Environmental and Social Development Specialist -Financial Intermediaries Africa Region at International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Duties and Responsibilities:

Objectives/Purpose of Assignment

IFC is looking for a dynamic, motivated, and detail-oriented professional with strong communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills to provide support to IFC’s team of environmental and social specialists who are responsible for IFC investments in financial intermediaries in Africa. 

Scope of Work/Job Description

The work to be undertaken is described below and will include: 

• Undertake Environmental and Social (E&S) due diligence of IFC’s proposed investments in financial intermediaries:
• gathering and analyzing available information to identify gaps against specific Performance Standards for assigned projects;
• identification and proposition of appropriate mitigation measures for risks and impacts; 
• production of high-quality work products that clearly and logically frame risk mitigation; and 
• identification of opportunities for value-add in the project structure, including providing IFC clients with guidance in establishing E&S Management Systems to ensure compliance with IFC E&S requirements;
• Supervise environmental and social performance of financial intermediary clients; 
• Contribute to the design and delivery of learning programs on sustainability and environmental risk management for IFC clients and investment staff, as well as working on the development of tools, checklists, and guidelines to improve efficiencies of project processing and enable improved client management of environmental and social issues; 
• Assist IFC staff with business development to ensure the environmental issues are addressed early in the process.
• Assist with regional ESG Advisory tasks targeting financial intermediary clients.

Selection Criteria

• Must have a master’s degree or graduate/advanced degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., environmental, social sciences, science, engineering);
• Have a minimum of seven years of working experience, preferably in the assessment and management of environmental and/or social impacts for financial intermediaries; 
• Good working knowledge of the IFC Performance Standards;
• Ability to analyze and synthesize diverse E&S related data and information;
• Work experience in one or more African countries and ability to travel extensively in the region;
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and spoken; ability to communicate in French will be an advantage; and
• Ability to operate as a member of a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team.