Job Description

Job Summary
Currently we are looking for taleneted Associate Director Sustainability Marketing&Communications.
This role is for an integrated practitioner across marketing and communications, with previous experience on sustainability and/or sustainable finance. The role holder will be working with a diverse set of stakeholders across our business to support the development of our sustainability communications and marketing strategy, helping us to build brand equity and assist in managing and mitigating risks. The role holder will work across channels to develop sustainability content which builds awareness of our sustainability capabilities and offering across our market footprint This role will help ensure connectivity across the Corporate Affairs, Brand & Marketing (CABM), Strategy & Talent (S&T), Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) organisation, and Group Public & Regulatory Affairs (GPRA).
Key Responsibilities

• Support the development of the Bank's agenda and programming at sustainability-related events.
• Support senior stakeholders in the lead up to, and post-key sustainability-related speaking events, including through drafting speaking notes, preparing social media content amplification and liaising with internal/external event management teams.

Sustainability Risk Management

• Contribute to the evolution and execution of the Group's reputational risk management process by supporting the delivery of the Sustainability Approvals Matrix, and related key messaging documentation.
• Oversee and review a high volume of diverse multi-channel, sustainability-related content created from across the Bank to ensure rightful and effective followership of the Sustainability Approvals Matrix process and the mitigation of greenwashing risk.

CSO Support

• Work closely with the Chief Sustainability Officer, managing their LinkedIn profile and broader digital channel presence to enhance their role as a leader in sustainability and sustainable finance, including through content development, copywriting, content scheduling, connection request management, social media strategy development and execution.

People & Talent

• Support the development and enhancement of greenwashing risk mitigation skills across the CABM function through guidance on design and copywriting development.
• Deliver tailored social media training, with particular focus on LinkedIn, to a diverse set of stakeholders within the Chief Sustainability Officer organisation.

Sustainability Research and Thought Leadership

• Support the development of sustainability research and thought leadership through project management, reviewing of research reports for risk mitigation, editorial copywriting and structuring, and overseeing design.
• Develop and spearhead execution of communications and marketing campaigns to amplify sustainability thought leadership.

Skills and Experience

• Sustainability Risk
• Multi-channel content creation
• Copywriting
• Project management
• Strong communication skills
• Stakeholder management
• Very strong attention to detail

Qualifications

• English Written and Spoken
• Passion in marketing
• Flexibility

About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.
Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer
In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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