Manager, Engagement

• Working with the Executive and Engagement teams, as well as ACSI members, to set priority engagement themes and clear engagement objectives;
• Leading company engagements with S&P/ASX300 entities and delivering ACSI’s proxy voting research on Australian equities;
• Managing the preparation of research on individual S&P/ASX300 entities, including engagement alerts;
• Managing communications with ACSI members on voting issues and engagement via ACSI’s engagement platform as well as periodic reports;
• Undertaking and contributing to thought leadership and thematic research projects in line with ACSI’s strategic priorities;
• Liaising with ACSI members, investment managers and other market participants;
• Contributing to ACSI’s international activities including those focused on international equities;
• Assisting in preparing policy submissions and white papers;
• Supporting other areas of ACSI’s activities including communications, strategy and ad hoc requests from ACSI members;
• Participating in engagement with external bodies including NGOs and global investor networks.

• Keen interest in improving the governance, transparency and sustainability of investment markets and individual companies;
• Ability to identify corporate governance issues;
• Tertiary qualification in commerce, law, finance, or another related discipline and ideally 5 years+ professional experience;
• Ability to match sustainability issues to financial risks and opportunities relevant to long-term investors;
• Ideally, you will have experience within a financial institution, research team, company or a related role and knowledge of ASX300 companies;
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the capacity to produce reports in a user-friendly style;
• Ability to work within a small organisation with a flexible, co-operative and team-based approach;
• Excellent priority management skills, including the ability to multi-task and take responsibility for tasks/projects to ensure they are completed thoroughly and on time;
• A high level of comfort working in a membership-based, advocacy-focused organisation;
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

• The opportunity to work for a purpose driven, highly engaged and collaborative organisation;
• Excellent work-life balance and flexible working arrangements;
• Paid business leave between Christmas and New Year;
• Annual Leave loading of 17.5%;
• Ability to purchase up to two additional weeks of leave;
• Flexibility to alternate some public holidays recognising that people have different values and traditions (religious, cultural or otherwise);
• Paid parental leave up to 20 weeks if you are the primary caregiver or partner of the primary caregiver, subject to eligibility criteria;
• Primary caregivers who return to work at ACSI following completion of their parental leave will also receive SGC for the unpaid portion of parental leave taken recognising the importance that superannuation has on the retirement outcomes of those who take on the primary care giving duties of children;
• One day Volunteer leave per year;
• Access to community service leave;
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program, mental health and wellbeing support;
• Annual training and development budget and opportunity to participate in team and industry events;
• The head office is located close to public transport in Melbourne CBD with fantastic end-of-trip facilities.

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