IT Governance, Risk and Compliance Analyst managing compliance initiatives like NIST and ISO standards in technology and security operations.
About the role
- ESG & Compliance Systems Expert upgrading ESG systems for an agribusiness in Uganda. Supporting compliance alignment with local and international standards and building operational tools.
Responsibilities
- Support the company in strengthening environmental, social, and governance systems to align with multi-commodity operations and meet international buyer, donor, and impact-investor requirements.
- Diagnose compliance gaps, upgrade ESG policies and operational tools, embedding systems into day-to-day facility and supply chain operations, and ensuring audit-readiness.
- Conduct a practical diagnostic of existing ESG systems, policies, procedures, and records.
- Assess environmental and social risks across processing facilities and smallholder supply chains.
- Benchmark current systems against buyer ESG requirements, donor and DFI expectations, and relevant international standards (e.g., IFC Performance Standards).
- Deliver a concise ESG Gap Analysis & Upgrade Roadmap outlining priority actions and sequencing.
- Upgrade and expand the ESMS to cover multi-commodity operations.
- Update policies and procedures to reflect processing and sourcing realities.
- Develop practical operational tools, such as wastewater management protocols and OHS checklists.
- Integrate climate resilience and environmental monitoring indicators into ESG frameworks.
- Deliver a revised and complete ESMS package ready for operational deployment.
- Train facility managers, field officers, and relevant staff on ESMS application.
- Establish clear internal roles, responsibilities, and reporting lines for ESG compliance.
- Support the roll-out of ESG monitoring at facility and supply-chain levels.
- Conduct a mock ESG due diligence assessment to evaluate audit preparedness.
- Deliver an audit-ready ESG system fully handed over to internal teams.
Requirements
- Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible experience implementing ESG / ESMS systems within agribusiness, food processing, or related sectors.
- Demonstrated experience developing wastewater management protocols, OHS systems, and supplier risk-screening tools.
- Experience aligning company systems with buyer, donor, and DFI ESG requirements.
- Experience preparing companies for ESG audits or due diligence processes.
- Experience in East Africa or Uganda strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of international ESG standards and frameworks (e.g., IFC Performance Standards).
- Experience designing operational ESG tools suitable for field- and facility-level implementation.
- Ability to integrate climate resilience and environmental monitoring indicators into reporting systems.
- Demonstrated ability to embed compliance systems into daily operations rather than producing documentation-only outputs.
- Strong analytical and diagnostic capability.
- Hands-on, field-oriented implementation approach.
- Ability to build credibility with operational and management teams.
- Demonstrated ability to drive behavioural change and embed systems within founder-led or growth-stage environments.
- Strong training and capacity-building capability to ensure internal ownership post-handover.
- High professional integrity and discretion.
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