Job Description

Job description

If you\xe2\x80\x99re looking for a career that will unlock new opportunities, join HSBC and experience the possibilities. Whether you want a role that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

HSBC has put the transition to net-zero at the centre of its corporate strategy and is building out its Climate Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Global Sustainability to achieve this. The role of the CoE is to work with front-line bankers around the world providing expert input to support HSBC\xe2\x80\x99s climate strategy and re-wire and align the bank to net-zero.

These roles are at the cutting edge of applying global finance to the climate challenge and offer an exciting and rare opportunity to join a high performing function in a senior position that is all about impact. You will be provided access to our senior leaders across the business, the ability to help shape the future strategy of HSBC and guide and support our clients on their transition journeys.

Global Head, Sustainable Land Use & Supply Chain

You will shape HSBC\xe2\x80\x99s support for the climate transition globally, leveraging the bank\xe2\x80\x99s capital and networks to shape and accelerate the shift to a net zero future. You will collaborate with bankers and regional leadership to support HSBC\xe2\x80\x99s agriculture and food-supply chain clients and engage them on their transition plans, seeking out opportunities for the bank to finance their transition. Your professional network and industry reputation and public profile and track record of thought leadership will enable you to support the bank\xe2\x80\x99s external engagement with regulators, central banks and governments, NGOs and the markets.

You will possess excellent knowledge of land degradation, commercial agriculture, biomass and energy crops, food processing and supply chains, water stress and soil health are a must..

Requirements

To be successful within this position you will also have:

• Deep expertise on climate change and land-use including low-carbon technologies, decarbonisation pathways, regulatory and policy levers, carbon budgets, science-based targets, climate analytics, and both transition and physical climate risk.
• Strong technical understanding of land degradation, commercial agriculture, biomass and energy crops, food processing and supply chains, water stress and soil health and the technologies, processes and practices that can mitigate emissions.
• Experience in leadership roles, ideally in an agriculture or land-use industry, NGO, or relevant research and consulting field, with a track record of outstanding achievements.
• Experience working in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment and managing multiple stakeholders across large organizations.
• Experience in agriculture would be preferable

As an HSBC employee, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

Location: London, Hybrid

HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme, and will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk:
Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com
Telephone: +44 2078328500.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has processes in place to avoid nepotism. This means we will avoid circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.

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