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.

Job title

ESG & Compliance Systems Expert

Job type

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

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