Assistant Manager, Group Sustainability Strategy & Solution at Equity Bank Kenya

Description

• Assist the Manager in running the SS&S initiatives smoothly.
• Lead, guide and motivate subsidiary team in executing sustainability mission and goals in line with Equity’s Strategy.
• Co-develop the execution strategy, projections and communicate the same to subsidiaries for execution.
• Lead research and other market and business development analysis initiatives to inform the sustainability strategy, product development and commercial pipeline
• Planning, assigning and supervising sustainability initiatives across the subsidiaries
• Communicate information top-down or down-up as per the requirement.
• Will be a co-lead partner relationship manager and will use the opportunity to identify areas Equity can leverage to attain its social, environmental and commercial goals.
• Establishment and maintaining a close working relationship among teams, other departments at subsidiaries level to ensure smooth running of the SSS initiatives.
• Work closely with other departments to develop relevant project tracking tools for accurate and timely progress reports on KPIs
• Promoting/ cross-selling the Banks’ sustainable solutions to clients & partners. Support and/ or facilitate market, information/ knowledge and financial linkages and support build-up of sustainable business networks and eco-system.
• Linking partners to specific sectors/individuals aligned to sustainability to facilitate customer satisfaction in service delivery
• Coordinate and participate in capacity building activities for Equity staff, partners and customers
• Ensure proper continuous documentation and dissemination/ reporting of activities on a monthly basis.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly sustainability reports for management use.

Qualifications

• University degree in Sustainability/Environmental Science/ Finance/ Economics/Data Science
• Professional training in data analytics, proposal writing and/ or people management will be an added advantage
• At least 3 years’ work experience with reputable organization managing green projects, sustainable product development and sustainable finance.
• Experience in middle level people management