Purpose of the Job
Quintet Private Bank is a leading private bank in the wealth management sector. We are committed to our clients and their families, and pride ourselves on our personalised service based on a deep understanding of what clients want to achieve. Compared to others, we are small (<2,000 employees across 50 European and UK locations) with an ambition to stay true to our purpose to be the most trusted fiduciary of family wealth. When you join Quintet you are joining a company that values diversity of background, equal access to opportunities, career development, collaboration and inclusiveness. We want our employees to feel proud of being part of a company that is committed to do the right thing. You will have the opportunity to grow your career while developing personally and professionally through various resources and programmes.
Based on your expertise and competencies you will support the bank in organising activities that can help achieve the goals set as part of the bank’s Corporate Sustainability Strategy.
Our Corporate Sustainability Strategy rests on four pillars, Corporate Culture, Responsible Client Services, Responsible Workforce Management, and Climate Change. As such, our strategy covers all three pillars of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance pillar). We have defined a set of goals across each of these pillars, which can be found in our latest Corporate Sustainability Report (accessible here: quintet-csr-report-2024-lr-(28-june-24).pdfsr repr re).
Your activities will span across a wide range, from handling research on specific opportunities that can help the bank become more sustainable, to organising meetings with different stakeholders across the bank to discuss on sustainability topics, to monitoring how we are progressing on the different goals of our Corporate Sustainability Strategy. You may also support in our annual cycle of reporting on sustainability, based on the so-called “Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive” (CSRD). As such, you can expect to be exposed to a variety of topics linked to sustainability and a variety of colleagues working on the Corporate Sustainability Strategy, giving you a concrete glance into how sustainability is integrated within a bank.
Key Accountabilities
- Supporting on change management initiatives, to help Quintet staff continuously learn about sustainability. Includes for example support to the organisation and delivery of staff training on sustainability, and the maintenance of the Intranet page on Sustainability.
- Support on the governance for corporate sustainability, to ensure initiatives are monitored, risks and issues are raised, and decisions are taken to make sure the strategy moves forward.
- Support on the annual sustainability reporting exercise, i.e. the “Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive” (CSRD) to make sure the bank is ready for the first CSRD report in March 2025.
- Support the bank in its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. This includes identifying NGOs to support through fundraising and volunteering activities, aligned with our CSR Governance framework, and coordinating and participating in any such activities, where relevant.
- Perform research on different options that can help make the bank advance towards our Corporate Sustainability Strategy goals. This could include for example research on Green ICT, Sustainable Travel, Sustainable Procurement, Sustainable Marketing, etc.
Knowledge and Experience
- Ongoing undergraduate degree in line with Business Management, Sustainability, Political science / Development studies, Human Resources.
- If you have completed your undergraduate degree, ongoing Masters degree in line with Business Management, Sustainability, Political science / Development studies, Human Resources.
- Previous internships or student experiences are appreciated but not mandatory.
Attributes and Qualities
- Proactive: you enjoy taking up a challenge and trying to find a way to solve it; you do not shy away from reaching out to colleagues to ask for help and advice in order to solve your challenge.
- Collaborative: you enjoy working with other people, learning from others, and supporting colleagues.
- Curious: you are interested to learn and are open to work on a variety of topics.
- Interested in sustainability: you are interested in sustainability, are willing to learn more about it, and are interested to work on a variety of areas that are linked to sustainability (covering the Environmental, Social and Governance areas).
Technical Skills
Ability to use the Microsoft package, in particular PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
Languages Skills
- English proficiency.
- French knowledge appreciated but not mandatory.
