Sustainability and ESG Analyst at Equity Bank Kenya

Job Purpose:

Ensure Equity Banks ESG risk & Opportunity Management through collaboration with Commercial and Credit functions to identify, assess and follow up on action plans for environmental and social risk per the banks Environmental and Social Risk Management (ESRM) Framework. This function will also support supplier due diligence during new vendor onboarding process to ensure appropriate measures and processes are put in place to assess and manage any risk identified. The role is at Senior Officer level. 

Key Responsibilities

• ESRM procedures implementation Quality Assurance for climate finance by generating and disseminating the monthly quality assurance report.
• Conducting Environmental and Social Risk due diligence (both desk-top and site visit based) for client facility/loan requests
• Conducting Health Safety and Environment Due Diligence (HSESDD) of suppliers and vendors
• Monitoring environmental and social performance of multiple portfolio clients
• Monitoring and tracking of client implementation of environmental and social risk action plans (ESAP’s)
• ESRM and ESDD support for Equity Group Subsidiaries
• Financial mobilization on New to Bank
• Deposit growth from opportunities
• Green Finance Loan Growth
• Effective Implementation of Sustainability Risk Management Framework and Procedures in EBKL including training.
• Supporting data and analytics on Environmental and Social Risk Management for compliance and DFI reporting.
• Environmental and Social Risk Management through due diligence assessment of the requests assigned within the SLA
• Sustainability opportunities Management – follow up and closure on climate finance opportunities identified during assessment process
• Contributing to the wider organizational ESG policy, procedures and tool development and implementation
• Support supply chain with vendor E&S risk assessments during onboarding
• Follow up on closure of E&S action plans from client and vendor assessments
• General Administrative duties

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline – environment/social sciences
• Diploma in Environmental Management
• Sustainability & Climate Risk Specialist- Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)
• ESG Specialization – Corporate Finance Institute (CFI)
• Nature-Based solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience – UNEP

Experience

• 4 years of banking experience/ Financial Institution (ESG)

Key Skills and Competencies 

• Sustainability & Climate Risk Management
• Data Analysis – Power Bi & Advanced Excel
• Environmental Management
• Presentation – PowerPoint
• Climate financing
• Client engagement skills
• Understanding of the IFC Performance Stds