Assistant Manager - Group Sustainability Operations - Climate Financing at Equity Bank Kenya

Key responsibilities

Climate Financing

• Support in monitoring of Group climate financed loans using current tools of assessment and maintaining an up-to-date data on climate finance portfolio.
• Support in the implementation of the Group’s climate finance goal through evaluation of project eligibility against Bank’s agreed climate taxonomy
• Support in the origination and structuring of climate finance opportunities together with business teams across the subsidiaries when required.
• Undertake financed emissions assessment across the Group.
• Support in the management of DFI climate programs at subsidiaries and work in generation of necessary reports.
• Implement the agreed training plan on climate finance across the teams.
• Support in integration of climate finance monitoring systems across the Group.

Operations

• Support in the implementation of Bank’s decarbonization by with with facilities teams and supporting in data analysis and interpretation.
• Work with Group facilities team to undertake monthly management carbon and resource footprint and develop a reduction pathway for minimizing costs and footprint reduction using tools.
• Support in development of fit for market climate finance products through developing innovative ideas of tackling the climate market.

Reporting

• Support in generation of monthly report on climate financing across the Group.
• Support in generation monthly report on climate finance pipeline against status and challenges for financing where appliable.
• Support in generation of a decarbonization report for the Group at every quarter against target for operational scope 1,2, and 3.
• Support in development of relevant DFIs report in accordance to the relevant programs at the Bank supporting climate financing.
• Support subsidiaries team in collection of annual data required for Group’s annual sustainability reporting.  

 
Qualifications
 
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, BACKGROUND AND SKILLS

• University degree in Sustainability/Environmental Science/ Engineering/Finance
• At least 5 years experience in climate financing.
• Professional qualifications in areas such as GRI, Sustainable Finance, Carbon accounting will be considered as a strong advantage.
• An understanding on of Banking sector will be an added advantage.
• Strong skills in planning, organizing, and prioritizing when working on several assignments at the same time and under pressure.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Able to collaborate cross-functionally.