{"id":41037,"date":"2017-02-23T07:34:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T11:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=41037"},"modified":"2017-02-23T07:35:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T11:35:17","slug":"41037","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/23\/41037\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Director of Investor Initiatives &#8211; CDP North America (New York, NY, USA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Posted by\u00a0<strong>Sydney Sparrow<\/strong>, an ALT currently living in Toyota City<\/em><em>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#%21forum\/jetwitjobs\">Click here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#%21forum\/jetwitjobs\">JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and receive job listings\u00a0even sooner\u00a0by email.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><b>P<\/b><b>osition: <\/b>Director of Investor Initiatives<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Posted by:\u00a0<\/strong>CDP North America<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Locati<\/strong><strong>on:\u00a0<\/strong>New York, NY, USA<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><strong>Contract: <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Full-time<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Here&#8217;s another job via Idealist:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">CDP is a leading international charity founded 16 years ago to address the dangerous threat of climate change. It has since grown to become the world&#8217;s foremost system for companies and cities to report on carbon emissions, water stewardship, and deforestation. We operate key hubs in London, New York, and Berlin with other representation in the rest of Europe, Brazil, Australia, Japan, India, and China.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">CDP North America (CDP NA) is an independent 501(c)3 charity, based in New York, which works in close association with other members of the CDP operation throughout the world. Our office is growing and we are seeking a highly motivated individual with a financial background to assist in managing CDP NA&#8217;s relationships with investors and signatory entities. The position is based in CDP NA&#8217;s New York office. CDP administers an annual disclosure process on behalf institutional investors with combined assets in excess of $92 trillion. Disclosing companies provide quantitative and qualitative information about their greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency programs, water management, exposure to deforestation and strategic business approach to environmental risk. The Director of Investor Initiatives in North America will report to the CDP NA President and Global Head of Investor Initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Duties and responsibilities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Manage North America Investor Initiatives team, reporting directly to CDP North America President with matrix reporting line to Head of Investor Initiatives<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Develop and implement CDP&#8217;s strategy for collaboration with other US-based investor groups<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Develop and implement long-term strategy for the global and North American Investor Initiatives team, tailoring where appropriate for North American market and identifying key aims with necessary resources<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Cultivate US\/Canadian signatories and memberships, with a focus on asset owners<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Develop and build strong relationships with key investors<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Achieve annual financial targets for the Investor Team and the North American team<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Promote the Investor Research work performed by CDP to investors and investor groups<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Work with other programmatic teams in collaborative projects and activities to achieve CDP&#8217;s overall strategic plan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Track activities of the group and coordinate investor engagement in North America<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Communicate investor initiatives strategy, progress, and actions to all North American team members<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Represent CDP North America and CDP&#8217;s Investor team at external events<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Utilize knowledge and understanding of sustainable finance to further engage investors<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Skills and Experience Required<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">At least 15 years of experience in the investment industry with direct investing experience preferred<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Experience as an investor with an in-depth knowledge of the investing and financial services world and an ability to build relationships at the highest level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Experience in cultivating members\/memberships<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Experience in management level roles; management skills to ensure day-to-day running of the team and effectively deal with a matrix management structure<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Ability to have high-level strategic thinking, while also being able to be detail-oriented<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Commercial understanding to help increase financial contribution of the team to CDP.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Knowledge and understanding of sustainable finance such as green bonds and other environmentally-related financial instruments<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The successful candidate will work 5 days per week and must be able to work legally in the USA. The role is located at our offices in Chelsea, New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Interested candidates should send a copy of their\u00a0r\u00e9sum\u00e9 with a cover letter\u00a0outlining their suitability for the role to<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"mailto:recruitment.usa@cdp.net\" target=\"_blank\">recruitment.usa@cdp.net<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">with &#8220;NA Director of Investor Initiatives&#8221; in the subject line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_-8404914045355187250gmail-page-actions-apply-content-deadline\" style=\"color: #000000\">Application deadline <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">March 31, 2017<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by\u00a0Sydney Sparrow, an ALT currently living in Toyota City.\u00a0Click here\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings\u00a0even sooner\u00a0by email. 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