Manager, Sustainability Programs & Subsidiary Liaison
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the implementation and scaling of the Group’s climate and green finance strategy by embedding climate-related considerations into business and credit processes across all subsidiaries.
- Coordinate the identification, screening, classification, and validation of climate-aligned and green transactions to ensure alignment with the Group’s Green Framework and applicable taxonomies.
- Serve as the central liaison between the Group Sustainability team and country subsidiaries, facilitating communication, alignment, and follow-up on sustainability initiatives.
- Coordinate the implementation and consistent application of Group sustainability frameworks, including the Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS), Green Lending Framework, and climate risk guidelines across all subsidiaries.
- Provide technical guidance to Relationship Managers, Credit, Risk, and Business teams across the Group on structuring climate finance transactions and applying green eligibility criteria.
- Work closely with the Credit and Risk functions to integrate climate and environmental considerations into credit appraisal, underwriting, and portfolio monitoring processes within subsidiaries.
- Design and deliver training and capacity-building initiatives to strengthen understanding of climate finance, green lending, and sustainability frameworks and initiatives across subsidiaries.
- Coordinate the collection and consolidation of climate finance and other sustainability initiatives data from subsidiaries to support internal monitoring, management updates, and sustainability reporting.
- Support engagement with regulators, development finance institutions, and industry bodies on matters related to climate finance and green lending, ensuring alignment with emerging regulatory and market expectations.
- Monitor regional and global developments in climate finance, sustainable taxonomies, and regulatory requirements, providing recommendations to enhance the Group’s frameworks and practices.
MINIMUM POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
The preferred candidate will meet the following minimum criteria:
- A Bachelor's degree from a recognized university.
- Professional qualifications in either : Sustainable Finance, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), Environmental & Social Risk Management (ESRM) or training in Green/Climate taxonomies.
- At least three (3) years' relevant work experience in sustainability, including specific experience in the following:
- climate finance, green lending, and green finance frameworks.
- Environmental and Social Management Systems (ESMS) and IFC Performance Standards.
- Screening and classifying green or climate-aligned transactions using internal frameworks and applicable taxonomies.
- Stakeholder management. (Engagement with regulators, industry bodies, or development partners on technical E&S or climate risk matters.)
- Designing and delivering internal training or capacity-building on sustainability initiatives.
- Data analysis, reporting, preparing and delivering presentations
- Experience in green financing and the application of Go-to Market (GTM) strategies will be an added advantage
Method of application
If you are interested and qualified, kindly submit your application via the link provided below,
Deadline 09/14/2026, 11:59 PM