Co-Chairs

Are you an accomplished board-level advisor who enjoys facilitating strategic thinking and consensus building among multistakeholder groups in global and high-profile initiatives? Are you passionate about helping to create an economic and financial system where companies and investors address social inequality risks and impacts? If so, then look no further.

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The Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD or Taskforce) is a global initiative involving investors, businesses, civil society, policymakers and regulators working together to co-create a global framework for inequality and social-related disclosures.

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The Taskforce is seeking to appoint four Co-Chairs to represent the Taskforce effectively and facilitate its co-creation process. 

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You will be responsible for guiding and supporting the Taskforce in achieving its mission: to create an economic and financial system where companies and investors address their inequality and social-related risks and impacts, resulting in stronger, more equitable societies and economies.

 Together, the Co-Chairs will:

• Represent TISFD in high-level public forums, conferences, and bilateral engagements 

• Engage with stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to forge impactful partnerships, garner support, and foster collaboration

• Support the Executive Director in outreach to potential funders and relationship management with existing ones

• Supported by the Secretariat, engage with Steering Committee members to build consensus on the Taskforce deliverables

• Sit on the Steering Committee with the same voting rights as other Steering Committee members

• Monitor progress towards the Steering Committee’s delivery of the framework

• Ensure alignment of TISFD’s activities with its objectives and mandate

• Inform the Stewardship Council at its quarterly meetings on the progress and challenges faced by TISFD

• Facilitate handover to its/their successors, if need be, for a seamless transition

• Contributing to finalizing the TISFD’s governance structure, workplan, and engagement strategy 

• Supporting fundraising and engagement of key stakeholders 

• Setting up a nominating committee responsible for nominating Steering Committee members

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Selection Criteria:  

• Demonstrated leadership experience in addressing inequality and/or social justice issues

• Ability to represent multiple stakeholder groups, put aside personal biases and maintain a commitment to the balance of power across groups which fosters inclusivity and diversity

• Strong communication and diplomatic skills for engaging with executive-level or equivalent senior-level of seniority, as well as diverse stakeholder groups with a wide range of perspectives

• Familiarity with issues and debates about the social impacts of business and finance, resulting risks to business and providers of capital, and the relationship between inequalities, markets and financial systems

• Track record of strategic decision-making and achieving tangible results.  

• Co-Chairs, as a group, should complement each other in terms of gender balance, Global North and Global South balance, and should bring experiences working with various stakeholder groups; including but not limited to: CSOs, Labor Unions, Companies, and Investors.  

The positions are for a minimum of 2 days a month for a period of 2 years.

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There is no remuneration but TISFD expenses will be reimbursed.

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