Summary
Date Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The African Trade Insurance Agency ("ATI”) is a pan-African multilateral financial institution established in 2001 by African States. ATI was originally launched with the technical and financial support from the World Bank Group and has had more recent support from the African Development Bank. ATI has grown into a market leader for risk mitigation in Africa, establishing itself as Africa's primary trade and investment insurer and one of Africa's largest Development Finance Institutions with an outstanding portfolio exceeding US$6bn at year end 2019.
ATI provides political and credit risk insurance to companies, investors and lenders doing business in Africa. For over a decade, ATI has maintained an A rating for Financial Strength and Counterparty Credit by Standard & Poor's, and in 2019 obtained a second A3/Stable rating from Moody's. ATI's membership includes African Member States as well as a number of corporate and institutional shareholders. Besides its head office in Nairobi, ATI currently has offices in Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Working at ATI offers unique career opportunities.
Candidates are invited to apply for the following open positions: Senior Accountant, Senior Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Officer, Senior Actuary and Credit Analyst.
Role Descriptions The role descriptions and fuller details of the duties are posted on ATI's website www.ati-aca.org  .

Main Functions and Responsibilities
•Provide technical expertise on key issues related to environmental and social impact assessment and on sustainability risks in the design, preparation, implementation and supervision of ATI’s operations taking into consideration best industry practices and standards
•Manage and conduct environmental and social safeguarding due diligence for underwriting
•Identify all key potential social and environmental impacts and risks of transactions and ensure that their magnitude and significance are well understood by internal underwriters and approvers
•Ensure that the policyholder understands the applicable ESG policies, guidelines and project-specific requirements, and has the necessary commitment and capacity to manage social and environmental impacts and/or risks adequately and supported by mechanisms that facilitate implementation
•Work with member countries, donors and other relevant units of the ATI to mobilize technical and financial support to enhance the environmental and social sustainability of
2operations, adding value to operations, including through external expertise where deemed necessary
•Conduct consultations with stakeholders in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines and be responsible for reporting on such •Report on and disseminate good practices and generated knowledge

Job Skills: Not Specified

Qualifications & Attributes Education
• An advanced degree (at least Masters or equivalent) in engineering, environmental management, environmental sciences or relevant field.
• Experience At least 6 –8 years of relevant experience in working with private sector firms across industry sectors(including infrastructure, agribusiness, and/or manufacturing) to identify environmental/social risk and issues and develop mitigation measures to ensure compliance with good international industry practice.
• Exposure to African and global development institutions and their operational practice will be a desired attribute.
• Language Skills Oral and written professional proficiency in English; in addition French is desirable

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
i) Please submit an Application Letter, Personal History Form (this may be downloaded from the ATI website), CV, plus details of your current remuneration package along with details of three referees to recruitment@ati-aca.org 
ii) . For a detailed job description of each role, please visit ATI's website http://www.ati-aca.org/about-us/current-opportunities/
iii) The closing date for application is Saturday, 11 July 2020 at Midnight Nairobi time iv) ATI will only contact those applicants who are being actively considered for an interview
ATI offers a competitive salary and benefits package and a collegial working environment commensurate with other multilaterals. ATI reserves the right to not make an appointment to the above vacancies, or to make an appointment at a slightly higher or lower grade, or to make an appointment with a modified job description.
  www.ati-aca.org 

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