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Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Program Manager

: DAI (Thailand) Limited

: Nonprofits / องค์กรไม่แสวงหาผลกำไร

: 907

: 8 October 2024

18 October 2024

 

Scope of Work

USAID Partnerships for Green Investment

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Program Manager

 

Position	Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Program Manager
Maximum Level of Effort	Full-time long-term (LTTA)
Base of Operations	Bangkok, Thailand
Position Reports to	Senior Green Finance Advisor

 

 

Project Background

 

The USAID/Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) Partnerships for Green Investment (PAGI) Activity will accelerate the transition in the land use sector across Southeast Asia to greater emissions reductions, climate resilience, biodiversity protection, inclusiveness, and benefit sharing. The Activity will advance systemic change in agricultural, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) systems in the region to reduce carbon emissions at meaningful scale through inclusive and sustainable approaches, enabling the regional transition to net zero climate-resilient economies. The three objectives of USAID PAGI are to: 1) increase sustainable and scalable investments in low emission land use, biodiversity conservation and climate resilience in AFOLU supply chains; 2) adopt and/or implement credible environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards for low emission, biodiversity conservation, and resilient investments; and 3) enhance inclusive and equitable benefit sharing to local communities and smallholders. Partner countries include Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

 

 

Position Purpose

 

The ESG Program Manager will serve as a key technical member of USAID PAGI’s investment team and support the adoption and strengthening of credible ESG standards and sustainability metrics for PAGI-supported investments. She/he will provide strategic leadership on ESG standards, processes, and trends, including conducting and updated annual an assessment of ESG metrics as applied to land sector investments in Southeast Asian countries. They will be responsible for reporting on and applying the findings to advance ESG outcomes and standards. The ESG Program Manager will lead investment screening processes and oversee technical assistance delivery through consultants and service providers. The ESG Program Manager reports to the Senior Green Finance Advisor and works collaboratively with them, other team members, and partners to co-design, develop and roll-out strategic interventions that advance USAID PAGI’s objectives.

 

Key Duties & Responsibilities

 

• Provide in house technical expertise through conducting ongoing mapping of relevant ESG standards and trends for land use investment projects, to be reviewed and updated annually.
• Oversee activities under USAID PAGI’s Objective 2 program, including managing the design and implementation of activities to support the adoption and strengthening of credible ESG standards and sustainability metrics for USAID PAGI-supported investments.
• Analyze leading ESG standards, frameworks, metrics, and trends for alignment with USAID PAGI objectives and project screening processes.
• Lead screening and due diligence assessments for potential USAID PAGI partners through appraisal of ESG risks and impacts associated with target investments.
• Identify, recommend, and manage opportunities and interventions to improve ESG outcomes in USAID PAGI supported investments and country contexts.
• Oversee development and implementation of USAID PAGI’s Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan (EMMP) and work with project stakeholders to improve environmental and/or social aspects of investment projects and operations.
• Provide training on ESG issues to USAID PAGI staff, project stakeholders, and others.
• Analyze and disseminate best practices and lessons learned from target investments.
• Coordinate with the MEL Director to ensure that ESG metrics of USAID PAGI-supported investments are captured in project monitoring and reporting.
• Lead relevant Objective 2 annual workplan development, quarterly progress reports and other deliverables as required.

 

QualificatioNS
 

• Master’s degree in sustainability, development, economics, finance, business, social science, or related field.
• Ten years’ work experience in sustainability, ESG, social and environmental impact assessment, investment, or related field.
• Demonstrated high level of technical ESG competence, including in-depth understanding of internationally accepted and credible ESG standards and frameworks, such as TNFD, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, ISSB, & GRI.
• Experience in designing and managing technical assistance delivery through overseeing consultancies and service providers.
• Familiar with ESG contexts related to land use investments in Southeast Asian countries.
• Experience in conducting ESG assessments, preferably in a consultancy or regulatory role.
• Experience in evaluating, applying, and monitoring environment and social safeguards and standards for investments, preferably with some prior experience in the land use sector.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain a strong network and interact with financial institutions, government agencies, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Visibility both internally and externally as a high-level professional in the ESG field
• Experience working with USAID and/or other international donors preferred.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team.

• Strong writing, analysis, and presentation skills in English.
• Ability to travel within the Southeast Asia region; position may require some evening and weekend hours.

Application Instructions: Qualified candidates should submit a PDF-format CV in English in PDF format by clicking on the following link: https://fs23.formsite.com/OLJTgx/ort64j3zzr/index

Deadline: 18 October 2024.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No phone calls or in-person applications will be accepted.

Contact : chuensumon_suwanno@dai.com

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