JOB DESCRIPTION
ESG Risk Consultant
DESCRIPTION
The Asia Foundation (TAF) Beijing Representative Office seeks to engage a consultant with experience in assisting financial institutions to integrate environmental and social factors into their lending/investing decision making processes with a focus on infrastructure in developing countries. The independent consultant will initially assist to finalize a series of profiles of financiers that lend or invest in energy and transportation infrastructure projects in the lower Mekong region. Future work may involve assisting on the development of an engagement strategy, and potentially leading the promotion and integration of environmental and social factors into the lending and investment processes with specific financial institutions over the next three years on an intermittent basis in the lower Mekong region. Future engagement could be from the board of directors’ level through to the financial analyst level.
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
The Candidate must meet the following requirements:
Ideally, the Candidate will also have the following skills sets:
WORK BASE
Initially, the work base will be remote to complete the above-mentioned financier profiles, but future work may require some international travel subject to prevailing COVID-19 travel restrictions, task requirements, and the consultant’s availability.
THE ASIA FOUNDATION
Founded in 1954, The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives across a dynamic and developing Asia. Together with our partners, we are committed to Asia’s continued development as a peaceful, just, and thriving region of the world. Headquartered in San Francisco, The Asia Foundation works through a network of offices in 18 Asian countries. The Foundation began programming in China in 1979 and opened a resident country office in Beijing in 1994. On June 30, 2017, the Foundation received the certificate for Beijing Representative Office issued by the Beijing Public Security Bureau. In the past four decades, the Foundation has been working with local partners and is committed to a thriving China, to advancing shared goals of expanded opportunity, and to enduring cooperation within Asia and the world.
CONTACT:
If you are interested, please send your CV and requested daily rate in USD for an initial and approximate five days level of effort to: country.china.general@asiafoundation.org by close of business 15 April 2020. The subject should indicate “ESG Risk Consultant” Please be advised that only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the next round.
About The Asia Foundation
The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives across a dynamic and developing Asia. Informed by six decades of experience and deep local expertise, our work across the region addresses five overarching goals—strengthen governance, empower women, expand economic opportunity, increase environmental resilience, and promote regional cooperation.
Headquartered in San Francisco, The Asia Foundation works through a network of offices in 18 Asian countries and in Washington, DC. Working with public and private partners, the Foundation receives funding from a diverse group of bilateral and multilateral development agencies, foundations, corporations, and individuals. In 2016, we provided $87.8 million in direct program support and distributed textbooks and other educational materials valued at $9.5 million.
