About the Role
The successful candidate will join the Central Sustainability Office (CSO) to support the development of our approach to nature, including a Group-wide nature strategy, integration into climate frameworks, and nature risks into our Risk Management Framework. This role requires close collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders across M&G Plc, our life insurance business, and our asset management business.
Responsibilities
- Develop key strategic initiatives to build our Group-wide approach to nature.
- In collaboration with stakeholders across M&G Plc, our life business and our asset management business, deliver aspects of our nature strategy.
- Work closely with our Climate & Nature Lead to support the integration of nature-related themes into existing climate frameworks.
- Work closely with our Sustainability Risk Lead to support the development of our approach to managing nature risk, and integration of nature into our risk management framework, including improving the risk and control environment.
- Work closely with 2nd line Sustainability Risk to support their oversight of nature-related risk management.
- Act as subject matter expert on nature within the CSO, including undertaking horizon scanning and highlighting developments across nature markets, investment practices and nature-related risks.
- Maintain a clear view of existing and potential regulatory frameworks relevant to nature.
- Where relevant, support on our engagement with policymakers and regulators on nature-related topics.
Requirements
- Proven experience of working on nature within a financial services firm, corporate or consultancy.
- Strong stakeholder engagement, stakeholder management and broader project delivery experience.
- Proven experience of working within a detailed risk and controls framework, and experience of managing nature-related risks as part of that.
- Strong understanding of sustainability regulations, with a focus on incoming nature-related frameworks (e.g., TNFD).
- Experience of working with scenario analysis or stress testing frameworks, within or outside of sustainability themes.
- Good technical capabilities, with a focus on data analysis and visualisation, and use of Artificial Intelligence.
- Self-starter with a proactive and collaborative approach, who is able to effectively engage with key stakeholders across the group.
- Organised, efficient and thorough with a high attention to detail.
- Excellent office skills and practical experience of Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Skills
- Stakeholder engagement
- Stakeholder management
- Project delivery
- Risk management
- Nature-related risk management
- Sustainability regulations
- Nature-related frameworks (e.g., TNFD)
- Scenario analysis
- Stress testing
- Data analysis
- Data visualisation
- Artificial Intelligence
- Outlook
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
Work Type
- Flexible working arrangements
Experience Level
- Manager / Expert
Benefits
- Valuable pension scheme of up to 18% (13% employer contributions, 5% employee contributions)
- Access to Share Save and Share Incentive Plan
- Financial wellbeing and support services
- 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
- Opportunity to purchase up to five extra days of leave
- Time Off When You Need It policy
- Market-leading Inspiring Families policy
- Comprehensive support and paid parental leave (maternity, adoption, surrogacy, paternity)
- Private Healthcare
- Critical Illness cover
- Life Assurance
- Additional family options for Health & Protection cover
About the Company
- M&G has a heritage dating back more than 175 years with a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise.
- Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.
- We are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent by telling it like it is, owning it now and moving it forward together with care and integrity.
Equal Opportunity
- We strive to have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture, underpinned by our policies and employee-led networks that offer networking, support and development opportunities for the diverse communities our colleagues represent.
- We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – across gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation and more – including neurodivergent individuals, career returners and those with military service experience.
- M&G is proud to be Level 3: Disability Confident Leader under the UK Government Disability Confident employer scheme, and we welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions.
- We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process.
- All candidates have the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments when applying.
- If you need any additional support at any stage, please contact us at: careers@mandg.com
