ESG Officer – Investment Management

ESG Officer

Our client is a leading European Real Estate investor with over €6 billion in assets and a growing office of 25+ staff in Luxembourg.

Following their continued growth, they are now looking to employ a self-starting and entrepreneurial ESG Officer to set up the ESG department in Luxembourg!

Main Tasks/Responsibilities

• Take the lead in the design, development, and evolution of the ESG strategies and guidance documents for the investment funds.
• Responsible for managing the implementation and reporting of the ESG strategy for real estate investment portfolios.
• Responsible for the development, benchmarking, implementation, and review of appropriate sustainability objectives, targets, and improvement programs for each portfolio.
• Monitor and report on each portfolio’s sustainability performance and progress against sustainability objectives and key performance indicators.
• Lead regular catch-up calls/meetings with the ESG team. Routinely prepare and present at portfolio team meetings to increase sustainability awareness and engagement.
• Provide support and technical advice to all Fund Managers, Asset Managers, Property Managers, and other stakeholders to enable them to undertake their roles and responsibilities for sustainability.
• Innovate and lead initiatives to engage and educate tenants to increase data coverage and sustainability performance for each fund.
• Respond to requests for information regarding any portfolio’s ESG performance from rating and reporting agencies, current or prospective investors, and other stakeholders.
• Work with the wider team to monitor changes in legislation and best practices to ensure continuing legal compliance and best practice in the EU.
• Provide ESG advice, across the whole property life cycle, as needed.
• Present the group in respect of ESG on internal and external events

Requirements:

• Understanding of key ESG issues affecting investors.
• Experience preparing corporate ESG/sustainability reports.
• Good knowledge of, and experience with ESG/sustainability reporting standards, frameworks, and ratings and rankings such as Principals for Responsible Investment (PRI), Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) etc.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, strong attention to detail.
• Ability to foster and maintain collaborative relationships across departments, company, and geographies.
• Ability to problem-solve and manage multiple priorities.
• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or other master’s degree preferable.
• A minimum of 3 to 5 years of sustainability experience, investment advisory and/or client management experience would be ideal.
• The position is also open for lateral entrants of technical professionals and for young professionals with a strong ESG study background (self-starter).
• A strong asset would be a minimum of 2 years ESG reporting experience or professional ESG training such as the CFA certificate in ESG investing or IPF, CISL or other equivalents.
• Excellent command of English combined with intermediate German (spoken).
• High level of teamwork and reliability.
• A friendly and proactive personality who likes working in a growing team.