# Manager, Sustainability Programs & Subsidiary Liaison at KCB Bank Canonical URL: https://primejobalerts.com/jobs/manager-sustainability-programs-subsidiary-liaison-at-kcb-bank Company: KCB Bank Category: Banking & Financial Services Location: Kenya Work type: Full-time Work arrangement: On-site Published: 2026-08-31 Expires: 2026-10-15 ## Job Description Manager, Sustainability Programs & Subsidiary Liaison at KCB Bank. Responsible for coordinating sustainability programmes, supporting subsidiary engagement, monitoring initiatives, and ensuring alignment with organisational sustainability goals. Requires a relevant qualification in sustainability, business, finance, environmental studies, or a related field. The role is based in Nairobi with duties performed on-site. ### 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. - Support engagement with regulators, development finance institutions, and industry bodies on matters related to climate finance and green lending, ensuring alignment with emerging regulatory and market expectations. - Monitor regional and global developments in climate finance, sustainable taxonomies, and regulatory requirements, providing recommendations to enhance the Group’s frameworks and practices. Qualifications ### The preferred candidate will meet the following minimum criteria - A Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university. - Professional qualifications in either : Sustainable Finance, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), Environmental & Social Risk Management (ESRM) or training in Green/Climate taxonomies. At least three (3) years’ relevant work experience in sustainability, including specific experience in the following: - climate finance, green lending, and green finance frameworks.  - Environmental and Social Management Systems (ESMS) and IFC Performance Standards. - Screening and classifying green or climate-aligned transactions using internal frameworks and applicable taxonomies. - Stakeholder management. (Engagement with regulators, industry bodies, or development partners on technical E&S or climate risk matters.) - Designing and delivering internal training or capacity-building on sustainability initiatives.  - Data analysis, reporting, preparing and delivering presentations - Experience in green financing and the application of Go-to Market (GTM) strategies will be an added advantage ### How to Apply Click here to apply ## Apply Use the canonical Prime Job Alerts page for full application instructions and source verification.