Environmental, Health and Safety Specialist at IDC

Internal / operational processes

• Provide guidance on Environmental and Social issues to Business Units, clients and subsidiaries.
• Implement IDC Environmental and Social Management System.
• Advise investment teams to promote sustainable and responsible investments, where possible to reduce the climate change impacts and environmental impact of investee industries.
• Advise investment teams to promote sustainable social benefits of investee industries.
• Develop and maintain a good working knowledge of relevant Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) legislation in South Africa and other countries where IDC operates (eg. EIA Regulations; all NEMA Acts; OHSA; Mining Charter; international environmental and labour regulations etc), and international best practice guidelines such as the IFC Environmental and Social Performance Standards.
• Remain abreast of developments in EHS thinking and practices locally and abroad (eg. UNEPFI; CDP; Global Compact; Equator Principles; ISO14001 and ISO18001 etc).
• Ensure that the IDC’s Environmental and Social policies, standards and procedures remain aligned with current legislation and best practices locally and internationally.
• Manage and coordinate environmental impact assessments conducted by IDC or its consultants.
• Collect, analyse, and compile sustainability data to produce Sustainability Reports in line with applicable frameworks and standards, including GRI, CDP, IFRS S1 & S2, and the GHG Protocol.
• Asses Environmental, Social, Health and Safety risk profiles of existing business partners and new projects under consideration for financing by the IDC.
• Conduct social impact analyses as part of Environmental and Social Due Diligence (ESDD), including assessment of project‑related impacts on communities, livelihoods, vulnerable groups, labour, and community health and safety.
• Coordinate relevant capacity building interventions on environmental compliance.
• Provide support and input into IDC’s Annual Integrated Report. In particular, support IDC’s reporting obligations with respect to the Sustainability Bond, TCFD and Paris Agreement alignment, and SDG impacts.
• Provide support to SBUs on incorporating the SDGs into business plans and targets.
• Mentoring on basic aspects of the job.
• Participate in the review and update the IDC’s Environmental, Social, Resilience and Governance (ESRG) framework to ensure alignment to changing circumstances on a regular basis.
• Monitor subsidiaries and existing clients’ compliance with the IDC’s Environmental, Social, Resilience and Governance Policy and Responsible Investment Policy.

Qualification and Experience

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree recognised by SACNASP or in a technical discipline, preferably in an environmental management practice and/or engineering field, augmented by certificates for further development courses in environmental management practice.
• Honours degree in the field will be advantageous.

Knowledge & experience

• 5 - 8 years’ relevant experience in the field
• Extensive knowledge in environmental management practice and/ or health and safety management Practice.
• Formulation and implementation of EHS Strategies and related concepts.