Environmental & Social Governance Specialist

Key Measurements of Outputs
1. Number of policies, financing products and services developed and applied to promote sustainable financing and GIIP.
2. Quality and number of due diligence assignments and projects concluded to ensure the application of the Banks ESSS
in investment decision making.
3. Quality and number of investment projects monitored to ensure application of conditions precedent.
4. Quality and number of corporate reports prepared to support transparent reporting on the Banks portfolio. enhance
sustainable infrastructure investment decision making in the DBSA.

Key Internal Liaison Relationships

1. Executives
2. Client Coverage, Transacting, CIO Division, IDD, Project Preparation, Risk, Treasury, Finance, Corporate Services
3. Specialists in the Bank
4. Investment Officers
5. Deal Originators
6. DBSA Investment Committees
7. Operations Evaluation Unit

Key External Liaison Relationships

1. All external Stakeholders
2. Private Companies
3. Green Climate Finance partners
4. Global networks addressing climate change and green
climate finance initiatives
5. Potential and Existing Clients
6. Banks and DFIs
7. SMME’s Environmental and Social Agencies
8. Government and Authorising Agencies

Desired Requirements
1. An Honours or Masters qualification in the Social / Environmental Sciences, relevant Engineering, Climate Risk
management / mitigation/ adaptation, or Sustainable Development field
2. Professional registration with a relevant professional body such as:
• Institute of Directors
• Chartered Institute of Secretaries
• Chartered Institute of Development Finance (CIDEF)
• IAIA (SA) – International Association for Impact Assessments (South Africa)
• Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)
• SACNASP
• Or other relevant professional body

Technical
1. Environmental, social & governance expertise
a. Has an in-depth understanding of environmental and social science and law and can analyse reliable, relevant,
and verifiable information, test hypotheses, and draw conclusions.
b. Ability to apply environmental, social and governance risk analysis to an investment scenario and propose
mitigants to close investment deals.
c. Knowledge of relevant environmental social and governance tools and operating models applicable to the
infrastructure sector and uses that knowledge to identify best practices.
d. Able to draw on environmental, social and governance knowledge to identify unique opportunities to enhance
business performance for potential DBSA clients.
e. Has some knowledge around the Task Force for Climate Related Disclosures and/ or the Green House Gas
Protocol/ Carbon accounting/ carbon foot printing
f. Understands the application of GIIP with the infrastructure sector and can communicate this to clients and position
the DBSA a leader in green infrastructure financing.
g. Ability to analyse and interpret financial information and unpack the ESG implications for transactions.

2. Research & Analysis
a. Ability to propose investment solutions through analysis and solutioning.
b. Proactively identifies the need for, initiates, plans and manages research projects as necessary.
c. High level of skill in the use of advanced/complex analytical techniques, tools and models covering all potential
business circumstances (such GHG screening, resource utilisation and quantification) and highlight potential
risks/opportunities.
d. Translates research reports into lucid and valid summaries and gives effective presentations of the findings.
e. Able to translate findings into reports and present findings to key stakeholders and important meetings.
f. Advises on the formulation and revision of policy in the light of research findings.

3. Business Acumen
a. Uses a methodical problem-solving approach to support effective decision-making considering importance,
urgency, and risk.
b. Thorough and in-depth understanding of the business environment, reviews outputs of analysis to relate these to
operational circumstances.
c. Monitors the environment and continuously seeks opportunities to align DBSA operations with national, regional,
and international GIIP and standards environment.
d. Understands South African public and private stakeholder community issues/challenges and can build win-win
relationships with them.
e. Envisions, creates, and facilitates connections to develop and enhance partnerships, alliances and networks that
advance shared interests.

4. Project Management
a. Defines, plans and manages large and/or strategic projects, including those with a high degree of technical
complexity, with impacts across the organisation and/or with national implications.
b. Assembles and leads diverse and multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring maximum effective resource utilisation.
c. Successfully manages substantial project budgets, required SCM processes and reports directly to senior
managers on the progress and results of projects.
d. Identifies complex issues that need escalation and proposes appropriate corrective actions.

5. Risk Identification & Assessment skills – Level 4 check
a. Advises on applicable aspects of risk identification and assessment.
b. Assesses and links short-term tasks in the context of long-term business strategies or perspectives.

6. Planning & Organising
a. Uses effectively advance time management processes to deal with high workload and tight deadlines.
b. Organises, prioritizes, and schedules tasks so they can be performed within budget and with the efficient use of
time and resources.
c. Achieves goals in a timely manner, despite obstacles encountered, by organising, reprioritizing, and re-planning.

7. Reporting & Communication
a. Designs / customizes reports to meet user needs.
b. Prepares complex or tailored reports, gathers information from a variety of sources, analyses and includes in a
report.
c. Keeps standard reports under review and proposes improvements to meet user needs

3. Integrity
a. Is willing to end a business relationship because it was associated with unethical business practice.
b. Is capable of challenging senior management (in an appropriate and respectable manner) in order to act on
espoused values.

4. Leading and Empowering Others
a. Creates the conditions that enable the team to perform at its best (e.g., setting clear direction, providing appropriate
structure, getting the right people, obtain needed resources).
b. Monitors performance against clear standards, and addresses performance issues promptly and takes action to
get performance back to desired levels.
c. Proactively asks for feedback on own performance from team members, aiming to become more effective.

5. Self-awareness and Self Control
a. Withholds effects of strong emotions in difficult situations.
b. Keeps functioning or responds constructively despite stress.
c. May apply special techniques or plan of time to manage emotions or stress.

6. Strategic and Innovative Thinking
a. Recognises opportunities or potential problems, before they become obvious, by seeing the connections in a range
of sources of information, including insights from outside DBSA.
b. Restates complex knowledge in a way that makes it easier for others to understand.
c. Experiments with new approaches, tests scenarios, questions assumptions and challenges conventional thinking.
d. Creates new concepts that are not obvious to others, leveraging internal and external sources of information, to
build incremental revenue and growth opportunities.

7. Teamwork & Cooperation
a. Acts to promote a friendly climate and good morale and resolves conflicts.
b. Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
c. Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience.