Environmental & Social Associate

Your Role

As Environmental and Social Associate, you support with assessing and monitoring the environmental, social and human rights impacts and risks of FMO investments, primarily within Financial Institutions and Private Equity, while supporting other sectors where needed. You will support E&S due diligence and monitoring against the requirements of the IFC Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability (IFC PS) and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP). You will also contribute to assessing E&S risks and performance at portfolio level and help us further develop a risk-based, data-driven approach to E&S management. An important part of your role will be to explore and apply digital and AI-enabled solutions to strengthen risk identification and analysis, identify trends across the portfolio, and make due diligence and monitoring more effective and efficient.

Next to that you will:

• Take responsibility for E&S monitoring of the lower-risk part of the portfolio by providing E&S input for Client Credit Reviews (CCRs), including monitoring client E&S performance and following up on agreed actions.
• Conduct country, contextual and human rights risk assessments, combining these with information on customers and their investment portfolios to determine the nature and level of E&S risk for FMO.
• Support Environmental and Social Officers with the due diligence and monitoring of higher-risk or more complex investments, contributing research, analysis and follow-up as required.
• Track and analyze E&S performance at portfolio level, identifying trends, emerging risks and areas requiring increased attention, and contribute to periodic portfolio reporting.
• Support the identification and management of potential technical assistance opportunities in collaboration with Environmental and Social Officers and investment staff and monitor implementation thereof.
• Contribute to continuously improving E&S processes, tools and ways of working, including through digitalisation and responsible use of AI, to increase team efficiency, quality and customer value.
• Contribute to effective E&S reporting, tracking, knowledge management and sustainability information, and respond to relevant support requests from across FMO.