Job Summary

Strategy
Responsible for the quality of written documents published by the CIO team. The person will ensure that all reports and communications published by the CIO team are written succinctly and persuasively with an aim to communicate complex investment ideas to non-institutional clients and general readers.   

Business
•    Editorial responsibility for the quality of the CIO Office’s publications, including grammatical and visual uplifting, and to provide approval from the editorial perspective, prior to publication’s release
•    Editing of Op-eds, publications and social media posts
•    To make the CIO office publications more accessible and digestible
•    Collaborate with in-house asset class/product experts to edit and publish product-related content
•    Communicate effectively technical financial terms in simplified layman terms for our variety of readers
•    Work effectively under tight time pressure and keep up with developments in the financial industry
•    Coach junior CIO team members in honing their writing skills

Processes
Responsible for editing and the subsequent workflow publishing and approval of CIO team publications (in English and Chinese) within tight deadlines and meeting high editorial quality standards.  
Any non-minor edits must be referred back to the author before publishing and approving in the workflow.

People & Talent 
•    Collaborate with senior CIO team members to ghost-write opinion columns on various investment topics which can be pitched to external media organisations if needed
•    Coach junior CIO team members in honing writing skills

Governance 
Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations prescribed for CIO team publications.

Regulatory & Business Conduct 
•    Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
•    Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
•    Lead the [country / business unit / function/XXX [team] to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.] * 
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
•    [Insert local regulator e.g. PRA/FCA prescribed responsibilities and Rationale for allocation].
[Where relevant - Additionally, for subsidiaries or relevant non -subsidiaries]
•    Serve as a Director of the Board of [insert name of entities]
•    Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association (or equivalent) 

Key stakeholders
•    Asset class heads in CIO Office
•    Chief Investment Officer
•    Wealth Proposition, Corporate Affairs, Brand and Marketing, Content Management teams

Other Responsibilities
Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in XXXX [country / business unit / team]; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats); [List all responsibilities associated with the role]

Skills and Experience

Written Communication Skills in English
Written Communication Skills in Chinese (both Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese)
Ghost-write opinion editorials in collaboration with senior CIO team authors
Coach junior members of CIO team on writing skills

Qualifications

•    10+ years of editing/copywriting experience in major financial organisations
•    Strong understanding of macroeconomics and finance/ financial products
•    Excellent writing and editing skills - English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese
•    Ability to simplify complex investment themes for a broad-based, non-specialist audience
•    Experience of working with authors with various levels of writing skills, especially in coaching junior colleagues in writing succinctly and persuasively 

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.