Job Description
Requisition ID 36257
Office Country United Kingdom
Office City London
Division Environment & Sustainability
Contract Type Regular
Contract Length
Posting End Date 18/12/2025
Purpose of Job
The Principal will support the Environmental and Sustainability Department’s Policy and Energy teams and will have a focus on countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa. The Principal should preferably have experience in assessing and monitoring environmental and social aspects of projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Principal will work with Associate Directors, Heads of Sector and Directors in the relevant ESD team to deliver the Bank’s commitments under its Environmental and Social Policy, covering environmental and social appraisal and monitoring of the Bank's portfolio of projects and activities in various sectors; oversight and verification of the Bank's approaches, assessments, monitoring, reporting and verification of environmental, social, green and other commitments relevant to ESDs mandate. The Principal will contribute specialist input to the appraisal and monitoring of a range of projects and sectors, including complex and high-risk projects.
Background
ESD works closely and interacts daily with the banking teams and other departments as relevant to drive the shared agenda of sound environment and sustaina...