) in sustainability outreach, communications and engagement issues.
  • Co-organising the annual Financing Asia's Transition (FAST) Conference, organising the Sustainable Finance Advisory Panel meetings, organising intergovernmental and/or industry engagement sessions such as FiNZ Roundtables. Coordinating intergovernmental and/or external engagements in the form of webinars, dialogues and/or roundtables, as well as overseas engagements (e.g. at New York Climate Week, annual UN COP meetings).
  • Development of communications strategies for key events to drive outreach and profiling of sustainability initiatives, in close coordination with the internal comms team.
  • Support senior management in their external speaking engagements by originating specific and novel content on sustainability issues. Assessing speaking engagement requests, writing key note speeches, developing panel remarks and/or presentation materials.
  • Work with relevant departments to update key messages of sustainability priorities and develop new comms content in emerging areas through the maintenance and updating of the Sustainability Message House.
• Lead sustainability reporting efforts to ensure compliance with leading standards.
• Collaborate with departments to enhance the report and coordinate data collation.
• Support the Sustainability Group in writing the report.
• Provide sustainability inputs for other publications, including the Annual Report.
• Assist with account management for key relationships, including brief inputs for strategic meetings and KPI assessments.
• Handle administrative processing of grants during annual reviews.
• Participate in cross-divisional working groups to gain knowledge for communication, engagement, and reporting tasks.

What we are looking for:

• Track record of communications and engagement is preferred. Relevant work experience in the financial sector is preferred.
• Knowledge of sustainable finance and sustainability reporting is an advantage
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to write clearly and synthesise messages
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to positively influence internal and external stakeholders
• Strong project management skills and able to lead organization-wide projects involving multiple stakeholders
• A good team player who is proactive and motivated

To discuss this opportunity further, please apply now or get in touch with Elis Lim at elislim @morganmckinley.com

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Elis Lim

Client Services Consultant

Morgan McKinley Singapore, Talent Solutions

EA License No: 11C5502

Personnel Registration No: R24122953

Location: Singapore, SG

Posted Date: 11/21/2024