EOS Engager

Job title – EOS EngagerGrade – AssociateLocation – LondonAbout Federated HermesFederated Hermes, Inc. is a global leader in active, responsible investment management, with $839.8 billion in assets under management, as of March 31st, 2025. We deliver investment solutions that help investors target a broad range of outcomes and provide equity, fixed-income, alternative/private markets, multi-asset, and liquidity management strategies to more than 11,000 institutions and intermediaries worldwide.Our clients include corporations, government entities, insurance companies, foundations and endowments, banks, and broker/dealers. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Federated Hermes has more than 2,000 employees in London, New York and offices worldwide. For more information, visit FederatedHermes.comAbout Equity Ownership Services (EOS)The EOS team, founded in 2004, is the world’s leading stewardship service for long-term investors. The team comprises more than 30 engagement professionals across London and Pittsburgh and brings together a broad set of nationalities and career backgrounds. We and our clients believe that the purpose of investment is to create wealth sustainably over the long term. We focus our stewardship on the issues with the greatest potential to deliver long-term sustainable wealth for clients and their investors.In total, EOS advises on more than $2.1 trillion of assets invested by more than 70 stewardship clients. Each year EOS proactively engages with over 500 of the world’s largest companies and over 100 public policy and market authorities to enable long-term institutional investors to be more active owners of their assets through dialogue with their investee companies and with regulators and standard setters. We believe this is essential to build a global financial system that delivers improved long-term returns for investors, as well as better, more sustainable outcomes for society.Main Function of the role:The holder of this role is part of EOS’s Europe Engagement team. Responsibilities include supporting corporate engagement with European companies, supporting public policy / best practice engagement work, providing project support and planning and executing voting services.While the role is within the EOS Europe team, there will be numerous opportunities for collaboration with team members in the EOS Asia & Emerging Markets and North America teams and across the wider firm. Through working with established engagers the role holder will gain experience to take on and lead their own portfolio of engagement strategies and companies.Key tasks and responsibilities:• Develop engagement strategies and objectives on material company issues.• Support senior engagers on company engagement throughout the engagement lifecycle.• Carry out relevant company research to support delivery of EOS’ controversial company screening services.• Support the drafting of responses to public policy consultations and support related engagement with policy makers and external working groups.• Support market, sector and/ or theme stewardship strategies including identifying market leading opportunities for impact.• Support integration of stewardship work into the Federated Hermes investment processes and wider products and services provided to clients.• Make voting recommendations to clients in line with relevant voting policies, including advising clients on high profile voting decisions.• Support the leadership and client team in the development of strong client relationships by attending client events and responding to client queries on stewardship activity.• Drafting articles on EOS engagement for external publicationThe jobholder may be required to undertake travel outside of the UK on occasion.Minimum knowledge and experience required:• Knowledge and passion for major investment, strategy, environmental, social and/or governance issues.• Knowledge in a complementary field(s) such as investor relations, finance, accountancy, internal audit, risk management or investment/ business consultancy, equity or debt research or legal advisory services. This may be in a corporation, investor, government, legal, consulting, academia, NGO or other organisation.• Relevant academic qualifications or apprenticeshipsRelevant Experience:• Experience living and/ or working abroad or across cultures.• Exceptional new graduates entering the workplace full time for the first time will also be considered.Candidate Profile:• Solid understanding of how business works (governance; business models; financial)• Strong interest in investment, strategy, environmental, social and/or governance issues.• Strong analytical ability; numerate, strong problem solving and attention to detail and ability to apply detailed policies.• Excellent influencing skills including demonstrable diplomacy and tenacity.• Excellent relationship building skills.• Self-motivated and able to use own initiative, in particular to identify opportunities for impact and drive forward own programme of work.• Organised with strong time management skills and ability to work to short deadlines and under pressure.• Excellent written and oral communication skills.• Collaborative and a strong team player, but also ability to work alone.• Self-confident, self-motivated and proactive.• Computer literate (MS Office).Languages• Fluency (written and spoken) in English required.• Ability to communicate proficiently (verbally and in writing) in other major European languages an advantage.Diversity, Inclusion and Flexible WorkingWe believe in genuine opportunity, fairness, and respect for all applicants and aim to ensure that no current or prospective employee is subject to discrimination or treated less favourably on the basis of their disability, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sex, or sexual orientation, or disability.We understand that applicants may have different needs and expectations related to their working arrangements and are committed to a discussion on flexible working. Please raise these with your Recruitment contact to discuss what type of arrangements can work for you and the role for which you are applying.We welcome applications from all eligible candidates, and we particularly encourage applications from qualified candidates who identify as women and/or are from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background, as these groups are underrepresented throughout the financial services sector.We are a Disability Confident Employer and participate in the “Offer of Interview” scheme, intended to actively encourage applications from people with a disability or long-term condition and offer an interview to those who meet the minimum criteria set out within this job description. You will need to let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme by contacting Jessica Sheehan at Jessica.sheehan@federatedhermes.com or +44 207 702 0888. You do not need to share details of your disability or long-term condition.If you would benefit from alternative methods of applying or for workplace adjustments during the recruitment process, please also let us know by contacting Jessica Sheehan at Jessica.sheehan@federatedhermes.com or +44 207 702 0888 to discuss the support you need.Please be advised that applications will not be reviewed until the week beginning 14th July.