Manager Sustainability & Manager IT Risk – Housing Finance Bank

1. Manager Sustainability
2. Manager IT Risk

POSITION 1: MANAGER SUSTAINABILITY

• Sustainability Officer

• Sustainability Partners
• Sustainability Champions

• Heads of Department
• All Staff

• Industry associations, including UBA
• Funders
• Partners
• Sustainability stakeholders
• Other relevant external stakeholders

• Develop, implement, and continuously review the Bank's Sustainability Strategy.
• Develop and oversee the Bank's Sustainability Agenda.
• Develop and implement the Climate Risk Strategy.
• Ensure sustainability strategies align with the Bank's corporate strategy, regulatory requirements, and international best practices.
• Provide strategic leadership on sustainability, climate risk, and sustainable finance across business segments and support functions.
• Act as the Bank's subject matter expert on sustainability, climate risk, sustainable finance, and emerging sustainability regulations and standards.
• Integrate sustainability considerations into business strategy, product development, risk management, operations, procurement, and decision-making.

• Lead implementation and continuous improvement of the Sustainability and Climate Risk Policy.
• Implement and strengthen the Sustainability Risk Management Framework.
• Oversee the Social and Environmental Management System (SEMS).
• Provide oversight of sustainability and climate-risk assessments.
• Ensure sustainability risks and opportunities are integrated into the Bank's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
• Ensure compliance with applicable sustainability-related regulations and frameworks.
• Monitor developments relating to:
  • Bank of Uganda Climate Risk Guidelines
  • Uganda National Green Taxonomy
  • Uganda Bankers Association Sustainability Framework
  • IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards
  • Other relevant sustainability frameworks
• Advise Executive Management and the Board on emerging sustainability, climate-risk, and regulatory developments.

• Drive sustainable finance initiatives.
• Support development of green lending products.
• Support green mortgage initiatives.
• Identify climate finance opportunities.
• Support financial inclusion initiatives.
• Develop impact-finance programmes.
• Partner with business units to identify opportunities that deliver both commercial value and positive environmental and social impact.
• Establish sustainability targets and performance indicators.
• Develop impact measurement frameworks.
• Integrate sustainability objectives into departmental plans and performance management frameworks.

• Lead preparation of integrated sustainability reports.
• Prepare annual sustainability reports.
• Prepare Board papers and regulatory submissions.
• Prepare funder reports.
• Oversee collection and validation of sustainability and climate-risk data.
• Ensure sustainability performance information is accurate, complete, and audit-ready.
• Lead the Bank's readiness for sustainability reporting and disclosure requirements.
• Present sustainability performance, risks, opportunities, and strategic recommendations to Executive Management and Board Committees.

• Develop strategic sustainability partnerships.
• Work with development finance institutions, funders, regulators, industry associations, technical partners, certification bodies, and sustainability networks.
• Represent Housing Finance Bank in sustainability and climate-finance forums.
• Participate in sustainable-development forums at local, regional, and international levels.
• Lead stakeholder engagement initiatives.
• Strengthen the Bank's sustainability positioning, reputation, and impact.
• Identify and secure grants, technical assistance, strategic partnerships, and sustainable-finance funding opportunities.

• Identify innovative sustainability initiatives.
• Develop sustainable products and business models.
• Support green financial products.
• Drive resource-efficiency initiatives.
• Support climate-resilience programmes.
• Identify impact-finance opportunities.
• Benchmark the Bank's sustainability performance against industry peers and international standards.
• Implement initiatives to improve sustainability performance.

• Lead, coach, and develop the Sustainability team.
• Develop the Sustainability Champions network.
• Build sustainability capacity throughout the Bank.
• Drive sustainability awareness and culture-change programmes.
• Establish departmental budgets, work plans, KPIs, and performance targets.
• Promote collaboration across business units.
• Ensure enterprise-wide ownership of sustainability commitments.

• Lead sustainability assurance programmes.
• Coordinate sustainability certification and assessment activities.
• Support sustainability audits and external evaluations.
• Ensure strong sustainability governance and documentation.
• Maintain evidence required for assurance, certification, regulatory, and stakeholder requirements.

• Advise the Chief Risk Officer on sustainability risks and opportunities.
• Advise Executive Management and the Board on sustainability priorities.
• Provide thought leadership on sustainability and climate risk.
• Support positioning of Housing Finance Bank as a leader in sustainable banking and responsible finance.

• A Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or a related field.
• A professional qualification in a sustainability-related discipline or ESG certification is an added advantage.
• Relevant practical training in:
  • Brand enhancement
  • Corporate communications
  • Public relations
  • Sustainability in financial services

• IFC Performance Standards
• World Bank Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines
• Equator Principles

• At least 2 years' managerial-level experience managing sustainability programmes and sustainability communications.
• Strong creative, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Excellent writing and presentation skills.
• Strong organizational and administrative skills.
• Ability to translate strategy into measurable performance objectives.
• Knowledge of modern marketing and communications practices.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Positive attitude and professional image.
• Ability to serve as a role model for the Bank's values.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to build sustainable working relationships across organizational and cultural boundaries.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Creativity and adaptability.
• Ability to conceptualize complex issues.

POSITION 2: MANAGER IT RISK

• IT Risk Officer

• Business Technology
• Information Security
• Internal Audit
• Heads of Department

• External IT auditors
• IT system vendors

• Organize, review, and conduct scheduled and unscheduled information systems risk assessments.
• Assess new and existing systems and applications.
• Identify vulnerabilities and technology-related risks.
• Ensure compliance with HFB security policies.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Assess risks relating to:
  • Operating systems
  • Database management systems
  • Firewalls
  • Intrusion detection systems
  • Web-based applications

• Review system access rights.
• Identify inappropriate or excessive access.
• Recommend changes to first-line defence teams.
• Support effective access control and technology risk management.

• Design IT Key Risk Indicators (KRIs).
• Monitor IT KRIs.
• Communicate technology risk trends to relevant stakeholders.
• Identify areas requiring improvements to internal controls.

• Provide guidance on technology governance.
• Support policy development and implementation.
• Review control design.
• Assess operational effectiveness of technology functions.
• Promote strong IT risk management practices across the Bank.

• Coordinate technology teams' risk and control self-assessments.
• Work with risk champions.
• Ensure technology risks are properly identified, assessed, documented, and monitored.

• Work with risk owners to track IT incidents and events.
• Monitor associated corrective action plans.
• Ensure identified issues are followed through to closure.
• Identify significant IT incidents requiring control improvements.

• Create IT risk awareness across the Bank.
• Educate staff about technology-related risks.
• Promote strong risk management practices.
• Support a culture of technology risk awareness and accountability.

• Review and participate in project risk assessments.
• Identify technology risks associated with new projects and systems.
• Provide recommendations to mitigate identified risks.

• Manage the audit-trail review process.
• Follow up on vulnerability-testing findings.
• Ensure identified technology weaknesses are addressed.
• Monitor remediation of IT security and control findings.

• Provide IT risk advisory support for digital transformation initiatives.
• Assess risks associated with emerging technologies.
• Ensure technology innovation is supported by appropriate controls.

• Research emerging IT risks and industry trends.
• Maintain knowledge of technology risk management best practices.
• Monitor developments in information security, technology governance, and digital banking.

• Prepare IT risk reports for:
  • Board Committees
  • Executive Management
  • Management Committees
• Communicate key technology risks and recommendations clearly.
• Track risk mitigation activities through to completion.

• A Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

• CRISC – Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
• CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor
• Other relevant IT risk, audit, cybersecurity, or information security certifications.

• Information Technology systems
• IT Risk Management
• IT Audit
• IT Governance
• IT Controls
• Technology Risk

• IT infrastructure
• Application development
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Information security
• Disaster recovery
• IT governance
• IT controls
• Technology risk management

• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Resourcefulness.
• Good professional judgment.
• Persistence and follow-through.
• Ability to challenge and influence stakeholders effectively.
• Collaborative working style.
• Strong project management skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with technology, risk, audit, and business teams.

KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO POSITIONS

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Recent CV
• Application letter
• Academic transcripts
• Academic certificates
• Professional certificates, where applicable
• Testimonials
• Daytime telephone contact
• Postal address
• Email address
• Three competent referees

1. Application Letter
2. Curriculum Vitae (CV)
3. Academic Documents and Certificates

CV TIPS FOR MANAGER SUSTAINABILITY

• Sustainability management
• ESG
• Climate risk
• Sustainable finance
• Green finance
• Sustainability reporting
• Climate finance
• Environmental and social risk
• Stakeholder engagement
• Sustainability strategy
• Corporate communications
• Sustainability governance
• Sustainability data and reporting
• ESG frameworks
• IFC Performance Standards
• World Bank EHS Guidelines
• Equator Principles
• Financial services experience
• Team leadership
• Strategic planning
• Board and executive reporting

CV TIPS FOR MANAGER IT RISK

• IT Risk Management
• IT Audit
• IT Governance
• IT Controls
• Information Security
• Cybersecurity Risk
• IT Risk Assessments
• Risk and Control Self-Assessments
• IT Key Risk Indicators
• Access Management
• Vulnerability Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Business Continuity
• SDLC Risk
• IT Incident Management
• Audit Trail Reviews
• Regulatory Compliance
• Technology Risk Reporting
• Digital Transformation
• IT Infrastructure
• Banking/Financial Services
• CISA
• CRISC
• Risk Management Frameworks

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS – MANAGER SUSTAINABILITY

1. Tell us about your experience managing sustainability programmes.
2. What does ESG mean in the banking sector?
3. How would you develop a sustainability strategy for a commercial bank?
4. How can a bank integrate climate risk into Enterprise Risk Management?
5. What do you understand by sustainable finance?
6. How would you develop green lending or green mortgage products?
7. How would you measure the impact of a sustainability programme?
8. What sustainability reporting frameworks are you familiar with?
9. How would you engage regulators and development finance institutions?
10. How would you advise the Board about an emerging climate-related risk?

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS – MANAGER IT RISK

1. Tell us about your IT risk management experience.
2. How would you conduct an IT risk assessment?
3. What are the major technology risks facing commercial banks?
4. How would you design and monitor IT Key Risk Indicators?
5. Explain the difference between IT risk management and IT audit.
6. How would you assess access-control risks?
7. How do you manage vulnerability-testing findings?
8. What is the importance of disaster recovery in banking?
9. How would you handle an unresolved high-risk IT finding?
10. How would you assess technology risks associated with a new digital banking project?
11. What is your experience with CISA or CRISC frameworks?
12. How would you report a critical IT risk to senior management or the Board?