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Sustainability Officer

General Information

Country
South Africa
Team
Renewable Energies
Seniority
Expert (4-8 years of experience)
Job Type
Permanent
Hire Type
Full-Time
Work Regimen
Hybrid
Posting Date
17-Jul-2026
Expiration Date
31-Jul-2026
Company
Enel Green Power South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Description and Requirements

The purpose of the role is to build long term sustainable relations with host communities, Co-design, implement and monitor impact of SED/ED programmes. Ensure that projects are sensitive to the specificities of communities.


What you will do:

Project Management

• Ensure co-design of projects with locals, implementation and monitoring performance, identifying all project risk
• Monitor the performance of all activities in terms of schedule
• Identify and manage all project risks
• Compile board packs for project sites
• Responsible for Department of Energy obligations regarding quarterly SED and ED spend for Enel Green Power South Africa Portfolio
• Development of yearly Economic Development plan and reporting to the IPPO
• Management of wind and solar sites across the Enel Green Power Portfolio
• Project Management reporting on Enel Global ESG requirements

Stakeholder Relations Management

• Responsible relations with Project Support Committee (PSC)
• Responsible for Stakeholder Engagement Strategy and Plan
• Ensure that community stakeholder groups are kept abreast of all decisions and activities undertaken.
• Spearheading the processes of asset mapping and community needs analysis, program development and projects implementation and monitoring and evaluation

Budget Management

• Ensure proactive planning of quarterly targets
•  Ensure that quarterly spend targets are met (and create and implement strategies to avoid related risks).
Event Organisation
• Manage the Stakeholder Engagement Planning and implementation.
• In partnership with PSC, SRM and other  key stakeholders organise community meetings and events to introduce, report on and celebrate project progress.

Partnerships & Collaboration

• Constantly identify partners to collaborate with Enel Green Power’ internal teams on various community and project related tasks.
• Participation and representation in the renewable industry associations
• Collaborate with other IPP’s where EGP is present

Ad-hoc functions
• Avail themselves for ad-hoc functions and company engagements

Who you are:
  • Minimum Bachelor Degree in relevant field
  • 5 - 7 Years’ Experience in: Project management/ management consulting/ community development
  • Experience in Economic Development Reporting within REIPPPP (Requirement)
  • Excellent reporting writing skills
  • Proficient Excel skills
  • Ability to articulate and deliver information both technical and general at community level.
  • Mediation, Negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
  • Monitoring and evaluation capabilities
  • Ability to communicate all levels of society.

What we search for in you:

  • REIPPPP report writing and Economic Development programme planning
  • Strong Project Management Skills
  • Proficiency in the operation of computers and knowledge of business support software including Word, Excel, SAP, and Outlook.
  • High level interpersonal and communication skills;
  • Facilitation skills

What we offer: Competitive salary, meal allowance, performance-based bonus, funded training, career growth and job rotation.

You can apply until: 24 July 2026

Who we are:

Enel Green Power is part of Enel’s Group, and manages all the generation from renewable sources in Enel’s world countries. Our pillars are sustainability and innovation. We want to build a new way of living energy, creating sustainable development and making clean energy accessible to all. A world leader in clean energy, with a total capacity of more than 54 GW and a generation mix that includes wind, solar, geothermal, and hydroelectric power, as well as energy storage facilities, Enel Green Power is at the forefront of integrating innovative technologies into renewable energy plants.

Innovation, Trust, Proactivity and Responsibility are the core values of our Organization. We are always looking for different perspectives, ideas and points of view. Each person is important to us, independently from their gender, age, nationality, ability or any other form of diversity or specificity. We are a people focused Company and we work to empower all our colleagues through development programs and lifelong learning.

We promote work flexibility recognizing the importance of well-being and work-life balance.
Find out more information on our website: www.enelgreenpower.com