Environmental, Social & Governance Officer at Mitchell Cotts

Overall Role Purpose

• The ESG Officer will support the implementation and continuous improvement of Mitchell Cotts Freight Kenya’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) management system.
• The role will translate ESG requirements into practical policies, registers, controls, data, evidence and reporting routines, with particular emphasis on an ISO 14001-aligned Environmental Management System (EMS). The officer will work across functions to help Mitchell Cotts Freight Kenya become ESG-ready, audit-ready and capable of demonstrating measurable progress to customers, regulators, leadership and other stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Scope & Mandate

• Build the foundations of an integrated ESG framework covering environmental, social and governance requirements.
• Coordinate the organization’s ESG implementation programme and ISO 14001 readiness activities under appropriate technical and leadership oversight.
• Establish disciplined ESG governance, data management, compliance documentation and performance reporting.
• Build practical ESG capability across business units and support functions.

ESG Framework & Roadmap

• Develop ESG policies, objectives, commitments, procedures, templates and minimum control standards.
• Conduct baseline and gap assessments of current ESG practices, controls, data and documentation.
• Maintain the ESG implementation roadmap, action tracker and responsibility matrix.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery and escalate risks, delays and resource constraints through agreed governance forums.

ISO 14001 Environmental Management System

• Coordinate implementation activities supporting the Environmental Management System (EMS).
• Support the development and maintenance of EMS documentation, registers and operational controls.
• Prepare the organisation for internal, customer and certification-readiness assessments, ensuring corrective actions are tracked to closure.
• Monitor applicable ISO 14001 transition requirements and support approved transition plans where required.

Social & Governance Systems

• Coordinate ESG due diligence questionnaires, customer requirements, supplier assessments and improvement actions with relevant process owners.
• Support governance processes relating to ESG compliance obligations, stakeholder commitments and improvement initiatives.

ESG Data, Reporting & Assurance

• Define ESG data requirements, ownership, methodologies, controls, review cycles and evidence standards.
• Collect, validate and consolidate agreed environmental and social performance data.
• Prepare dashboards, monthly ESG performance reports and management-review packs highlighting trends, risks and required actions.
• Maintain an audit-ready document repository with version control, traceability and retention controls.

Capability Building & Engagement

• Build ESG awareness and practical capability across business units through guidance, training and coaching.
• Support materiality assessments, stakeholder-engagement activities and the consolidation of stakeholder feedback.

Project, Risk & Change Management

• Manage ESG workstreams, milestones, dependencies, risks and benefits using disciplined project-management practices.
• Support investigations and root-cause analysis of ESG nonconformities, incidents, complaints and control failures, ensuring corrective actions are monitored to completion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Sustainability, Engineering, Natural Resources, Occupational Safety and Health, Business, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Graduates and/or up to 3 years’ relevant experience in ESG, sustainability, environmental management, quality, health and safety, or a related field.
• Training in ISO 14001 implementation or internal auditing is strongly preferred.
• ISO 14001 Internal Auditor or Lead Auditor certification is an advantage.
• Exposure to ESG reporting, GHG accounting, GRI, IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, climate risk, ISO 45001, ISO 9001, or project management is desirable.
• Working knowledge of environmental management principles, including environmental aspects and impacts, compliance obligations, objectives and targets, operational controls, monitoring, auditing, corrective actions, and management review.