Background

Savimaxx Limited Uganda is a multi-disciplinary professional consulting firm with demonstratable experience in successful management and implementation of projects.

Role Context

We are looking for a short-term independent Team Leader/Consultant Environment, Social and Governance on retainer basis.

Responsibilities

• Carry out a rapid needs assessment
• Conduct a risk assessment
• Materiality analysis
• Review of Key Performance Indicators
• Carry out environmental, social and governance assessments
• Stakeholder engagement
• Corrective Action Plan
• Development of the Client’s ESG Sustainability vision, mission, strategy, goals, metrics, targets and action plan.

Qualifications

• Ph. D and at least five years’ experience or Master’s Degree with at least 10 years experience in undertaking Environment, Social and Governance for international, multilateral, regional, national, public and private organisations in sub-saharan Africa.
• Academic qualifications in environmental and social management, climate change adaptation and mitigation or a related field.
• Formal training in ESG and conversant in Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), IFRS S1 and S2, SASB, UN Global Compact.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience in environmental and social audits, development of environmental and social management systems, and in structuring and implementing Environmental & Social Governance initiatives for organizations.
• Sound knowledge of the Paris Agreement and application of climate change adaptation and mitigation principles in development finance.

Skills

• Ability to develop frameworks, financial templates, legal templates and guidelines for the implementation of ESG initiatives within organizations.
• Very strong interpersonal skills
• Leadership qualities to work in a multi-disciplinary team
• Ready to work in a diverse multicultural environment.
• Very good writing skills
• Editing of thematic reports
• Presentations skills
• Reporting skills
• Fluent in oral, listening and written English.

• Carry out a rapid needs assessment
• Conduct a risk assessment
• Materiality analysis
• Review of Key Performance Indicators
• Carry out environmental, social and governance assessments
• Stakeholder engagement
• Corrective Action Plan
• Development of the Client’s ESG Sustainability vision, mission, strategy, goals, metrics, targets and action plan.

• Ability to develop frameworks, financial templates, legal templates and guidelines for the implementation of ESG initiatives within organizations.
• Very strong interpersonal skills
• Leadership qualities to work in a multi-disciplinary team
• Ready to work in a diverse multicultural environment.
• Very good writing skills
• Editing of thematic reports
• Presentations skills
• Reporting skills
• Fluent in oral, listening and written English.

• Ph. D and at least five years’ experience or Master’s Degree with at least 10 years experience in undertaking Environment, Social and Governance for international, multilateral, regional, national, public and private organisations in sub-saharan Africa.
• Academic qualifications in environmental and social management, climate change adaptation and mitigation or a related field.
• Formal training in ESG and conversant in Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), IFRS S1 and S2, SASB, UN Global Compact.