Nedbank Sustainability Specialist Jobs in South Africa

Nedbank Sustainability Specialist Jobs in South Africa

Job Purpose

Assist with monitoring and reporting of Nedbank’s operational carbon and environmental footprint for Nedbank’s internal reporting structure feeding into external reporting. including Opcom, the Climate Risk Task Team, the Group Climate Resilient Committee and ad hoc requirement from diverse units, like Investor Relations. In order to keep Nedbank at the cusp of global environmental and sustainability developments. Assesses and sets glidepath targets for electricity.

Key Responsibilities

Monitor and report on Nedbank’s operational carbon and environmental footprint for internal reporting structure as to eventually feed into external reporting.

Reporting requirements include:

Internal committees: Opcom, the Climate Risk Task Team, the Group Climate Resilient Committee.

External reporting: The Carbon Disclosure Programme (CDP), Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and numerous external company reports.

Have a broad and deep understanding of data, information, and knowledge generation as it relates to the sustainability space:

Make informed assumption regarding green or sustainability data gaps due to data not being complete or available. As example, make appropriate thermodynamic assumptions regarding diesel genset electrical efficiency to feed into the carbon tax.

Build and maintain a library of information for current and future sustainability application so that information will be available when the time arrives. As example, gather, understand and manage knowledge of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects to feed into a potential future funding policy.

Generate and disseminate knowledge regarding the sustainability industry developments, what lead to the developments and how will it impact Nedbank in future. As example, understand how carbon offsets feed into distributed ledgers and what the potential energy consumption of this could be.

More general output include:

Build strong internal and external stakeholder relationships by providing a

professional consultancy service and cross selling of ideas.

Support business strategy, objectives and values by reviewing Nedbank and Business Unit sustainability initiatives.

Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

Minimum 3-year relevant natural science degree, accounting degree or engineering degree.

Minimum Experience Level

3 years experience in IT audit including data analysis or GCR/ACR/Projects

Technical Knowledge

Good knowledge of Carbon Footprinting, Greenhouse Gas (GHG)

Protocol, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),

Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF),

Carbon Disclosure Programme (CDP),

Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI),

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Data analysis

Governance, Risk and Controls

Nedbank policies and procedures

Nedbank vision and strategy

Principles of project management

Relevant Nedbank product knowledge

Relevant regulatory knowledge

Relevant software and systems knowledge

Business writing skills

Institute of Internal Auditors standards

Behavioural Competencies

Applied Learning

Collaborating

Decision Making

Work Standards

Managing Work

Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Nedbank Sustainability Specialist Jobs in South Africa

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