Esg Advisory Lead

**Req ID**: 95134
**Department**: ESG - Advisory & Analytics
**Division**: Communications & Public Affairs
**Location**: Auckland or Wellington
Ko Mātou - About Us
Kia Hanga I Te Ao, E Ora Ai, E Tupu Ai, Te Tangata Me Te Kainga. At ANZ, we’re shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.
Mō te tūranga - About the role
As an ESG Advisory Lead in our Communications & Public Affairs division, you will play a key role in strengthening ANZ’s ESG and climate change capability. This is a senior role, reporting to ANZ’s Head of ESG and based in the Corporate Affairs team. You will have the opportunity to influence change at Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest bank, working alongside a team of talented, dedicated professionals. You will develop and implement plans and projects that support ANZ’s climate transition strategy, ensuring alignment with our commitment to a low-emissions and climate-resilient economy.
With increasing expectations from customers, investors, and regulators regarding ESG performance and climate action, this role will help shape ANZ’s approach to managing ESG issues. You will contribute to ANZ’s Board-approved ESG Framework, driving meaningful progress on our sustainability agenda.
Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.
**Role Location**: Auckland or Wellington
**Role Type**: Permanent, Full-time
Ka aha tō rā e kite ai? - What will your day look like
As an ESG Advisory Lead, the key responsibilities will include the following:
Support the improvement of ESG understanding and practice across the Bank, including frontline Business Units; leading or contributing to the development of tools, practices and processes that enhance our ability to understand, measure and manage our ESG risks and impacts
Contribute technical expertise and insights to the setting and ongoing review of ESG and climate-related targets and objectives for ANZ; support the business to embed the plans and activities needed to ensure we meet our ESG objectives
Regularly manage the reviews of ESG policies, standards and processes; supporting their implementation via associated tools and training, including identifying opportunities to enhance the effectiveness and ease of use of social and environmental screening.
Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?
To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:
Strong understanding of relevant ESG issues in a business context, and their potential impact on ANZ and our customers
Understanding and experience of globally recognised climate and ESG policy, conventions, frameworks and standards including science-based targets, UN Sustainable Development Goals
Broad understanding of the inter-connection of environment and social issues within Aotearoa New Zealand including the relevance of a Te Ao Māori perspective
Strong critical thinking and analytical skills; ability to work with complex information and recommend approach to achieve desired outcome
Strong relationship and networking skills to engage internal and external stakeholders and influence for desired outcomes
Excellent strategic communication and positioning skills to digest, connect and distil information, issues and initiatives into compelling propositions for internal and external stakeholders
Excellent and effective management skills, the ability to prioritise tasks and to work under pressure within various constraints
Proactive thinker with sense of curiosity, able to anticipate and identify emerging trends which may become more important for the bank
You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.
He aha te take e uru ai koe ki a mātou? - So, why join us?
From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be part of a work whānau striving towards a common purpose: shaping a world where communities thrive.
But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and community you need to take the next big step in your career.
We're a diverse community at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.
At ANZ you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand's communities and this