Senior Sustainability Affairs Officer

As one of the world's leading financial services group, Credit Suisse provides its clients with investment banking, private banking and asset management services worldwide.  Founded in 1856, Credit Suisse has a long tradition of meeting the complex financial needs of a wide range of clients, offering advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally. The Credit Suisse Group is active in over 50 countries and employs approximately 40,000 people.  Further information can be found at www.credit-suisse.com.

Cultural diversity is essential to our success.  As such, we employ people from more than 100 countries. Credit Suisse empowers employees to work openly and respectfully with each other and with clients, ultimately striving to deliver superior results while offering initiatives and programs to assist employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.

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Position Overview:

The Chief Operating Officer, Credit Suisse Group division is looking for a Senior Sustainability Affairs Officer for the New York office.

Responsibilities: 

The role involves:

• The opportunity to be part of an international, dynamic, high-profile team focusing on environmental and social issues within Credit Suisse and to contribute to the development and implementation of the bank's policies on these issues
• The challenge of evaluating social and environmental risks associated with our business activities and to manage and reduce such risks
• The responsibility to ensure the application of the Equator Principles to international financial transactions
• The challenge to establish, maintain, and manage the bank's long-term relationships with relevant outside stakeholders such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and inter-governmental organizations (IGOs)
• The responsibility to contribute to raising internal awareness for environmental and social issues relevant to our banking activities and to supporting ongoing training activities within the bank
• The opportunity to contribute to our corporate citizenship reporting and to raise our public profile in terms of environmental and social issues

Qualifications:

To qualify, you must possess:

• University degree in environmental studies, science, international relations or other relevant background and experience; post-graduate education would be a strong plus
• Substantial work experience in sustainability affairs, social and environmental issues, ideally at a financial institution or at an NGO or IGO; an established network of contacts with social and environmental NGOs internationally, and in particular in the Americas, would be highly desirable
• Good social and communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with people and organizations across the political spectrum and with a wide variety of backgrounds and agendas; ability to work independently
• Excellent spoken and written English language skills; working knowledge of Spanish and/or Portuguese and of German would be helpful
• Readiness to travel, in particular within the Americas region

To Apply:

Please apply on-line.

Credit Suisse is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of any protected category.

To the extent permitted or required by applicable law, a candidate who is offered employment will be subject to a criminal record check and other background checks before the appointment is confirmed.