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About Old Mutual
Old Mutual is a distinguished African financial services entity renowned for providing a comprehensive range of financial solutions to both retail and corporate clients. Operating across 14 countries, it caters to diverse market segments. Old Mutual’s portfolio encompasses various lines of business, including Life and Savings, Property and Casualty, Asset Management, and Banking and Lending. With its expansive offerings, Old Mutual stands as a premium provider, committed to addressing the diverse financial needs of its clientele.
Summary
- Company: Old Mutual
- Job Title: Sustainability Manager
- Qualification: HND/BSC See other HND, BSC Jobs
- Location: Lagos Nairobi, Abidjan
- Job Type: Full Time
Job Title: Sustainability Manager
You will be responsible for:
- Understanding the business of the fund manager and assist in determining the ESG and impact strategy of the fund manager, being the senior point of contact for the fund manager.
- Understand, drive and improve where necessary, the environment and social management systems of the fund manager.
- Support the investment teams with ESG due diligence to determine if potential investments conform to OMAI ESG requirements including UNPRI, Equator Principles, IFC Performance Standards, IFC EHS and Sector Guidelines, ILO and other relevant standards.
- Provide expertise across multiple sectors and asset classes to effectively manage ESG risks and drive the delivery of positive impacts.
- Review the sustainability aspects of projects and assist specialists with project implementation and contractual compliance in respect to the sustainability aspects of the different funds’ assets.
- Assist asset managers in monitoring and influencing the assets in the implementation of their sustainability obligations. This includes travelling to sites and engaging with management teams.
- Preparation of investor and sustainability reports and responses to ad-hoc investor/shareholder ESG related queries and client engagement.
- Sustainability data management and analysis to derive insights for internal and external clients from this data.
- Training investment teams in sustainability related issues.
- Ensure Fund compliance with ESG requirements
- Represent OMAI in public forums on Sustainability topics
- Represent OMAI in governance forums and committees
- Provide Thought Leadership thinking and deliverables
Qualifications & Proficiencies
- Relevant qualifications in environmental and/or social sciences
- 10+ years relevant experience
- French speaking
- Appropriate professional registration or certification
- Understanding and working knowledge of UNPRI, Equator Principles, IFC Performance Standards, IFC EHS Guidelines, ILO, UN SDGs and any other relevant sustainability standards and guidelines
- Experience in the broad discipline of ESG including Environmental and Social (ES) Screening, ES Impact Assessments (ESIAs), ES Due Diligence, Risk Assessment and ES Management Systems (ESMS). Experience working with and applying specialist biodiversity, biophysical and socio-economic knowledge, including climate change related work from mitigation to adaptation
- Exposure to sustainability aspects associated with capital intensive infrastructure projects (oil and gas, thermal power, renewable energy, roads, ports etc.)
- Experience in implementing and monitoring environmental and social management systems and plans within construction and operational businesses
Key Attributes and Competencies
- Ability to manage third party consultants (set terms of reference, review proposals, make appointments, manage budgets)
- Ability to critically review and integrate information
- Ability to influence for successful data collection
- Ability to present information in a written and/or verbal form, in a concise manner
- Experience in working across cultures in several countries
- Self-driven, self-motivated and results driven
- Flexible & dynamic – ability to deal with change
- Excellent intellectual & conceptual abilities
- Detail orientated
- High level of confidence, resolve and resilience
- Excellence orientation (concern for high-quality work) – Follow-through; the motivation to ensure the highest standards of quality and productivity are consistently maintained
- Invests high levels of energy in work
- Team player
Skills
Action Planning, Adaptive Thinking, Alternative Investments, Analytical Thinking, Budget Management, Business Case Development, Current State Assessment, Data Analysis, Data Compilation, Data Modeling, Due Diligence, Environmental Social And Governance (ESG), Evaluating Information, Gaps Analysis, Investments, Policies & Procedures, Private Equity, Project Performance Management (PM), Renewable Energy, Solution Analysis
Competencies
- Communicates Effectively
- Cultivates Innovation
- Decision Quality
- Ensures Accountability
- Manages Complexity
- Optimizes Work Processes
Education
Bachelors Degree (B)
Deadline
8th July 2025, 23:59
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