Job Description

At Rest, we help more than 2 million Australians to build a better financial future. With around $112 billion in funds under management, we focus on delivering strong long-term outcomes for our members — from their first job through to retirement*. Your best at Rest means focusing on what matters, being trusted to get on with it, and knowing your work genuinely makes a difference. That’s how we operate every day, guided by our values: Be Daring, Keep It Simple, Take Action and Have Grit.

Join us as an Analyst, Responsible Investment, where you’ll help integrate ESG considerations into investment decisions and support responsible investment outcomes across our portfolio. This is your opportunity to make a real contribution to the financial wellbeing of millions of Australians.

This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a high-performing and highly cooperative Responsible Investments (RI) team for a universal owner and long-term investor across global markets.

The analyst will play an important role in supporting the implementation of Rest's responsible investment approach, including integrating the material environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into the investment process and decisions, and supporting ESG integration and active ownership in Private Markets.



This role will primarily operate at the intersection of sustainability and financial materiality across taking a whole of fund lens with a focus on private markets.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities

- Assist with ESG data analysis, due diligence, and ongoing monitoring across a range of investment strategies.
- Assist with the development and implementation of responsible investment tools, frameworks, and processes to inform investment portfolio monitoring and decision-making
- Assist with the research, measurement, monitoring, analysis, and reporting on ESG and climate-related data, trends, metrics and targets, including the enhanced ESG criteria for the Sustainable Growth option
- Assist with the annual review, updating or uplifting of strategy, policies, protocols, and risk standards; draft relevant sections for reports, disclosures and other communications.
- Assist with the development of responsible investment questionnaires and disclosures that require internal coordination, e.g. RIAA, PRI, SuperRatings
- Coordinate and draft responses for external disclosures and communications, including preparation for assurance and audit activities.
- Enhance skills and knowledge of relevant industry standards, guidance and initiatives to improve capabilities internal and external to the organisation.
- Contributing to the overall effective operation of the RI&S; team by delivering a consistently high standard of work in a timely manner, and contributing to any other relevant duties.

📌 Analyst, Responsible Investment (Melbourne)
🏢 Rest
📍 Melbourne