Principal Risk Advisor, Environmental & Social (E&S) - EDC, Ottawa ESG/Sustainability, DEI Jobs

Our multi-disciplinary ESG Advisory team, which forms part of EDC’s Office of the Chief Operating Officer, is seeking to recruit a new Environmental and Social Principal Risk Advisor (E&S Principal). This advisor will become an integral part the ESG Advisory team which is comprised of experts in social and human rights assessment, community engagement, labor and occupational health and safety, environmental management, environmental law, climate change and biodiversity. This is an opportunity for a resourceful self-starter that thrives in a dynamic team environment to expand their breadth of experience, working within and directly impacting the ever evolving environmental and social risk management (ESRM) of the financial sector through interesting and innovative commercial transactions taking place in a variety of markets the world over.

Within the framework of EDC’s legal, international, and corporate environmental and social risk management responsibility requirements, the E&S Principal considers the counterparty, industry and country context of finance and insurance EDC-supported transactions and provides expert guidance to EDC, customers and team members on their environmental and social risk management responsibility requirements. In addition, the E&S Principal provides ESG risk leadership, and guides alignment to EDC’s risk tolerances, guidelines, methods and models through the development, refinement and/or operationalization of corporate responsibility policies, programs, initiatives, and procedures. The successful candidate will also independently advise on the assessment/validation and recommendation of emerging, complex, irregular, or significant transactional noncredit risks and endorses and/or provides advice on related processes and guidelines spanning multiple ESG risk factors.

Key Responsibilities

Makes authoritative professional or technical recommendations, based on expert level industry insight and an ability to understand and interpret the needs of internal and external clients, leading to significant business impacts over the short and long term.
Discerns and draws actionable conclusions and pragmatic recommendations, and concisely writes, edits and communicates (verbally and in writing) key ESG issues demonstrating expert analytical skills and attention to detail, tailoring the tone and the content to match the needs and expectations of the target audience
Identifies and manages internal and external stakeholders’ needs/issues/concerns, up to the top management level, and reacts to these by leading and coordinating the development of stakeholder engagement plans and the communication of business information and decisions.
Provides authoritative specialist advice to senior managers at the business or regional level to enable the implementation of policy, projects, programs and change initiatives.
Manages relationships with strategic internal clients, acts as their business partner building high levels of professional credibility and mutual trust, and mobilizes appropriate internal or external resources to support the delivery of the ESG and business strategy and plans.
Monitors and reviews ESG performance and procedures and identifies and resolves non-compliance with the organization’s policies and relevant regulatory codes and codes.
Uses the team’s development framework to identify the team’s development needs: plans and implements actions, including continuing professional development specified by professional or regulatory institutions, to build the team’s professional capabilities. Provides informal training or coaching to others in the team or throughout the organization in area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.
Makes authoritative recommendations about technical or professional solutions that would significantly improve business performance.
Establishes priorities and meets deadlines when leading numerous challenging or high impact projects, initiatives or transactions, providing risk leadership, guiding alignment with risk tolerances and guidelines and developing new methods and/or supporting the development of models.
Independently advises on the assessment/validation and recommendation of the most complex, irregular, and salient noncredit risks and mitigants using sound judgement and for same, endorses, authorizes and/or provides advice on risks, mitigants and related processes and guidelines, spanning multiple risk factors, programs, and appetites.
Occasionally travels for OECD meetings or project-related site visits within Canada or internationally (typical travel takes place over 1-6 days, 1-5 times per year), depending on the needs.
Screening Criteria

University degree in an environmental or social related field, such as Environmental Science (or a sub-discipline such as climate change science, ecology, environmental management, water resources, etc.), Engineering, Environmental Law, Geosciences, International Development, or related field.
Minimum 10 years’ experience in risk management, E&S consulting, E&S impact assessment, E&S auditing, or equivalent industry experience within EDC’s relevant business sectors in an international setting.
Expert knowledge of environmental and social impact assessment and/or ESRM principles, frameworks and standards in an international setting.
Expert knowledge of international environmental and social standards including International Finance Corporation’s Performance Standards and the Equator Principles, among others.
Assets

Environmental & Social (E&S) consulting experience, private sector experience within EDC’s high volume business sectors, or experience working at or with international finance institutions (Financial Institutions abiding to Equator Principles, Export Credit Agencies, Development Finance Institutions, Multilateral Development Banks)
Experience working with private companies in developing countries, preferably in Latin America, the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, and/or the Indo-Pacific region
Degree, diploma, training or experience in Business, Finance, or related discipline
Bilingual in both official languages (English and French)
Fluency in other languages pertinent to the ESG space, notably Spanish
Expert knowledge and/or significant experience assessing ESG risks in foreign or developing markets on the below topics:
Environmental: climate change and/or carbon risk and agriculture and/or agri-food
Social: occupational health and safety, gender and/or social issues, human rights including community relations, resettlement, anthropology and sociology
Market: Indo-Pacific region.
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