Issb Technical Staff

**Location**: Location: Frankfurt am Main (Germany) or Montreal, Quebec (Canada) preferred. Other IFRS hub locations considered.
(office-based role, with flexible, hybrid office/home working offered)
**Duration**: Permanent
**Salary**: Competitive, plus benefits
**Hours**: Full-time

**About the role**:

- conducting research and analysis on sustainability-related financial reporting issues;
- engaging with stakeholders;
- developing recommendations; and
- drafting due process documents.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Develop technical proposals for consideration by the ISSB and its advisory committees, and facilitate their decision-making on issues identified by:

- Undertaking research on cross-industry and industry-based sustainability-related issues (such as climate, nature and biodiversity, human capital, and human rights) to support proposals.
- Initiating and leading discussions with ISSB / advisory committee members.
- Drafting proposals for consideration and presenting them to ISSB / advisory committee members.
- Drafting due process documents (research papers, discussion papers, requests for information, exposure drafts, ballot drafts and standards).
- Prepare a range of documents for internal and external use, including exposure drafts, Standards and explanatory material.
- Act as a credible and authoritative representative of the ISSB by engaging with a wide range of external stakeholders from industry and the investment, regulatory and standard-setting communities, in order to ascertain their views and to share information.
- Work with IASB Technical Staff when relevant to ensure connectivity and compatibility between the work of the IASB and the ISSB in developing IFRS Accounting and Sustainability Disclosure Standards.
- Provide general project support to senior staff and members of the ISSB.
- Manage committees and working groups.
- Manage technical project administrative matters.
- Contribute to the development of other staff.

**Skills, experience & qualifications sought**:
**Technical knowledge and thinking abilities**
- Demonstrable knowledge of the sustainability and financial reporting landscape and experience of relevant standards, frameworks and regulations.
- Demonstrable practical knowledge of capital markets and the links between sustainability-related risks and opportunities and value creation.
- Shows rigour, consistency and attention to detail in work.
- Ability to identify, understand and analyse issues, synthesise information and propose well-reasoned recommendations and draw out implications.
- Displays impartiality, balance and open-mindedness.

**Managing self and relationships**
- Is enthusiastic, proactive and motivated, working effectively under pressure, and remains positive even when faced with challenges.
- Self-aware. Seeks and learns from feedback. Seeks to grow and continuously improve.
- Demonstrates professionalism and respect for others.
- Capable of working in a multi-location organisation, demonstrates awareness of cultural and behavioural differences across geographies.
- Encourages and supports colleagues in a collaborative team environment.
- Focused on team’s contributions over individual contributions.

**Planning and delivering work**
- Delegates work effectively and appropriately.
- Organises and manages own time and work across competing priorities.
- Plans ahead and sets realistic timelines.
- Takes ownership and responsibility for the quality of the work output.
- Strives for continuous improvement.

**Effective communications**
- Communicates in a concise, clear and well-structured way, appropriately tailored to the audience.
- Presents issues, evidence, analysis and recommendations in a neutral manner, with robust analyses of alternative views and defensible support of recommendations.
- Persuades based on evidence and balanced analysis.
- Presents effectively to internal and external audiences.
- Listens actively; understands and respects others' viewpoints; synthesises and summarises feedback accurately and completely.

**To apply**:
**Closing date**: Ongoing

Interviews are held via video conference as part of our standard international recruitment process.