Manager / Senior Manager – Sustainability at Deloitte

About Risk Advisory

• Deloitte’s Risk Advisory helps clients focus on areas of increased risk, address the entire spectrum of emerging risks, including disruption due to innovation, cyber, geopolitical, and other trends; and pursue intelligent risk-taking as a means to value creation. Our major service offerings include:
  • Financial Industry Risk and Regulatory
  • Regulatory and Legal Support
  • Accounting and Internal Controls
  • Cyber & Strategy Risk
• Our Sustainability approach combines insight and innovation from multiple disciplines with economic, social and environmental and governance knowledge to help our clients excel globally.  Our Sustainability service offerings include:
  • Sustainability Reporting
  • Sustainability Assurance
  • Strategy and Policy Development
  • Circular Economy and Climate Change
  • Programme Development and Implementation
  • ESG Services
  • Environmental and Social Impact Assessment.

Job Description

• We are seeking suitably qualified high performing professionals to join our Risk Advisory team as a Sustainability Manager / Senior Manager.

Responsibilities
The successful candidate will perform the following roles as part of our Sustainability Practice team:

• Lead the delivery of Sustainability and ESG for the Sustainability Practice at Deloitte West Africa (Nigeria and Ghana)
• Drive the strategic advocacy agenda of the group, and projects of the Risk Advisory department as may be assigned.
• Responsible for developing and implementing go to market strategy for the Sustainability Practice. This involves opportunities identification, design and pursuit.
• Monitor and evaluate competitor activity and drive the implementation of coordinated response.
• Own and drive assigned engagement deliveries.
• Manage and deliver advisory projects including sustainability assessment and strategy, reporting, social return on investment, stakeholder engagement, programs, green building, assurance etc.
• Identify, recommend and lead improvement initiatives for clients based on gaps, opportunities, client requirements, global trends and sector benchmarking.
• Contribute to new product/service development and advancement of existing client tools and solutions.
• Manage and build the capacity within the sustainability team according to business requirement.
• Lead the eminence activities of the Practice and the growth of the brand.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of a Second Class Upper in Environmental Science / Engineering, Civil Engineering, Development Planning or in a relevant Environmental / Social Science discipline.
• A Master’s Degree in a relevant environmental and social science field is desirable.
• Have a minimum of credit in five WASSCE / GCE / NECO Ordinary Level subjects or acceptable equivalent examination, including Mathematics and English.
• Professional qualification from GRI, ISO, ISSP, IEMA or other relevant recognized professional bodies and institutions is an added advantage.
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years relevant experience in any of the Big 4 of a similar role. Candidate should be able demonstrate recent delivery of the required sustainability offerings.
• Have good knowledge of the World Bank safeguards policies and Nigeria/Ghana’s environmental laws.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for report writing, client presentations, and project management.
•  Applicant will be mainly based in Nigeria and will serve the Ghana Office when required.

Additional Information
What Impact Will You Make:

• Every day, your work will make an impact that matters, while you thrive in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration, and high performance.
• As the undisputed leader in professional services, Deloitte is where you will find unrivalled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential.

How You Will Grow:

• At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day.
• From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there is always room to learn.
• We offer opportunities to help build world-class skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world.
• From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs at Deloitte University, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career. Explore Deloitte University Leadership Centre. https://deloitte.zoomforth.com/du

 Benefits
At Deloitte, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits.