PAMF – CI: Mission to evaluate and strengthen the environmental risk management system

Mission objective:

PAMF CI's portfolio is heavily exposed to the agricultural sector (35% of the portfolio), particularly in the north of the country, where temperatures are higher and more extreme. Rising temperatures could have a significant impact on agricultural production and therefore on the quality of PAMF CI's portfolio.

As part of strengthening its activities and procedures, PAMF-CI wishes to assess its exposure to environmental risks and implement an appropriate environmental risk management policy, in particular by developing manuals, designing a training module and conducting training on risks and prevention measures for key members of the institution. These environmental risks include:

• Sustainability risks weighing on clients, which may cover physical or transition risks, and therefore on the MFI;
• Possibly, the risks of negative impact of clients' activities, only if these impacts are significant and may generate a financial or reputational risk for the MFI.

The scope of the Solidarity Banker's mission will be adjusted based on the duration of the mission and the initial discussions with the institution.

Expert profile:

Please note that a selection process will take place, with interviews organized and conducted by the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation. For this assignment, we are looking for an expert with the following skills:

• At least 3 years of experience in risk functions
• Experience/skills in the field of environmental risk management
• Previous experience in technical assistance or consultancy work in a developing country would be a plus
• An appetite for inclusive finance/sustainable finance, resulting in increased curiosity about the specificities of the sector and a desire to adapt banking standards to it
• Knowledge/experience in the microfinance sector is a plus
• Pragmatic and rigorous

Calendar :

MISSION PREPARATION

• Signing of the agreement and preparation (calls to be planned with the organization, documents to be read before the start of the mission)
• Mission preparation by the Solidarity Banker, PAMF-CI and the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation (5 days spread over a period of 1 month). The selected candidate and PAMF-CI managers will be required to discuss the terms of reference and adjust them together in order to best prepare the mission.

FIELD MISSION 

• 10 days on site, in Abidjan
• Travel may be organized by the beneficiary organization, depending on the needs of the mission, to visit agencies outside the capital.

MISSION DELIVERABLES

• Sending of mission deliverables by the Solidarity Banker within two to three weeks after the field mission.

Contact and information:

If you are interested in the mission, please send your CV to Maria FRANCO (maria.franco@credit-agricole-sa.fr). You can also contact us for more information about the mission or the program.

Download the full terms of reference here.