Analyst, Responsible Investments

Supporting millions of Aussies since 1988 with low fees and competitive long-term performance. Profits back to members, not shareholders

Closing date: 9th January 2026

Please note Rest does not accept speculative resumes from recruitment agencies 

Rest will review applications prior to the closing date and may close the role earlier 

Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.

We support more than two million members, with around $100 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they’re more likely to get a better retirement outcome.

Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.

This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a high-performing and highly collaborative Responsible Investments (RI) team for a universal owner and long-term investor across global markets.

The analyst will play an important role in supporting the implementation of Rest's responsible investment approach, including integrating the material environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into investment decisions and supporting the general exclusions process. This role will operate at the intersection of sustainability and financial materiality across listed asset classes, including equities and fixed income.

• Assist with ESG data analysis, due diligence, and ongoing monitoring across a range of investment strategies.
• Assist with the development and implementation of responsible investment tools, frameworks, and processes to inform investment portfolio monitoring and decision-making.
• Assist with the research, measurement, monitoring, analysis, and reporting on ESG and climate-related data, trends, metrics and targets, including the whole of Fund exclusions and enhanced Sustainable Growth option criteria
• Assist with the annual review, updating or uplifting of strategy, policies, protocols, and risk standards; draft relevant sections for reports, disclosures and other communications.
• Assist with the development of responsible investment questionnaires and disclosures that require internal coordination, e.g. RIAA, PRI, SuperRatings
• Coordinate and draft responses for external disclosures and communications, including preparation for assurance and audit activities.
• Enhance skills and knowledge of relevant industry standards, guidance and initiatives to improve capabilities internal and external to the organisation.

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Business, Economics, Applied Finance, Environmental Science, Engineering or similar.
• ESG certifications and/or sustainability qualifications highly regarded.

Required experience, understanding or credentials including:

• Demonstrated work experience in a similar sustainability, responsible investment, financial services, consulting, or business role.
• Strong business acumen and familiarity with listed equities and/or fixed income.
• Working knowledge of ESG metrics, disclosure standards, reporting frameworks, sector benchmarks, and performance indices relating to responsible investment and sustainability (e.g., UN PRI, ISSB, PCAF).

Our benefits have been designed so you can tailor your experience with us and include:

• Personal and professional development opportunities 
• Hybrid working 
• Purchase leave scheme and gender neutral 16 weeks paid parental leave 
• Super Contribution Continuation for 12 Months of parental leave 
• Linkedin Learning 
• Income Protection Insurance 
• Rest Excellence awards (peer recognition awards based on Rest’s values and behaviours) 
• Rest Stops - meeting free breaks 

If you share our values, believe you can help make a difference for our members and want to be part of a leading superannuation fund with a Super culture, please click Apply Now.

Rest is committed to creating a flexible work environment and culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion - where people feel welcome, safe to be themselves and inspired to do their best.

We value the different backgrounds, lived experiences and abilities our diverse team brings. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, gender identities, sexual orientations and thinking styles. This includes people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples and those with disrupted work history due to career or other breaks.

Please note only people with the right to work in Australia will be considered.

*Funds under management as at 31 July 2025. Rest is recognised as a Responsible Investment Leader by the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) in its Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2022.