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The ESG Specialist will work closely with the transaction team, including Transactors, Transaction Legal, and Transaction E&amp;S, to ensure that housing projects meet applicable environmental and social standards, including international frameworks (such as IFC Performance Standards and EDGE certification requirements), and enhance overall project bankability. The ESG Specialist will be responsible for supporting the identification, assessment, mitigation, and monitoring of environmental and social risks across the project lifecycle\u2014from origination through project preparation, consultant engagement, TCDD reviews (desktop and site), credit approval, and ongoing monitoring post-financial close\u2014thereby strengthening sustainability outcomes and increasing the number of transactions that successfully reach financial close. The ESG Specialist will also play a critical role in integrating ESG best practices into affordable housing development under the Facility, with particular emphasis on sustainable urban planning, energy-efficient building design, climate resilience, and inclusive community development. The role will support developers in embedding sustainability considerations into the planning, design, construction, and operational phases of housing projects, ensuring alignment with global green building frameworks such as IFC EDGE and the Building Resilience Index (BRI), while strengthening the climate mitigation and adaptation outcomes of GRHEF-supported development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"career_category":[],"class_list":["post-4585","career","type-career","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infracredit.ng\/candidate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/career\/4585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infracredit.ng\/candidate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/career"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infracredit.ng\/candidate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/career"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infracredit.ng\/candidate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"career_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infracredit.ng\/candidate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/career_category?post=4585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}