Junior Analyst - Mandarin and/or Cantonese Speaking

• ESG Data Analysis
   Collect, analyse and score publicly available data and build a view on how companies manage material ESG risks and opportunities. Apply FAIRR’s methodology with accuracy and consistency, ensuring adherence to internal quality standards.
• Identification of ESG Risks, Opportunities and Trends
   Translate raw data into actionable insights at the company level, highlighting emerging risks, opportunities, trends and progress relevant to food system sustainability. You can draft structured outputs in different formats: summaries, data-driven reports, and briefing notes that are robust and well-evidenced. 
• Company Dialogue 
   Lead constructive and informative conversations with companies during the research cycle, providing clear guidance to them on process, timelines, methodology and findings to support transparency and dialogue.
• Company Monitoring
   Continuously monitor your portfolio of companies outside research cycles, tracking strategic changes, new initiatives, emerging risks, and controversies.
• Stakeholder Support
   Act as a key point of contact for investor members, the media and other external stakeholders seeking deeper insights into company scores and benchmark assessments.
• Expertise Development
   Continually deepen your subject-matter expertise in global food systems and/or specific areas of our research methodologies. 
• Continuous Improvement
   Working on the frontline of our research, you will act as a key source of feedback on how our methodologies, products, processes and technological systems can be evolved over time to better meet market needs. 
• Cross-Team Collaboration
   Work closely with colleagues across FAIRR teams (including Outreach, Products & Analytics and Communications) on an ad hoc and project-based basis. This may include responding to research requests, supporting the preparation of investor and corporate engagement, contributing analytical input to briefings and documents, and supporting cross-functional initiatives.

• Approximately 75% of this role will be conducted in Mandarin or Cantonese.
• The conduct of corporate research and day-to-day interactions with the companies in your portfolio will take place in Mandarin or Cantonese. Almost all companies in your assigned portfolio will be ones that report primarily in Mandarin or Cantonese.
• You will need to read and assess corporate reporting in Mandarin or Cantonese.
• You will write emails and support online and in-person meetings with companies in Mandarin or Cantonese.
• You will also support the translation of key materials (methodologies, presentations and insight pieces) into Mandarin or Cantonese.
• Internal team meetings will take place in English.
• In due course, you will be expected to lead interventions (webinars, events) in Mandarin or Cantonese on behalf of FAIRR, representing our benchmark research.

Who will they be interacting with?

• You will be interacting in Mandarin or Cantonese with corporate sustainability teams who respond to FAIRR's assessment surveys. You will support their understanding of our mission, our methodology and our findings. You will also support meetings and calls that enable these companies to understand their positioning against peers.
• Where necessary, you will also support regional investor calls where there is a preference to communicate and engage in Mandarin or Cantonese.

• Fluency in Mandarin and/or Cantonese
• Passionate about Sustainability - you want to deepen your understanding of the risks and opportunities that exist within our terrestrial and marine food systems today. 
• Excellent Analytical Skills - You have excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, applying logical reasoning to draw conclusions. 
• Commitment to Rigour - you can focus on small elements and ensure accuracy, thoroughness and consistency. You are organised and precise.  Able to apply judgment and reason when handling sensitive company information during research. 
• Excellent Written and Verbal Communication - you know how to convey complex concepts and findings to diverse stakeholders. Fluency in written and spoken English. 
• Strong Organisational Skills - you know how to organise and manage your time and consistently meet or exceed deadlines. You are output-focused. 

• Demonstrable interest in sustainability, sustainable food systems and sustainable finance. 
• Understanding of ESG frameworks, such as Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
• Familiarity with ESG rating methodologies, tools, and databases, including Bloomberg ESG, MSCI ESG, and Sustainalytics.
• Knowledge of financial data platforms, including Bloomberg and Capital IQ, with the ability to source company financials, filings, ownership structures and supporting documentation for company assessments.