ESG Risk Officer Job at KCB Bank

KCB Bank

ESG Risk Officer Job Post

Location: Jobs in Uganda 2025 - 2026

Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day

Salary: UGX

No. of vacancies: 01

Deadline: February 17 2025

Hiring Organization: KCB Bank

Job Details:

Job Description
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Drafting ESG related Risk policies and procedures.
• Dealing with regulatory bodies and other stakeholders to understand and monitor ESG related regulations and covenants.
• Regular review of Financial and Non-Financial ESG related assessments completed by all stakeholders
• Drive an ESG culture and mindset across the business and all its stakeholders.
• Coordinate the activities of the ESG Management Committee and ensure effective management of all ESG Secretariat business.
• Perform independent portfolio level analysis and stress tests on exposures to ESG Risk in the Credit portfolio of the bank.
• Monitor ESG risk exposure to the capital of the bank through regulatory or governance breaches.
• Pro-actively analyze data and flag gaps in unutilized opportunities for green lending.
• Undertake validation of documentation that supports implementation of the ESH Framework and related activities
• Coordinate the development and implementation of the ESG Framework and work plan of the bank and ensure it is regularly updated.
• Evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of the bank’s various stakeholders in the implementation of the bank’s ESG Framework.
• Report incidences of violations of the bank’s ESG Framework and track all exceptions for reporting to management, KCBU Risk Management and Board Risk Committee.
• Ensure ESG risk reporting requirements are observed including the adoption of Risk Monitoring toolkits i.e. RCSA.
• Prepare ESG risk report(s) for management, BRC and Group.

DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• To monitor the bank ESG risks across the lending portfolio types and identify specific risk items to be addressed and give recommendations to the Head of Risk.
• Monitor ESG risk exposure to be within the capital requirement with focus on management of exposure across different departments.
• To monitor ESG related limits established in the Risk Appetite Statement to ensure all violations are reported promptly.
Other
• Attend scheduled and unscheduled meetings.
• Stakeholder engagements and support.

MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Required:
• Environmental Science, Sustainability Financing, Urban Development Statistics, Accounting, Quantitative Mathematics & related disciplines.

Added Advantage:
• Master’s degree in a Sustainability related field.
• Any Professional Qualification in Sustainability Management & reporting (ISSP – International Society of Sustainability Professionals, GRI – Global Reporting Initiative Professional Certification etc.).

Experience:
• Minimum of 3 Years preferably in Sustainability Risk Management, Credit and/or Finance.