ARE Job Description – Engagement Manager (China office)

Asia Research and Engagement (ARE) brings the voice of investors to Asia’s sustainable development challenges. We collaborate with investors to bring about change at large, listed Asian companies, using dialogue, benchmarking, and research as the tools to engage senior business decision makers. Our work covers financial, energy, and food/agricultural-related sectors.

ARE is headquartered in Singapore and maintains offices in Singapore and China, with a growing presence in India and Japan. Visit www.asiareengage.com to learn more about ARE.

ARE is seeking an Engagement Manager to assist with engagement work with targeted companies in China. The focus will mainly be on energy companies, financial institutions, steel companies and other commercial businesses or social entities. The Manager will support the China Country Director to develop relationships with companies and investors, which will catalyse the engagement work backed by our platform investors.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Build relationships with companies by arranging meetings, presenting and sharing information.
• Implement engagement and communication with companies backed by platform investors to develop and influence companies’ decarbonization strategies.
• Collaborate with team members in China and Singapore on research publications and writing communications, including reports, presentations, blogs, articles, etc.
• Support the team in maintaining and updating a database of research on corporate targets, regulatory policies and changes across finance, energy and heavy industry-related sectors.
• Ensure the quality and accuracy of information, and be a knowledge manager in specific markets.

Requirements and competencies:

• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in corporate business development, finance, investment, energy, heavy industry, sustainability or other relevant sector with the appropriate skill set.
• Relevant academic background with bachelor’s or master’s degree level in subjects such as economics, finance, business or environmental management.
• Fluent in Mandarin and English speaking/writing experience in relationship building, analysis and benchmarking, preferably in financing, energy, carbon, heavy industry or sustainability.
• A good understanding of how climate change and environmental concerns relate to business risks and opportunities.

Requires attributes:

• Tenacious, collaborative and intellectually curious
• Able to work in a multi-cultural context
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Identify themes, recognise issues and be able to discuss constructive solutions
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain client relationships
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex data, strong presentation and writing skills

Interested in this position?

Please send your CV with a short cover letter in both Chinese and English, explaining your interest in the role to: [email protected] with subject line: “Application: [Role] – [Your Name]”

ARE招募职位：企业参与经理（中国办公室）

地点：北京

属性：全职

亚洲研究与参与（ARE）正在招聘一位企业参与经理（Engagement Manager），以支持ARE中国事务主任执行与目标企业沟通、开展参与等工作。该职位重点将关注能源企业、金融机构、钢铁企业、其他商业企业及社会组织等，主要需协助中国事务主任拓展与企业和投资者的关系，从而进一步推动支持ARE的平台投资者们对中国目标企业的参与性工作。

工作职责:

• 通过安排会议、展示和共享信息与企业建立关系；
• 与平台投资者关注的企业进行接触和沟通，以支持其制定和影响公司的脱碳战略；
• 与中国、新加坡的团队成员合作发表研究出版物，撰写报告、演讲、文章等；
• 支持团队维护和更新有关金融、能源和重工业相关行业的企业目标、监管政策和研究数据库；
• 确保信息的质量和准确性，并成为相关领域的专家型从业人员。

职位要求: 

• 在企业业务发展、金融、投资、能源、重工业、可持续发展或其他相关领域具有3-5年工作经验和相关技能；
• 拥有经济、金融、商业或环境管理等学科的相关学术背景，具备学士或硕士学位；
• 具备流利的中文和英文口语及写作能力，最好是在金融、能源、碳资产、重工业或可持续发展相关领域拥有较丰富的工作经历及人际资源网络；
• 充分了解气候变化、环境问题与商业风险和机遇的关系。

能力要求：

• 坚韧、善于协作、求知欲强；
• 能够在多元文化环境中工作；
• 能够在压力下工作并同时管理多项任务；
• 识别问题并能够参与建设性解决方案的讨论；
• 具备优秀的谈判和沟通技巧，以及建立和维护客户关系的能力；
• 具有较强的分析能力和解释复杂数据的能力，较强的演讲和写作能力。

职位申请
如您有意向, 请将您的简历和简短的中英文求职信发送至： [email protected]，说明您对该职位的兴趣，邮件主题为：“申请：职位 – [您的姓名]”