Company Description
Our Client provides is a Tier one Financial Institution
Job Description
Job Role
Drive the development and execution of a broad-based, organization-wide strategic social ESG/Sustainability agenda, integrating ESG/Sustainability across African Subsidiaries Ensuring that ESG/Sustainability effort enhances business performance and supports the long-term interests of the African Subsidiaries Agenda.
Functions & Responsibilities
- Set direction for global policy and programs on ESG/Sustainability to deliver a business that is economically viable and operates in an ethical, socially, and environmentally responsible manner.
- Lead efforts to create an ESG/Sustainability vision for the organization encompassing people, profit, and planet.
- Secure and leverage Executive level commitment and support for integrating sustainable development into core processes and decision-making.
- Assess the ESG/Sustainability performance, identify and prioritize key ESG/Sustainability issues across African Subsidiaries
- Lead the implementation of long-term ESG/Sustainability vision, mission, and operating principles, and lead the development of a high-level strategy to support them.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop a coordinated ESG/Sustainability plan across all African Subsidiaries
- Build ESG/Sustainability principles into short and long-term plans being implemented across African Subsidiaries
- Oversight function for effective implementation of ESG/Sustainability strategy and review of initiatives to ensure they align with the strategic objectives of the Bank’s ESG/Sustainability agenda.
- Serve as the internal leader and “go to” expert for ESG/ESG/Sustainability, monitoring emerging trends, programs and issues, and communicating/educating others on ESG/Sustainability topics.
- Lead the interface with any and/or all government agencies and departments, domestic and international, relating to African Subsidiaries responses to questions or statements of position on ESG/Sustainability related matters.
- Measure and monitor progress against ESG/Sustainability strategies, objectives, and performance targets.
- Strategically lead and supervise implementation of community development initiatives including oversight for employee volunteering across the African Subsidiaries
- Work with credible Non-Governmental Organizations, Civil Society, and relevant Government agencies on the implementation of community development initiatives across all subsidiaries.
- Offer expertise and provide Supervisor-level support for initiatives to reduce for Subsidiaries resource consumption and waste generation
- Supervise the implementation of communication strategies to publicize the African Subsidiaries ESG/Sustainability efforts and promote broad awareness of ESG/Sustainability initiatives, both internally and externally.
- Representing organization in various capacities with respect to the African Subsidiaries membership and/or participation with reputable local and international organizations such as United Nations agencies (UNGC, etc.) amongst others.
- Lead, in conjunction with relevant internal stakeholders, the process of various stakeholder engagement sessions for customers, suppliers, shareholders, investors, communities/NGOs, amongst others.
Skills/Competence Requirements
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Financial & Technology Industry Knowledge
- Excellent Oral & Written communication skills
- IT literacy skill
- Analytical skill
- Excellent financial analysis / interpretation skills
- Presentation Skill / Problem solving capabilities
- Creative thinking and innovative
- Negotiation Skill
- Marketing Communications
Supervisory skills
- General managerial/ administration
- Team building / conflict management
- Coaching
- Tactical Management
- Leadership / Influencing
- Organization and coordination skills
Generic Skills
- Strategic orientation
- Entrepreneurship/ taking ownership
- Self-Management
- Interpersonal Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Resilience, Tenacity, and Integrity
Qualifications
Required Sectors Experience
- Regulatory
- Financial Institutions
- Non-Governmental Organizations
- Agriculture, Oli &Gas & Power, Transport etc
- IT & Fintech
- Multi-lateral Agencies
- Government
Professional Requirements
Qualification
A good first degree in any discipline. Relevant Masters’ degree will be an advantage
Professional Membership
Recognized professional certification such as ASPN, ACIB, ICRS, ISSP, NIMN, NIPR, CFA -Certificate in ESG will be an advantage
Relevant Experience
- Experience in ESG/Sustainability management
- Experience in Corporate Social Responsibility management
What We Do
Proten International is an award-winning and leading international Human Resource and Management Consulting firm that provides a range of Advisory and Transformation solutions. Our focus is to align every organisation’s activities relating to People, Process and Technology closely with its business strategy and vision.
Founded in 2011 in the United Kingdom, we have since expanded across Europe and Africa, serving clients across the public and private sectors and various industries including Banking, Oil and Gas, Insurance, Information Technology, Real Estate, Energy, FMCG, Manufacturing and many more.
In 2015, we launched our Africa office in Lagos, Nigeria and have since provided a range of tailored solutions to various organisations.
Our bespoke and innovative solutions cut across:
Learning and Development
Recruitment and Talent Acquisition
Outsourcing / Managed Staffing
Enterprise Transformation
HR Advisory
HR Technology
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