COMPLETE Social Impact and Sustainability - Manager

Job Description

The Opportunity

EY Strategy and Transactions Sustainability (EY SaST) sustainability services including ESG and Impact Advisory. The EY SaST team consists of a mix of environmental and social specialists that provides various services and advisory support to our clients in Africa, Europe, Asia and the United States of America.

 

Key Responsibilities      

• Creating and delivering impact strategies and frameworks for clients, including policy, procedures, measurement and monitoring.
• Developing Theories of Change for clients.
• Compiling Impact and Sustainability Reports for clients.
• Build and manage relationships with key external clients, including fund and asset managers, executive teams and sustainability functions that result in business growth.
• Proven project management experience from proposal stage to completion including establishing scopes and project budgets, client communications, managing deliverables, and coordinating project teams.
• Provide key research, analysis, and advisory insight and support to the consultancy team and wider business.

 

Skills and attributes for success

• Minimum of 6 years relevant working experience in the Impact space.
• Consulting experience in Africa and/or internationally, particularly with financial institutions (Banks, DFIs, Private Equity, Impact Investors etc.) is preferred.
• Experience working with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Impact Measurement Programme, the 2X Challenge, GIIN, IRIS+ and other relevant impact-related international frameworks and guidelines
• Experience compiling impact reports, developing impact measurement and management tools, impact data collection and analysis, and advising clients on impact measurement and management is required.
• Experience working with UNPRI, TCFD, SFDR and other frameworks is preferable.
• Experience with report writing, data collection and analysis and research is preferred.
• Capable of managing a variety of project deliverables with varying timelines.
• Proven project management experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to travel locally and abroad.

 

To qualify for the role you must have  

• Applicants must have a degree in a relevant field – i.e. Social Sciences.
• Masters degree is preferable.

 

Location:           

• Applicant can be based in Johannesburg or Cape Town, South Africa.
• The position offers a hybrid working arrangement (2 office based days).
• Offices are located in Sandton, Johannesburg or the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.

 

Our Ideal Candidate:    

We are looking for a versatile person who is passionate about social impact and sustainability. We’re after a person who is driven, organised and motivated to make a difference by supporting our clients in their ESG and Impact journeys, and finding creative ways to overcome challenges clients may face when it comes to creating impact and measuring and reporting on the impact they create through their business activities.

 

What Working at EY Offers:      

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognised for the value you bring to our business.

 

EY Benefits:      

• The opportunity to work within a designated service line
• A collaborative environment where everyone works together to create a better working world
• Excellent training and development prospects, both through established programs and on-the-job training
• The EY Tech/Sustainability MBA, offered in association with Hult International Business School, through its innovative virtual learning mode is available to all EY employees.