Associate Director: Climate and Sustainability
2 weeks ago
An exciting opportunity for an experienced consultant to join a leading international company's team in Johannesburg and to drive the growth of climate and wider sustainable development services in Southern Africa with particular focus on climate, cities and economic advisory services.
The consultant will help to drive and deliver growth in the range and depth of services offered by the company locally, building strong relations with key clients - multilateral and bilateral donors, private finance and the public sector.
**Specific Role Requirements**:
- As the climate and sustainability services lead for Africa you will be expected to have experience across adaptation, mitigation and resilience.
- You should have detailed understanding of Just Transition finance and programming and understand how climate challenges interplay with energy accessibility, economic growth and employment issues.
- You should have a proven ability to deliver large complex programmes and a proven track record of managing multi-disciplinary teams across climate, sustainability, cities and economics advisory services.
- You will be a key integrator in the business to ensure the company's technical skills are brought together to address the impact of climate change across our key business sectors.
**Key Skills**:
Knowledge or experience in the most or all of the following areas:
- Deep understanding of development challenges and policy context of sub-Saharan Africa
- Strong networks with donors, the public, private, non-profit and academic sectors
- leadership experience and a track record of high-impact contribution to international and local teams
- Proven track record in preparing successful project proposals, including for international donor organizations
- Technical expertise in at least one of carbon measurement and management, low carbon solutions, nature-based solutions, climate adaptation and resilience, flood and coastal resilience
- Awareness and understanding of circular economy, nature based solutions, biodiversity, social value, environmental design
- Fluent in articulating the UN SDGs and their relevance to the company's work
- Delivery of complex projects and / or programmes in Southern Africa
- Developing and delivering and presenting work to both high level and technical internal and external audiences
**Qualifications**:
- Education to degree level, preferably, a Masters degree or higher in a relevant discipline (e.g. climate science, development, urban planning, engineering, architecture)
- Technical qualification in a relevant discipline (e.g. Registered / Chartered professional)
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