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    Lead Climate Change - Johannesburg, South Africa - Isilumko Staffing (JHB)

    Isilumko Staffing (JHB)
    Isilumko Staffing (JHB) Johannesburg, South Africa

    12 hours ago

    Isilumko Staffing (JHB) background
    Full time
    Description

    Purpose:

    • Using a climate and nature lens to support fulfillment on the bank's purpose, which is to use its financial expertise to do good.
    • To strategically guide and implement the bank's transition to net-zero by 2050, aligned with local and international best practice, policies and country agreements.

    Responsibilities:

    • Develop and mature the bank's strategy and response to climate change and nature.
    • Develop the bank's response to addressing risks and opportunities related to climate change and nature.
    • Mature the climate change and nature position statements and related policies.
    • Develop mechanisms to help increase climate and nature-related ambitions.
    • Meeting Net-Zero commitments.
    • Stakeholder engagement.
    • Research
    • Reporting
    • Training

    Qualifications:

    • Bachelor's degree in science, environmental management, climate science or any other related business or science field.
    • Preferred: Postgraduate qualification in relevant fields such as environmental management, sustainability, environmental economics, or climate science.
    • Registered with South African Council for Natural Scientific Professionals.

    Experience:

    • More than 10 years professional climate and nature operational or consulting experience.
    • Management of or involvement in a net-zero transition plan.
    • 3-5 years working with a range of stakeholders, including business, non-governmental organisations, academic/research institutes and governments.
    • Experience in financial services, sustainable finance or strategy consulting and experience in a global organisation advantageous.

    Type of Exposure:

    • Analysing complex, systemic situations, trends or data that require an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.
    • Scientific and corporate communications report writing.
    • Managing conflict situations.
    • Influencing stakeholders to obtain buy-in for concepts and ideas.
    • Sharing and presenting information in different ways to increase internal and external stakeholder understanding.
    • Developing strategy.
    • Communicating standards, policies and regulations to others.
    • Providing professional advice/opinion.
    • Answering stakeholder queries.
    • Interacting with various levels of management.

    Professional Knowledge:

    • Business Acumen
    • Business administration and management
    • Business and report writing skills
    • Change management
    • Client service principles
    • Communication strategies
    • Data, trend, information analysis
    • Diversity management
    • Employee training/development
    • Governance, risk and controls
    • Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms
    • Operations planning
    • Organisational systems
    • Principles of project management
    • Relevant regulatory knowledge
    • Research capabilities
    • Strategic insight

    Technical knowledge:

    • Understanding and application of carbon accounting methodologies.
    • Understanding of carbon, water and nature-related footprinting.
    • Understanding of climate risk and climate opportunities.
    • Knowledge of South Africa's climate and nature-related legislation and regulation.
    • Understanding of and experience working with climate mitigation mechanisms such as Carbon.
    • Tax, carbon credits and CBAM.
    • Knowledge of and experience working with climate and nature related frameworks and risk tools, i.e., TCFD, NZBA, SNTi, TNFD, Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), WWF Biodiversity Risk filter.
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