Sector Strategies Lead

Sector Strategies Lead Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) Employer: Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility Work Type: Permanent, full time Sector: Not For Profit (NFP) Location: any Australian location, working from home (supported by ACCR); or from ACCR's office in Sydney (Gadigal Country), Melbourne (Wurundjeri Country) or Canberra (Ngunnawal Country). Job posted on: 27 November Applications close: 9am AEDT on 5 January Likely interview period: 12 January – 5 February Role This senior role will join ACCR to lead a small team that drives the development of our company engagement, strategy development and campaign oversight capabilities across three key sector value chains (Steel, Oil and Gas, Power). The role will work in strategic alignment with ACCR's wider team in Australia and Europe. The position holder will lead, mentor and support ACCR's sector strategy leads, while also being strongly capable and willing to help with delivery when required. The role will leverage relevant networks and influences to facilitate more rapid and meaningful decarbonisation across three key sector value chains. This includes identifying opportunities to deploy the legal rights and tools of institutional investors and collaboration with stakeholders to enable real world emissions reductions across heavy‑emitting industries. We are looking for a relational leader who is also a bold thinker and strategist – someone who understands how to build and execute campaigns that shift corporate behaviour and who can lead and grow others in these capabilities. Staff in this team and across ACCR may be based in Australia and Europe so this role will need to be available to work evenings regularly (especially during the Australian summer months), with flexibility for hours around these commitments. Travel within Australia every few months and occasionally to Europe is part of the role. You'll love this job if: You enjoy managing people and building a positive team culture. You lead by example, getting stuck in alongside colleagues rather than leading from on high. You are a skilled collaborator and relationship builder. You are excited about the prospect of co‑designing strategies to impel genuine decarbonisation by the largest listed emitters globally. You have strategy development experience and thrive overseeing complex projects with talented colleagues in a fast‑changing environment. You are both measured and agile. Your considerable experience in effective advocacy about complex problems makes you a wise and clear‑sighted mentor, able to effectively manage risk in the face of strategic opportunity. You have insights into the corporate and finance sectors, what moves them, and how to plan for greatest impact. You would get energy from working with a multi‑disciplinary international team to move the dial where it matters. Responsibilities Lead a small team to develop and implement coordinated multi‑stakeholder decarbonisation strategies for sector value chains (Steel, Oil and Gas, Power). Ensure coordination of resources, priorities and timeframes to help create clear objectives and the greatest emissions reduction impact. Build and maintain effective internal relationships to help ensure effective research, communications and investor engagement plans are developed that underpin sector strategy and enable investor action. Contribute to the development of ACCR media materials and with the direction of the Strategic Communications Lead, act as a spokesperson for ACCR in the media and at target company AGMs, as required. Develop the Sector Strategy team by providing coaching and feedback, aligning their goals and skills with organisational needs, and fostering teamwork and effective relationships with other parts of ACCR. With colleagues, contribute to ACCR's overall strategy development, reporting to funders and evaluation of impact. Criteria We're looking for someone with these types of skills and experience: Experience and aptitude for managing staff well, including the ability to manage staff with significant and diverse expertise, manage tension productively, and lead effectively within and across teams in line with ACCR's values Experience developing and executing complex advocacy strategies Experience relating to one or more of the following: financial / corporate sector, heavy emitting industries, climate change, shareholder advocacy A strategic sense that is both considered and can be agile, with a mature appreciation of how to assess opportunities in a high‑risk environment Outstanding interpersonal skills, with a high capacity to manage internal and external stakeholders Capability and credibility to undertake high stakes communication e.g. as a media spokesperson, facilitating workshops and meetings, engaging with senior staff A commitment to ACCR's mission and values including demonstrating respect and genuinely valuing diversity Flexibility to work overlapping hours with colleagues in Europe, and travel occasionally Comfort working in a remote virtual context – connected to colleagues elsewhere, possibly with some colleagues and an ACCR office within the same region depending on location, and able to work from home, with an ability to operate autonomously. If you don't meet every point above, please still apply if you can see your skills well used in this role. Accountable to Head of Engagement and Sector Strategy Key Relationships Sector Strategy Leads, Investor Engagement Lead, Communications Lead, General Counsel Background ACCR is a non‑profit shareholder advocacy and research organisation founded in We seek to meaningfully accelerate fossil fuels phase‑out, by catalysing step‑change across industries and financial markets, in the interests of investors, planetary systems and people. More information about our latest work can be found in our FY25 Annual Review. ACCR has a dynamic team of about 40 driven and experienced staff, based in Australia and Europe, working globally. Our growing team has a wide range of expertise – climate science, communications, engineering, law, equities analysis, finance, investor relations, IT and more. What we offer We enjoy flexible work hours and supportive home‑based working. Annual team retreat to connect, learn and grow together. Personal leave is double the statutory requirement (20 days in total, pro‑rated), plus additional paid leave from Christmas to New Year. Option to purchase additional leave. Paid parental leave (regardless of who the birth parent is). We value peer learning and each of us has a professional development budget to use towards individual career goals. Access to our Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing platform, which includes a discount for friends and family. ACCR offices are accessible, and further details can be provided. Application Guidelines We use Applied as our recruitment platform, helping us reduce the risk of unconscious bias in our hiring process. We will ask you to answer 3 questions designed to test your ability to do the job. Please give it your best effort, your scores on these questions will be the primary consideration in whether you are invited for an interview. To avoid bias, we do not look at CVs until later in the process. Once started, you can save and return to your application before submitting. For example; QUESTION: Supporting your small team to be as effective as possible is a major part of this role. Could you share a past example of when you've led a team who were trying to drive positive change in the world? What specific actions did you take that had the greatest impact on the team's effectiveness? What practices do you use to build cohesion and accountability in a small team? (250 word limit) Please note, for this role, ACCR is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in Australia, and who will be working from Australia. EEO Statement We value diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace. ACCR encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people of all cultures, abilities, sex and genders. ACCR is committed to improving accessibility to enable the full participation of a diverse workforce. If there are any alterations to this recruitment process that would assist you in applying, please let us know. Other details Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level Employment type: Full‑time Industries: Think Tanks #J-18808-Ljbffr