Principal Risk Advisor, Environmental - Ottawa, Canada - EDC

EDC

Verified Company

Ottawa, Canada

6 days ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Posting Date:
Feb 15, 2024, 10:09:15 AM

Primary Location:
Ontario-Ottawa

Job Type:
Permanent

Schedule:
Full-time

Export Development Canada (EDC) is a financial Crown corporation dedicated to helping Canadian businesses make an impact at home and abroad.

EDC offers financial products and knowledge to help Canadian businesses confidently enter new markets, reduce financial risk, and grow their business.

When you join our team, you'll be helping Canadian businesses learn the endless possibilities that open to them through export and help bring their vision, passion, and innovation to the world.

Your knowledge and expertise will support more than 25,000 Canadian businesses and their customers in as many as 200 markets worldwide.

You'll work amongst the best and brightest in an inclusive, collaborative environment that fosters professional development and success.

And you'll know that you're making an impact every day - for businesses, for Canada and for the people you work with.

Are you ready to make an impact? Join EDC, recognized as a Top 100 and Top Family-Friendly Employer, as we take on the risk so Canadian businesses can take on the world.

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Team & Job Overview

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.

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 noncompliance 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 projectrelated site visits within Canada or internationally (typical travel takes place over 16 days, 15 times per year), depending on the needs.