AWM – Sustainability & Impact Associate, London, Real Estate EMEA Full Time

We are looking for an Associate to join the EMEA Real Estate Sustainability & Impact team in London to focus on the integration of sustainability initiatives and practices throughout the real estate lifecycle. The successful candidate will join a team responsible for managing the Real Estate team’s Sustainability & Impact (S&I) Framework, including driving value creation, capital raising and asset resilience, while reporting to various internal and external stakeholders.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage ESG-related activities for the EMEA real estate book, including acquisition due diligence, strategy and target setting, project management of value creation initiatives, fund positioning, compliance, and performance reporting.
• Be a subject matter expert in real estate ESG. Conduct S&I research including understanding current and future market dynamics, competitor activities, client needs, and ESG-related investment value drivers.
• Monitor and manage implementation of S&I frameworks across real estate investments
• Work closely with the acquisition and asset management teams to identify, implement and track value accretive asset-specific S&I initiatives both during the deal underwriting process and throughout the ownership period
• Create, maintain and share a well-substantiated view on the business case for S&I that speaks to different stakeholders groups
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to advance S&I objectives, gain approval of new programs, and ensure execution of S&I priorities. This includes working cross divisionally with legal, compliance and other federation teams to make process revisions, modifications to legal docs, create/amend policies and agreements.
• Own external relationships with vendors that enable the S&I program to scale. Host introductory vendor meetings to assess fit.
• Plan and execute ongoing training, workshop, market updates and education sessions for internal and external stakeholders to expand understanding of relevant S&I topics; this includes identifying topics, organizing speakers, coordinating scheduling, and, as needed, creating draft presentation materials
• Maintain an organized S&I resource library; including version control of tools and resources

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Several years of professional experience with strong exposure to preferably both the S&I and real estate sectors
• Good understanding of common real estate related sustainability standards and topics, and their practical application (CRREM, BREEAM, EPC, GRESB etc.)
• Knowledge of major European ESG standards and trends (TCFD, SFDR, TNFD etc.)
• Effective and responsive communication with the ability to manage internal and external relationships, and influence decision making
• Stakeholder engagement and project management experience
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Experience creating presentation materials and applying a creative lens to ensure material is concise, informative, and engaging
• Experience creating and maintaining data and process management Excel spreadsheets, or equivalent
• Highly organized and self-motivated, with close attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize workload and proactively manage own tasks within tight timeframes and across competing demands

Source: Goldman Sachs Career Page

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