Our client is a well-established entity focusing on Health Asset Management in Africa.   They are looking to hire a Global Head for Environment and Social Governance based in Nairobi.

Work Station: Nairobi

JOB PURPOSE;

The ideal candidate should be responsible for development and implementation of investment strategy for long term sustainable investment returns ; ensuring effective communication of its approach to external and internal stakeholders and develop risk methodologies that help manage key exposures and achieve its long-term investment objectives.

 MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES;

Environmental, Social and Governance role:

• Provide leadership to the team to ensure policies, procedures, and templates for identifying, managing and monitoring environmental, social and governance issues (ESG) are up-to-date and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Work with the investment teams, consultants, and potential investees to agree on ESG action plans for each investment.
• Manage the engagement and output of external consultants to address specific issues with potential investors and portfolio companies.
• Provide country-level reviews of existing portfolio to ensure adherence to local laws as well as relevant international standards, and to ensure relevant guidance in place for each jurisdiction.

Risk Management role:

• Develop a total portfolio ESG evaluation framework to allocate and attribute ESG risk in support of organizational goals.
• Research, develop and continuously refine industry-leading methodologies and best practices in ESG risk management.
• Model and monitor cross asset-class ESG risk exposure to assess potential impacts of both action and inaction on existing and potential investment portfolio.
• Understand company’s ESG risk profile and tolerance; investigate, report and make investment recommendations on specific issues/topics raised by relevant stakeholders.
• Developing ESG training, guidance, and toolkits to support investment teams with their ESG knowledge and responsibilities.

Due Diligence role:

• Engaging with the investment team to support pre-investment ESG due diligence, typically alongside external ESG consultants.
• Manage the investment teams on both investment-specific and industry-wide risks and potential mitigations during the Due Diligence/ESG screening phase.
• Engaging with portfolio company management teams to identify and support the implementation of ESG value creation initiatives and ESG polices.
• Analyzing the ESG data of portfolio companies for performance enhancement and reporting.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS;

•         A Bachelor’s degree in Business Management/Commerce, Finance, or Economics.
• A Postgraduate degree in relevant discipline and/or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) is a necessity.
• 7-10 years’ experience in quantitative and qualitative analysis, modelling, forecasting, and programming as it pertains to the evaluation of ESG-related risk on financial assets and investments.
• Direct experience managing ESG risks
• Excellent research and analytical skills; can locate and interpret relevant information to provide well thought-out recommendations and produce insightful reports.
• Experience of working in ESG functions of an investment firm, preferably in the healthcare industry.
• Technical experience and/or an appreciation of conducting ESG reviews, due diligence assessments, monitoring and reporting in alignment with the IFC Performance Standards
• Robust influencing and engagement ability; adept at building relationships and credibility with external and internal clients.
• Ability to provide leadership, diplomacy and work competently across a wide range of areas at all team levels.

All applications should be done on or before close of business 31st May, 2021 on link below:

https://reedsafricaconsult.com/job/global-head-environment-and-social-governance/

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted