0922 Investment Officer - Sustainable Investing and Stewardship - San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (0922) (158675)

Investment Officer of Sustainable Investing and Stewardship

The San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (SFERS) is dedicated to securing, protecting, and prudently investing the pension trust assets, administering mandated benefits programs, and providing promised benefits to the active and retired members of the City and County of San Francisco. Established in 1889 as a fund for families and orphans of firefighters and police officers, today the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System serves more than 75,000 active, vested, and retired employees of the City and County of San Francisco and their survivors.

The Investment Officer of Sustainable Investing and Stewardship "IO" assists in the management of SFERS' Sustainable Investing and Stewardship programs under direction of the Director of Sustainable Investing and Stewardship. The IO is responsible for the following and will keep senior investment staff informed on the relevant issues :

• Assists in analyzing sustainability and corporate governance risks and opportunities that may affect the SFERS portfolio.
• Prepares reports on emerging sustainable investing and corporate governance-related regulation, public policy, and other trends in the market related to sustainable and responsible investing.
• Performs regular sustainable investing due diligence on existing and prospective investment managers.
• Provides sustainable investing-related analysis and written reports to support investment recommendations and performance reports.
• Assists in securing relevant quantitative data and information on sustainable investing subject matter.
• Assists in conducting investment stewardship activities such as engaging with underlying companies in the SFERS portfolio and executing proxy votes according to corporate governance principles and proxy voting guidelines.
• Assists in periodic assessment and reporting of cross organizational sustainable investing, corporate governance, and investment stewardship activities, including annual Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) reporting.
• Takes direction from senior investment staff and completes assigned tasks accurately and on time.
• Responsible for representing SFERS with distinction and class to external investment managers and other stakeholders.

Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in finance, economics, business administration, accounting, statistics, environmental sciences, sustainability, or similar field; AND three (3) years of investing and / or sustainability and / or investment stewardship experience with an investment management firm, pension plan, university, endowment, foundation, corporation, family office, or consulting / services firm.

Substitution : Possession of a graduate degree in Business Administration, Finance, Statistics, Investment Management, Economics or similar field or possession of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation may be substituted for an undergraduate degree in a different field than described above. Two (2) years of investment management experience at a position equivalent to an Investment Officer or higher with an investment management firm, pension plan, university, endowment, foundation, corporation, family office, consulting firm or other investment institution with at least $1 billion in assets, or seven years of such responsibility at a firm of any size, may substituted for an undergraduate degree in a different field than described above.

Desirable Qualifications :

The stated desirable qualifications may be used to identify job finalists at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements can be found at https : / / sfdhr.org / how-verify-education-requirements . Note : Falsifying one's education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

All work experience, education, training, and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application. Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification, or may lead to lower scores.

Applications will be screened for relevant qualifying experience. Additional screening mechanisms may be implemented in order to determine candidates' qualifications. Only those applicants who most closely meet the needs to the Agency will be invited to participate in the selection process. Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement in the selection process.

To apply, all applicants must submit a resume and completed job application (all sections, including Experience and Education, must be completed) in order to be considered. Resumes will not be taken as a substitute for completing the application. Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https : / / careers.sf.gov and begin the application process.

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