PP3830 - Lead : Sustainability - Alexander Forbes Limited - Sandton

Designation: PP3830 - Lead : Sustainability Category: Govern Legal Compliance & Sustain - OF5302 Posted by: Alexander Forbes Posted on: 19 Mar 2024 Closing date: 27 Mar 2024 Location: Sandton Purpose of the Job: • Providing specialist support to the Head of Sustainability and responsible executive. • Participation in the work of the Alexfobes Impact Centre of Excellence core team. • Providing specialist support, insights, and guidance to professionals and sustainability champions within each business unit across the organisation. Including tracking activities and collaborating with each business unit, to ensure that sustainability-related activities at a business unit level are aligned with Group level policies and positions. • Ensure that best practice approaches and pockets of excellence found across the business are highlighted and utilised in other areas of the business, where appropriate. • Providing specialist support, insights, and guidance to other Group level functions (for example, legal, compliance, finance teams). • Providing specialist support, insight and guidance to clients. • Providing specialist support, insight and guidance as part of new business development activities • Providing specialist support, insights, and guidance to the Group Sustainability Committee, Executive Committee, Social Ethics and Transformation Committee and Group Board, as and when required. • Engaging and managing specialist external consultants and service providers. • Development and delivery of sustainability-related training as and when required. • Undertaking research and producing relevant thought leadership material. • Representing Alexforbes in relevant industry/topical forums and at conferences, as and when required. Overview: Strategy, Policies and Procedures Support the evolution and implementation of the Group-wide sustainability strategy and support monitoring the content of this strategy to ensure that it is aligned with evolving best-in-class thinking. Manage the development of policies and procedures to enable the implementation of sustainability-related activities, as and when needed. Drive the implementation and adoption of such policies and procedures, as and when needed. Manage processes aimed at ensuring that policies and procedures, under the responsibility of other process owners, are updated on a regular basis and are in line with sustainability best practice. Monitor and analyse emerging sustainability-related legislation, regulation, policies and best practice methodologies and ensure sufficient awareness of these by internal teams Participate in external sustainability-related forums (e.g. regulatory consultations, industry body consultations, best practice groups), as and when required. Support sustainability-related work across the Group, including: Support and manage sustainability matters at a Group level, reporting to the Head: Sustainability. Support the identification, initiation, delivery and management of Group-wide sustainability-related workstreams in line with Group sustainability strategy, and lead identified workstreams as needed. Provide specialist support, insight, and guidance to sustainability professionals, sustainability champions and professionals within each business unit. Manage specialist external consultants and service providers, when required. Provide specialist advisory and consulting support to clients, as and when required. Support and co-ordinate the development and roll out of sustainability training programmes, as and when required. Support, develop and manage content for sustainability-related client and broader stakeholder communications, including but not limited to the Group Integrated Annual Report. Design and implement standards, policies and procedures for the management of sustainability that are best in class: Contribute towards futureproofing of the Company and its service offerings (innovation, research, guidance and implementation). Development of internal reports on sustainability-related matters and associated workstreams. Monitor developments in relevant and material sustainability topics, both local and international and support the communication of pertinent developments to key internal and external stakeholders. Requirements: A minimum of 8 years of experience in a sustainability-related role within a commercial environment. An Honors or Master’s degree in a relevant field (a combination of sustainability, financial or commerce qualifications would be an advantage). Additional qualifications would be an advantage. Experience in the financial services industry. Experience in consulting/advisory. Experience in employee benefits would be an advantage. Experience in working in complex environments with multiple stakeholder groups. Ability to travel for work-related purposes, as and when required. " data-auto-id"3590" data-css"report_field_detail" data-label-for"" data-label-required"False"> Strategy, Policies and Procedures Support the evolution and implementation of the Group-wide sustainability strategy and support monitoring the content of this strategy to ensure that it is aligned with evolving best-in-class thinking. Manage the development of policies and procedures to enable the implementation of sustainability-related activities, as and when needed. Drive the implementation and adoption of such policies and procedures, as and when needed. Manage processes aimed at ensuring that policies and procedures, under the responsibility of other process owners, are updated on a regular basis and are in line with sustainability best practice. Monitor and analyse emerging sustainability-related legislation, regulation, policies and best practice methodologies and ensure sufficient awareness of these by internal teams Participate in external sustainability-related forums (e.g. regulatory consultations, industry body consultations, best practice groups), as and when required. Support sustainability-related work across the Group, including: Support and manage sustainability matters at a Group level, reporting to the Head: Sustainability. Support the identification, initiation, delivery and management of Group-wide sustainability-related workstreams in line with Group sustainability strategy, and lead identified workstreams as needed. Provide specialist support, insight, and guidance to sustainability professionals, sustainability champions and professionals within each business unit. Manage specialist external consultants and service providers, when required. Provide specialist advisory and consulting support to clients, as and when required. Support and co-ordinate the development and roll out of sustainability training programmes, as and when required. Support, develop and manage content for sustainability-related client and broader stakeholder communications, including but not limited to the Group Integrated Annual Report. Design and implement standards, policies and procedures for the management of sustainability that are best in class: Contribute towards futureproofing of the Company and its service offerings (innovation, research, guidance and implementation). Development of internal reports on sustainability-related matters and associated workstreams. Monitor developments in relevant and material sustainability topics, both local and international and support the communication of pertinent developments to key internal and external stakeholders. Requirements: A minimum of 8 years of experience in a sustainability-related role within a commercial environment. An Honors or Master's degree in a relevant field (a combination of sustainability, financial or commerce qualifications would be an advantage). Additional qualifications would be an advantage. Experience in the financial services industry. Experience in consulting/advisory. Experience in employee benefits would be an advantage. Experience in working in complex environments with multiple stakeholder groups. Ability to travel for work-related purposes, as and when required. Apply Now

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