The $82.4 billion United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is looking to add to its investment staff three new officers, one each for its private equity, emerging market debt and sustainable investment portfolios.
The investment officer for sustainable investments, who will be supervised by the pension fund’s CIO, will assist in developing and implementing the sustainable portfolio’s approach regarding private markets and impact investing strategies while collaborating with all investment teams at the pension fund.
The position is responsible for balancing long-term strategic goals with short-term performance objectives with the aim of outperforming benchmarks supported by environmental, social and governance integration, impact investing and stewardship. The new hire will be required to contribute to the development and implementation of proxy voting and engagement guidelines in line with the UNJSPF’s fiduciary responsibility, as well as integrate the UN’s Principles of Responsible Investment into investment analysis.
Other duties include monitoring the various portfolio holdings and external managers; conducting appropriate ESG and impact analysis using risk tools and analytical tools; conducting due diligence at the direction of the investment officer; and conducting portfolio, external manager and service provider reviews.
The application deadline for the position is January 4.
The private equity investment officer, who will work under the UNJSPF’s senior investment officer of private equity investments, will implement investment strategy in fund and co-investments for asset allocation and portfolio rebalancing, as well as perform fundamental analysis through financial statements, corporate announcements, market news and other publicly available information.
Among other duties, the private equity investment officer will be responsible for reviewing portfolio and benchmark performance on a regular basis, ensuring that all investments are in compliance with the Office of Investment Management’s investment and policy guidelines, and conducting portfolio reviews and presentations.
The application deadline for the position is December 9.
The emerging market debt investment officer, who will work under the supervision of the pension fund’s director of fixed income, will assist the investment officer for emerging markets in managing and investing the assets of the pension fund’s emerging markets bond portfolio. The position requires monitoring the portfolio holdings and conducting appropriate security analysis at the direction of the supervising investment officer, as well as complying with risk control parameters.
The role’s other responsibilities include, among others, performing fundamental and quantitative fixed-income emerging markets securities analysis; reviewing investment research and talking with strategists, economists and security analysts; and analyzing foreign exchange, interest rates, sovereign and economic data and ESG data.
The application deadline for the position is December 4.
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