Investor Engagement Lead

The Organisation

Corporate Action Japan (CAJ) コーポレート・アクション・ジャパン is an investor-facing shareholder advocacy organisation, leveraging the power of shareholders to drive climate action in the private sector and capture the opportunities of the net-zero transition.

CAJ aims to increase ambition and momentum across key investment, regulatory, and legislative agendas that can redirect financial flows towards a net-zero economy. CAJ’s vision is a prosperous decarbonized society led by Japan, enabling social and technological shifts for a net-zero economy, ensuring a safe and just future.

CAJ will grow rapidly over the next 2-3 years, bringing together experts with backgrounds in finance, investment, climate change, law, policy, natural sciences, and communications to achieve this vision. CAJ is supported by a coalition of Japanese civil society organisations and international philanthropic foundations.


Benefits & Culture

• Work at the junction of the civil-society sector and the real economy
• Tokyo-based non-profit advocacy organization, Toranomon Hills location
• Native-level Japanese language skills and professional English required
• Work and residency permit to live and work in Japan are essential
• Competitive compensation commensurate with experience
• Flexible, hybrid working conditions in progressive and impactful non-profit

  
The Role
  
The Investor Engagement Lead will explore and maintain relationships with global investors to collaborate with CAJ as partners in conducting shareholder engagement with target companies. In this role you will collaborate with Japanese and other investors on strategy and priorities incorporating voting policies.
  
Other aspects of the role include;

• Setting an engagement strategy for the target sectors and companies
• Establishing a group of global institutional investors for co-engagement
• Performing analysis to enable engagement and corporate dialogue
• Preparing briefings for institutional investors in the case of proxy voting

Skills Required
  
The ideal candidate is passionate about addressing climate change and has at least seven years professional experience of Japanese financial and capital markets, including a network of asset managers and financial institutions. You also have a good understanding of market regulation and disclosure requirements.
  
Your key competencies include;

• Communication skills and an understanding of business and finance
• A knowledge of policy development
• Networking and relationship building skills
• Agile working and ability to deal with ambiguity
• Ability to navigate diverse stakeholder groups and build consensus

If you want to leverage your finance sector experience to help Japan achieve Paris Climate Agreement goals, and you meet the requirements above, please apply by addressing the key skills required and submitting your English cover letter and resume (plus Japanese version, optional) quoting reference #1295226 or call Lois Freeke or Aya Long of NGO Recruitment in Sydney on +61 (0) 2 8243 0570 to have a candidate information pack emailed to you.

You must have your own work rights for Japan, no working visa provided.

Please note, our consultants will be reviewing applications from the week commencing 6th January and you will receive a response after then.

Please note there is no formal closing date for this role, if you are interested we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

NGO Recruitment values equitable recruitment practices and is committed to representing candidates reflective of the diverse organisations and communities we work with. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds, ages, and identities, and are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs. If you are interested in this position and have most of the skills or experience we are looking for, please go ahead and apply.