Job Summary
One of the TOP banks in S.A. is looking for a professional registered - SACNASP, with 11 years' professional climate and nature operational or consulting experience to join their team in JHB.
Responsibilities:
- Assist the bank with transition to net-zero plan (Science based)
- Strategy development and implementation
- Risk management
- Development and implementation of processes to reach bank climate and nature goals
- Policy drafting
- Stakeholder engagement and management
- Advisory
- Workshops
- Research
- Reporting
- Training
- Project implementation and coordination
Requirements:
- Matric completed
- Bachelors' degree in science, environmental management, climate science or business/science related
- PLUS - Post graduate in environmental management, sustainability, environmental economics, climate science
- SACNASP registration
- No less than 10 years' experience within climate and nature operational / consulting experience
- MUST have experience with involvement / management of net-zero transition plan
- No less than 3 - 5 years' experience working with government entities, academics/research institutes, business, non-government entities
- MUST come from financial services, sustainable finance or strategy consulting.
- PLUS - Global company work experience
- MUST have a clear criminal record, clear ITC (credit record), clear Fraud record
- Great track record - reference checks will be conducted upfront
Skills:
- Analytical
- Strong report writing skills
- Conflict management
- Problem solver
- Influencing skills
- Strategic
- Ethical
- Excellent English communication - written and verbal
Knowledge:
- Diversity management
- Business Acumen
- Change management
- Research
- Regulatory
- Operations planning
- Risk and corporate governance
- Training
Technical:
- Carbon accounting methodology knowledge
- Carbon, water and nature footprint
- Climate risk and opportunities
- Tax, carbon, CBAM
- Climate and nature frameworks, risk tools
Competencies:
- Team player
- Accountability
- System orientated
- Facilitator
- Innovator
- Influencer
- Decision maker
- Trustworthy
- Deadline driven