Manager, Sustainability Programs & Subsidiary Liaison

Kenya Commercial Bank Limited is registered as a non-operating holding company which started operations as a licensed banking institution with effect from January 1, 2016. The holding company oversees KCB Kenya – incorporated with effect from January 1, 2016 – and all KCB’s regional units in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and South Sudan. It als…

Manager, Sustainability Programs & Subsidiary Liaison

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the implementation and scaling of the Group’s climate and green finance strategy by embedding climate-related considerations into business and credit processes across all subsidiaries.

• Coordinate the identification, screening, classification, and validation of climate-aligned and green transactions to ensure alignment with the Group’s Green Framework and applicable taxonomies.

• Serve as the central liaison between the Group Sustainability team and country subsidiaries, facilitating communication, alignment, and follow-up on sustainability initiatives.

• Coordinate the implementation and consistent application of Group sustainability frameworks, including the Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS), Green Lending Framework, and climate risk guidelines across all subsidiaries.

• Provide technical guidance to Relationship Managers, Credit, Risk, and Business teams across the Group on structuring climate finance transactions and applying green eligibility criteria.

• Work closely with the Credit and Risk functions to integrate climate and environmental considerations into credit appraisal, underwriting, and portfolio monitoring processes within subsidiaries.

• Design and deliver training and capacity-building initiatives to strengthen understanding of climate finance, green lending, and sustainability frameworks and initiatives across subsidiaries.

• Coordinate the collection and consolidation of climate finance and other sustainability initiatives data from subsidiaries to support internal monitoring, management updates, and sustainability reporting.