Global Impact & ESG Lead for Sustainable Infrastructure

ImpactAlpha; Den Haag; Hybrid; EUR 61,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Public transport card (1st class)

Laptop and phone provided

Hybrid working (60% office / 40% home)

Pension plan

Gym access

Home office stipend

Global exposure

Job summary

Invest International seeks an Impact & ESG Officer to join the Government & Country Solutions unit. You will bring ESG expertise into opportunity development, due diligence, execution and monitoring, ensuring compliance with IESG standards across the project lifecycle.

You will work with cross-disciplinary teams, advise on impact ambitions, ESG risks, and portfolio reporting, while supporting learning agendas and policy development within the IESG framework.

Qualifications

• Five+ years applying international ESG guidelines and standards such as IFC Performance Standards.
• Experience with ESG management tools including ESIA/ESMP/RAP.
• Experience with impact measurement, evaluation frameworks, and portfolio reporting (JIM/PCAF/GHG Protocol).
• Experience engaging with communities, NGOs, host governments and private sector in developing countries.
• Ability to communicate complex ESG topics to diverse audiences.
• Willingness to travel to developing countries within the portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Apply ESG materiality risk concepts for five key sectors (Agrifood, Water/Infrastructure, Health, Energy, Manufacturing).
• Contribute to sector strategies ensuring early ESG considerations.
• Conduct ESG and Impact due diligence and monitoring for infrastructure projects.
• Support development of Environmental and Social Impact Assessments and related plans.
• Align project impacts with SDGs and frameworks like IRIS+, JIM, OECD-DAC, SBTi, GHG Protocol.
• Coordinate with governments, companies, communities and internal stakeholders to improve design.
• Advise investment teams on KPI design, baseline setting and M&E plans.
• Support portfolio reporting, integrated reporting and learning agendas.
• Contribute to IESG policy development and Center of Excellence outputs.

Skills

English

French

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

University degree in a relevant field

Tools

ESIA

ESMP

RAP

JIM

PCAF

GHG Protocol

IFC Performance Standards

SBTi

Job description

Invest International seeks an Impact & ESG Officer to join the Government & Country Solutions unit. You will bring ESG expertise into opportunity development, due diligence, execution and monitoring, ensuring compliance with IESG standards across the project lifecycle.

You will work with cross-disciplinary teams, advise on impact ambitions, ESG risks, and portfolio reporting, while supporting learning agendas and policy development within the IESG framework.