Specialist, Financial Markets and Resilience

World Economic Forum

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 80,000 - 85,000

Full time

14 days+

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Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

An international organization for public-private cooperation in New York is seeking a Specialist in Financial Markets and Resilience. This role involves supporting initiatives aimed at creating a sustainable financial system and requires a Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience in relevant fields. The position offers a salary range of $80,000 to $85,000 annually, with benefits including medical and vision insurance, and a 401(k).

Qualifications

2+ years of professional experience in public or private sectors.
Fluency in English and excellent communication skills.
Willingness to travel 15% of the time.

Responsibilities

Support the initiatives and facilitate engagement among stakeholders.
Contribute to delivering on existing initiatives aligned with the Forum's mission.
Manage stakeholder outreach and ensure engagement of diverse executive stakeholders.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Initiative management

Economic analysis

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, or related field

Job description

Specialist, Financial Markets and Resilience

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Specialist, Financial Markets and Resilience

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This range is provided by World Economic Forum. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$80,000.00/yr - $85,000.00/yr

Please Note: This role requires the ability to work on site 3 days per week per company policy.

The annual salary range for this role is $80,000-85,000 in New York.

The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the international organization for public-private cooperation.

The Forum engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

Why we are Recruiting

The Centre for Financial and Monetary System (FMS) is comprised of leading global and regional institutions from the financial services and investing industries, among other critical stakeholders. It engages this broad set of actors to design and develop a more sustainable, resilient, trusted, and accessible financial system that reinforces long-term value creation and economic growth.

The Specialist, Financial Markets and Resilience will be responsible for supporting Centre-specific content focused on developing and deepening cooperation and positive impact on topics of systemic importance. Areas of potential focus include financial system stability, European capital market integration, growth of private capital, democratization to retail investors, longevity economy.

Reporting Lines & Interactions

The Specialist, Financial Markets and Resilience will report to Head, Financial Markets and Resilience Initiatives and collaborate with initiative leads across the team. Internally, the person will also work with colleagues in our Account Management and Business Development Teams, the internal FMS Centre team, Global Industry Team, and a broad range of other stakeholders. Externally, this person will interact and collaborate with constituents ranging from Forum Partner and non-Partner companies, governments, academia, and civil society.

Main Responsibilities:

A successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the initiatives and facilitating engagement among Forum constituents – both business and non-business and will support the portfolio of work of team across a range of initiative s, events and outputs. Some responsibilities may include:

Initiative Management

Contribute to scoping and delivering on existing initiatives that align with and promote the Forum’s and Centre’s mission
Initiative organization, including ensuring deliverables are on track across multiple workstreams, coordinating with internal colleagues and external consultants (if applicable)
Support initiative management governance; report and monitor initiative progress, impact and evaluation.
Support development of deliverables from white papers and blog posts to communication strategies, that includes using various media channels from podcasts to social media

Stakeholder management and Business Development

Contribute to identification and outreach for the community of potential and existing Forum partners
Support engagement of a diverse set of executive stakeholders from private and public sectors on strategic deliverables and convenings, frameworks and policies
Collaborate with relevant teams to ensure that opportunities to leverage Forum networks, events, and public engagement opportunities for initiative outcomes are fully utilized

Requirements and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in a Business, Economics, or related field
2+years of professional work experience working with public or private sectors in areas that may include but not limited to banking, capital markets, investment management, investor relations, asset management, portfolio operations, strategy consulting, economic analysis
Professional experience and existing relationships with public and private stakeholders in developed and emerging economies is a plus
Ability to build strong internal relationships and networks within a complex, collaborative and ambiguous environment; can work well globally across cultures
Energetic, self-directed, customer-oriented team player with a mission-oriented mindset
Fluency in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills; additional foreign languages a plus
Willingness to travel 15% of the time

Why work at the Forum:

The Forum believes that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to improve the state of the world by building awareness and cooperation, shaping mindsets and agendas, and driving collective action. Join us and become a driver for positive change!

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