Senior Specialist, Stewardship Nature, APAC ( 1 Year Fixed Term Contract)

Principles for Responsible Investment

Senior Specialist, Stewardship Nature, APAC ( 1 Year Fixed Term Contract) Possibility of Extension

Employment Type - Contract

Location - Remote · Singapore

Salary - $110,000 - $130,000 (SGD)

Closing: 7:59am, 26th Oct 2026 +08

About the PRI

The PRI is the world’s leading proponent of responsible investment. It works to understand the investment implications of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and to support its international network of investor signatories in incorporating these factors into their investment and ownership decisions.

The PRI’s three distinct capabilities relate to the core elements of the PRI’s approach to achieving a sustainable financial system.

• Translate RI (Responsible Investment) thought leadership into insights and practical support that is tailored to what signatories need to progress their RI practice
• Convene our vast network to create opportunities for collaborative action
• Harness our global scale to influence policymakers and regulators to effect system change

Job Description

Stewardship is one of the most powerful mechanisms by which investors and their agents can contribute to the achievement of the PRI’s mission: the creation of a sustainable financial system which benefits the environment and society as a whole. This remote position is an exciting opportunity to contribute to work that encourages and enables PRI signatories to fully realise the potential of stewardship to drive real-world outcomes on topics that are part of the broader nature and sustainability agendas.

The role will be primarily responsible for contributing to Spring, PRI’s collaborative stewardship initiative for nature. Spring addresses the systemic risks of biodiversity loss to protect the long-term interests of investors. Through this, the initiative aims to contribute to the global goal of halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030. Spring seeks to enhance corporate practices, ultimately generating positive, real-world outcomes, while protecting and enhancing investment returns. We also seek to support the work of other stewardship initiatives on nature, as we recognise the need for multiple approaches to create a sustainable future.

The primary responsibilities for this role include the coordination and support of ~10 investor-company engagement processes and to be a point person for all of Spring’s activities and recruitment efforts in the APAC region. Spring facilitates small groups of PRI signatories who in turn will use engagement and other stewardship tools to positively influence companies across a range of sectors to address forest loss, land degradation and other environmental issues.

The role reports to PRI’s Head of Stewardship, Nature and will involve extensive collaboration with the PRI colleagues working on Spring and other relevant PRI-led initiatives and with the regional relationship managers.

This position sits within the PRI’s Stewardship Initiatives team, which is responsible for facilitating collaborative investor engagement activities on key environmental, social and governance issues. The role includes secondary responsibilities to support other PRI-led stewardship initiatives.

Core Responsibilities

Coordination of ~10 Spring company engagement groups (CEGs)

• Support research and capacity building: share relevant resources, carry out company research, broker relationships with external experts as well as with other participants / groups.
• Support the preparation of high-quality investor-company engagement strategies.
• Chair Spring CEG meetings: organize and lead calls, send relevant reminders and agendas, track attendance, take and send notes & next steps.
• Act as an observer during investor-company engagements: Act as the representative of the initiative, take notes and provide general support to members of the company engagement group.
• Manage and track investor participation, including data and contact management, on- and offboarding of participants, participation and progress tracking, and providing support to maintain momentum.

Support the governance and strategy development of Spring

• Act as the regional Spring point person for APAC, maintaining good overall relationship with regional participants and stakeholders, in close coordination with the regional relationship managers.
• Ensure initiative visibility in key regional responsible investment convenings.
• Enhance participant value and impact through the roll-out of Spring's capacity building program with regionally tailored content
• Support the development, finetuning and monitoring of Spring's initiative-wide strategy by providing inputs based on experiences and realities of corporate engagement on nature in the APAC context.
• Monitor the progress of the initiative in the APAC region and provide periodic communication about impacts and lessons learned. Support the development of initiative-wide progress reports.
• Consult with Spring's advisory committees and/or its individual members on initiative-wide strategic choices.
• Support general governance and project management functions, including the preparation and updating of Terms of Reference and other governance documents

External representation

• Act as an initial point of contact for participating signatories in the APAC region. Build relationships with investors to maintain and expand expertise of engagement practices, best practices and needs. Actively recruit new participants for Spring and other PRI-led initiatives.
• Build relationships with stakeholders in the nature space to inform investors’ expectations and create channels of communication between the investor group and relevant stakeholders and technical experts.
• Speak publicly at regional events, both digital and in person, to senior-level stakeholders on Spring, on stewardship and the PRI’s work more generally.

Support other PRI-led initiatives

• Act as the secretariat for APAC-based Company Engagement Groups in other PRI-led initiatives.
• Work to identify and implement improvements to PRI coordination of collaborative engagement processes, including shareholder resolutions and the role of proxy voting.
• Proactively share knowledge with other PRI stewardship staff on lessons learned from past and ongoing engagement efforts.
• Be responsive to feedback from PRI colleagues, signatories and other stakeholders, proactively following up to ensure any issues are resolved. Engage with colleagues to gain a broader understanding of issues and seek to respond to or resolve them.
• Independently deliver well-structured, logical presentations, recommendations and outputs that deliver maximum impact with minimum editing.

Person Specification

• Demonstrated subject matter expertise on nature, deforestation and corporate political engagement, and strong knowledge of stewardship as relevant to the initiatives that are supported by the PRI.
• Recognised by colleagues, signatories and stakeholders for depth and breadth of specialist knowledge on stewardship, nature, deforestation and/or responsible political engagement. Adds value by sharing specialist knowledge and insights in a professional and objective manner.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills. Ability to identify trends (and risks) and solve problems in a structured and rigorous way with a view of implementing improvements.
• Proactive approach to keeping up to date with the latest science and research on nature, deforestation and political engagement. Ability to apply knowledge and analysis to identify issues, communicate fact-based insights and develop and evaluate tailored engagement strategies.
• Ability to translate specialist information and providing technical expertise in a clear and understandable format.
• A collaborative and consultative approach to working with others & committed to fostering an inclusive environment. An ability to find consensus among differing perspectives and identifying mutually beneficial solutions.
• Good written communication and verbal presentation skills. Strong public speaking skills with ability to give presentations and lead meetings with senior stakeholders.
• Excellent networking, influencing and interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong and constructive relationships in different circumstances (remote/in-person or internal/external) with a clear understanding of what drives people and how to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Ability to engage Spring participants using their language, tailoring communication style for this audience. Ensuring that engagement asks to companies are framed in actionable and constructive terms.
• Ability to clarify matters by absorbing and understanding relevant information and feeding them back in concise terms. Using effective listening and questioning to enhance understanding of complex issues.
• Very good programme management skills, with experience in delivering complex projects successfully, including directing others that may not be your direct reports.
• A strong sense of execution and delivery, working to agreed deadlines, involving relevant colleagues and allowing enough time for review and quality assurance.
• Ability to capture knowledge at the end of each project/ process/activity, to use and share.
• Effectively captures and structures complex, ill-defined or vague problems and is comfortable handling uncertainty (in own work and that of team members). Offers appropriate guidance or recommendations, including considering examples outside of the PRI.
• As this is a regional role, some international travel may be required.

We encourage applications from those who do not meet the full list of competencies and experience listed below.

We particularly welcome candidates from under-represented groups, including Black, Asian, and other People of Colour, those with visible or non-visible disabilities, LGBTQ+ candidates and those who are neurodivergent.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.