Jobs 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

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KEY RESPONSIBILIITIES

Support in the running of sustainability operations across the EGH subsidiaries through the following aspects;

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.
• Support in financed emissions assessment across the Group.
• Support in the management of DFI climate programs at subsidiaries and work in generation of necessary reports.
• Support in the development and implementation of climate finance and carbon reduction trainings across the Group.
• Work on partnerships identification for the Bank with climate finance strategic partners to spearhead climate financing. 

Operations

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

Reporting

• Generate monthly report on climate financing across the Group. 
• Generate monthly report on climate finance pipeline against status and challenges for financing where applicable.
• Generate decarbonization report for the Group at every quarter against target for operational scope 1,2 and 3. 
• Submit relevant DFIs report in accordance with 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 7 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.

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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.

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Key Responsibilities

• Support in the running of sustainability operations across the subsidiaries through the following aspects;

Risk Management

• Support in implementation of ESG risk management across subsidiaries through a dedicated assurance program together with subsidiaries ESG teams.
• Work with subsidiaries team to ensure that they meet ESG risk compliance requirements in terms of management and monitoring of ESG risk.
• Support in implementation of the sustainability training plan for subsidiaries teams in areas of business and supply chain.
• Keep an up-to-date database of all subsidiaries ESG risk assessment and report on implementation of ESAP closure.
• Support in review of ESG policy across subsidiaries incorporating market and regulatory development.
• Arrange for quarterly monitoring of ESG risks of high-risk clients across the subsidiaries as part of quality assurance process.

Sustainability opportunities

• Work with the subsidiaries team to ensure that ESG risks complemented by opportunities are followed up for closure.
• Support in the implementation of the Group’s sustainable finance goal through evaluation of project eligibility against agreed climate taxonomy and supporting data reporting.
• Support subsidiary team in client management to enhance uptake of identified sustainability opportunities.

Operations

• Support in the implementation of a decarbonization plan for the Bank operations and financed carbon footprint.
• Together with the Group’s facilities team, undertake data gathering, analysis and generate a monthly carbon footprint report for the group performance.
• Keep an up-to-date monitoring of Group’s resource use data to be used in monitoring performance against plan.
• Update and support in revision of carbon tracking tool for the Group.
• Work together with supply chain in assuring the supply chain integrates ESG in evaluation process pre and post onboarding.

Qualifications
 
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, BACKGROUND AND SKILLS

• University degree in Sustainability/Environmental Science/ Engineering/Finance.
• At least 5 years experience in ESG risk and climate financing.
• Professional qualifications in areas such as GRI, ESIA, 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.

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KEY RESPONSIBILIITIES

• Support in running of sustainability operations across the subsidiaries through the following;

Implementation of EGH ESG Risk Management

• Support in implementation of ESG risk management across subsidiaries through undertaking assurance program in collaboration with subsidiaries sustainability teams for high-risk clients and select medium high and medium low risk clients.
• Work with subsidiaries team in ensuring that ESG compliance as per EGH ESG Policy, ESRM Framework and Procedures end to end from transaction screening to monitoring and reporting.
• Support in identification of emerging regulatory changes globally and at subsidiaries level and accordingly communicate that same in monthly reporting.
• Maintain a constant monitoring of E&S risk management profile at all levels across the subsidiaries.
• Support in arranging and carrying out periodic monitoring of high-risk clients and monitoring of ESAP implementation.
• Support business in identification of opportunities from risk through capacitating them and work in development of interactive tools able to convert risk into opportunities.
• Support in review of ESG policy, framework and procedures across subsidiaries incorporating market and regulatory development.
• Ensure high risk clients are monitored across the Group at any given point and the risks are mitigated through an agreed Bank-client action plan in a specified time period.

ESG Risk and Opportunities Capacity enhancement

• Support in the implementation of the ESG risk management training plan ensuring periodic refreshers are carried out across the Group ESG teams.
• Work with subsidiaries ESG team to identify training needs for both ESG team and business teams and develop a calendar of training that can be leverage across Group where necessary for the benefit of all the subsidiaries.

Reporting

• Support in the development of the Group sustainability reporting by providing key data and developing key areas of the report on risk management under each subsidiary.
• Work with subsidiaries teams to ensure all DFI ESG risk reports are on time and reviewed prior to submission.  

 
Qualifications
 
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, BACKGROUND AND SKILLS

• University degree in Sustainability/Environmental Science/ Engineering/Finance
• At least 7 years experience in ESG risk and climate financing.
• Professional qualifications in areas such as GRI, ESIA, 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.