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This job is with EBRD, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly. Requisition ID 36257 Office Country United Kingdom Office City London Division Environment & Sustainability Contract Type Regular Contract Length Posting End Date 18/12/2025 Purpose of Job The Principal will support the Environmental and Sustainability Department’s Policy and Energy teams and will have a focus on countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa. The Principal should preferably have experience in assessing and monitoring environmental and social aspects of projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Principal will work with Associate Directors, Heads of Sector and Directors in the relevant ESD team to deliver the Bank’s commitments under its Environmental and Social Policy, covering environmental and social appraisal and monitoring of the Bank's portfolio of projects and activities in various sectors; oversight and verification of the Bank's approaches, assessments, monitoring, reporting and verification of environmental, social, green and other commitments relevant to ESDs mandate. The Principal will contribute specialist input to the appraisal and monitoring of a range of projects and sectors, including complex and high-risk projects. Background ESD works closely and interacts daily with the banking teams and other departments as relevant to drive the shared agenda of sound environment and sustainable development. ESD is a team of specialists responsible for the environmental and social appraisal, assessment and monitoring of Bank's portfolio of projects and activities in various sectors. ESD is responsible for, and the custodians of, the Environmental and Social Policy (ESP). Main interaction is with the Banking teams during project development and implementation, where an active participation is expected from ESD in assessing gaps against applicable policy provisions, identifying, and developing solutions and opportunities, and thereby ensuring compliance as well as increased environmental and social transition impact, delivering sound environment and sustainable development. Within Its Mandate, ESD • conducts oversight and verification of the Bank's approaches and assessments,, • interacts frequently with the Board, banking and external stakeholders,, • is responsible for data collection and data management,, • is responsible for standards and minimum requirements,, • oversees and assesses environmental and sustainability-related risk,, • is responsible for monitoring, reporting, verification,, • is responsible for the ESP and related policy management and policy development, methodologies, and guidance. Facts / Scale The Principal is expected to manage and facilitate specialist input to projects, TCs, tasks and initiatives, including complex and high-risk projects and TCs. They may work individually or with the support of Analysts or Associates. The Principal will typically work under the guidance of an Associate Director Head. Accountabilities & Responsibilities Under the direction of an Associate Director Head: • Provide specialist input to projects, Technical Cooperation’s (TCs), tasks and initiatives, including complex and high-risk projects and TCs. They may work individually or with assigned support of Analysts or Associates., • When acting as facilitator on an aspect of work, the Principal will have full responsibility for managing delivery of a particular sub – project, project, task, or activities. These activities may include contributing to assessment of ESP compliance, E&S risks impacts and opportunities; climate and nature risks, Paris Alignment, and green finance attribution; monitoring, verification and reporting; and assurance., • Coordinate project and consultant teams, conduct and/or contribute analytical, scientific, and technical reviews and appraisals, develop methodologies, monitor outputs/outcomes, contribute specialist input, manage data, review, and develop internal and external publications, negotiate E&S contract terms., • Undertake work travel independently, as required, • As delegated by the Director or Associate Director Head, represent ESD internally and externally at various fora, including project, client, lender and stakeholder meetings and other events. This representation may be supported by more senior staff, as required., • Take responsibility for specific thematic policy and/or safeguard area as assigned by the Director or Associate Director Head., • Support internal and external capacity building initiatives and mentor and coach staff on environmental, social and green finance matters., • Contribute to the continuous improvement of internal processes and procedures, including the streamlining, collection, management, and automation of data., • Preparation of internal and external reports, on the Bank’s reporting approach, and methodologies., • Work in line with Bank’s Behavioural Competencies and Corporate Behaviours. Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Qualifications • Degree in environmental and/or social sciences/economics, engineering, or related field or comparable professional experience., • Proven track-record appraising complex environmental and social risks and impacts of a range of projects and/or sectors., • Knowledge of international good practice environmental, social and climate standards/guidelines (e.g. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Environmental and Social Requirements, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Performance Standards, Equator Principles, Paris Agreement alignment, Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Task Force on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), International Sustainability Standards Board (SSB), the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), sector guidelines, etc)., • Knowledge and experience applying financing instruments, approaches, and processes as well as IFI, or similar, policies and procedures, • Excellent knowledge of environmental and social thematic policy and safeguard areas and the risks and impacts of various sectors., • In-depth understanding of scientific, economic, and political dimensions of environmental and social issues. Ability to apply those to the assessment of EBRD investment projects., • Familiarity with the countries in which the Bank operates / plans to operate, • Track record in project management, leading/contributing to multi-disciplinary teams and delivering a solution-orientated and risk-assessment based approach., • Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to work independently or lead or be part of a team., • Effective time management and organisational skills and ability to multi-task and delegate tasks., • Excellent written and spoken English. Familiarity with a language of the EBRD countries of operations would be advantageous and, for a resident office appointment, local language fluency will be required., • Demonstrated experience communicating complex policy and technical issues to a wide range of stakeholders verbally and in writing; ability to build consensus and reach agreement in complex, multi-stakeholder environments., • Substantial analytical and quantitative skills., • Experience mentoring and coaching less experienced staff., • Ability to transfer previous external experience into the EBRD context., • Proactive in anticipating problems and tackling those to avoid escalation., • Demonstrable experience in negotiations, persuasion, and influence skills in internal and external engagement activities to deliver the team’s and Bank’s objectives, based on effective communication skills. What is it like to work at the EBRD? Our agile and innovative approach is what makes life at the EBRD a unique experience! You will be part of a pioneering and diverse international organisation, and use your talents to make a real difference to people's lives and help shape the future of the regions we invest in. The EBRD Environment Provides You With • Varied, stimulating and engaging work that gives you an opportunity to interact with a wide range of experts in the financial, political, public and private sectors across the regions we invest in;, • A working culture that embraces inclusion and celebrates diversity;, • An environment that places sustainability, equality and digital transformation at the heart of what we do. Diversity is one of the Bank’s core values which are at the heart of everything it does. A diverse workforce with the right knowledge and skills enables connection with our clients, brings pioneering ideas, energy and innovation. The EBRD staff is characterised by its rich diversity of nationalities, cultures and opinions and we aim to sustain and build on this strength. As such, the EBRD seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities and works in an inclusive environment. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member countries to apply regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, sexual orientation or disabilities. As an inclusive employer, we promote flexible working and expecting our employee to attend the office 50% of their working time. Please note, that due to the high volume of applications received, we regret to inform you that we are unable to provide detailed feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted (for further consideration).

Our Mission At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission: Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are. Who We Are We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included. As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few! Job Description Your Career The Solutions Consultant is the evolution of the traditional Sales Engineering role, aligning how we best serve our customers in understanding their environment, providing solution guidance and ensuring value realization in their investment with Palo Alto Networks. As a Solutions Consultant you provide technical leadership and expertise and guidance in your customer’s security transformation journey. You will play a key role in defining technical solutions that secure a customer’s key business imperatives and ensuring value realization of their investment with Palo Alto Networks. You evangelize our industry leadership in on-prem, cloud, and security operations services that establish PANW as your customer’s cybersecurity partner of choice. Your Impact Role Curiosity is core to the Solutions Consultant role, and you see complex problems as opportunities to learn and deliver innovative solutions! You define your impact by: • Meeting and exceeding sales quotas by building and implementing strategic, technical account plans that target cross-platform solutions, • Understands Key customer business requirements and has the ability to position, demonstrate and create high level designs across the entire PANW portfolio solutions creating business value for customers, • Ability to drive customer adoption of Palo Alto Networks Platform. Building customer relationships by helping customers achieve increased productivity, operational efficiency, security efficacy, and greater flexibility to innovate, • Conducting discovery to understand and articulate the key technical, operational, and commercial imperatives of your prospects and customers, • Working closely with Professional Services, Customer Success and Specialist teams to ensure overall customer implementation and adoption of solutions, • Demonstrating strong communication skills, influencing through effective presentations and customer-specific demos, and conducts technical engagements and workshops that are clear and impactful, simplifying complex ideas for various audiences, • Leading successful technical validation efforts based on best practices to ensure technical win in assigned opportunities, • Demonstrates Cross functional leadership driving collaboration and orchestrating supporting resources (Specialists, Channel Resources, Customer Support) to ensure a one-team approach that demonstrates a cohesive strategy, • Promoting end-to-end solutions that include PANW and/or partner professional services to ensure customers realize business value sooner, • Understanding the competitive landscape and effectively differentiating PANW's leadership in the cybersecurity space, • Continuously investing in yourself to develop technical and professional skills that drive your ever-increasing contributions to success of our customers while actively participating within the Solutions Consultant community and at industry events, • Identifying technical stakeholders and cultivating relationships with key personas to build and drive a security architecture transformation roadmap Qualifications Your Experience • 6+ years experience in pre-sales/sales engineering, • Skilled in at least one of the following Networking, Network Security, Cybersecurity, Private/Public Cloud Security, SOC/Endpoint or SASE, • Experience in delivering cybersecurity solutions that solve technical challenges and influence new business initiatives is preferred, • Influencing and gaining buy-in from key stakeholders, either in a customer-facing or internal role; prior experience in a pre-sales role is ideal, • Creating and delivering technical presentations, workshops, or technical validation engagements, • Experience in selling, designing, implementing, or managing one or more of the following solutions: Network Security, SASE, SaaS, CNAPP and/or SOC Transformation Technologies, • Partnering with Customer Support functions to ensure successful implementation and adoption of sold solutions, • Experience in complex sales involving long sales processes with multiple buying centers and multi-product solutions are preferred, • This is a field sales position where travel requirements may be required to support in person customer meetings, please discuss with the recruiter on the specifics for this position., • Proficient in English Additional Information The Team Our Solutions Consultant team members work hand-in-hand with large organizations around the world to keep their digital environments protected. We educate, inspire,and empower our potential clients in their journey to transform their security architectures. You are empowered with unmatched systems and tools and a team built on joint success. You won’t find someone at Palo Alto Networks that isn’t committed to your success – with everyone pitching in to assist when it comes to solutions selling, learning, and development. Our Solutions Consulting community is driven by the mission to be our customers’ cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting their digital way of life. Our Commitment We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at . Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Overview Do you love technology? Do you want to make companies more successful by applying technology? Do you enjoy helping people to understand technology and trends? If so, then we have the job for you. We are looking for someone with a passion for technology to join the AI Business Solutions team. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has defined our mission: to empower every individual and every organisation on the planet to achieve more. In the AI Business Solutions Team, we inspire people and help them achieve business outcomes, driving significant success for our customers in the era of AI. Our mission is to help customers digitally transform their businesses—unlocking new revenue streams, creating engaging customer experiences, and improving operational efficiency. With the power of AI and Dynamics 365 Sales and Service, we enable organisations to leverage data insights, automate processes, personalise experiences, and innovate with agility. As a Solution Engineer specialising in Dynamics 365 Sales and Service, you will: • Work closely with sales teams to understand customer needs, goals, and challenges., • Showcase how Dynamics 365 Sales and Service, enhanced by AI, can transform their business., • Provide reassurance throughout the sales cycle, ensuring the proposed solution meets requirements and expectations., • Inspire and influence business and technical decision-makers to choose Microsoft solutions. You will design solutions and deliver industry-aligned demonstrations, highlighting how advancements in AI and Dynamics 365 can benefit organisations. You’ll collaborate with partners for co-sell and implementation, engage engineering for emerging technologies, and work with the Customer Success Unit for deal support. • Act as the pre-sales consultant for Dynamics 365 Sales and Service (including Contact Centre)., • Advance pipeline by qualifying deals, developing strategy, and engaging CxOs and decision-makers., • Solve technical proof requirements while emphasising business value and competitive differentiators., • Support proposal finalisation and licensing once solution design is endorsed. You’ll develop your career in a dynamic, supportive environment that values growth mindset, diversity, and inclusion. You’ll gain deep business acumen, selling skills, and the ability to translate industry trends into actionable strategies. Responsibilities • Advance qualified pipeline revenue by demonstrating solution capabilities, addressing technical proof requirements, and securing the customer’s solution design endorsement., • Engage with the account team to land solution envisioning sessions and business value assessments., • Proactively deliver compelling customer centric solution demonstrations based on technical workload expertise while building Business Decision Maker/CxO/Technical Decision Maker connections., • Address solution architecture considerations and competitive objection handling., • Assist in formalizing the customer proposal., • Collaborate with Partners and Customer Success to align on agreed upon deployment plan and Key Performance Indicators., • Lead discovery sessions in each opportunity, yielding output of customer-agreed business challenges and win themes prioritized with business value. Qualifications • Technical pre-sales or technical consulting, or related experience OR equivalent experience., • Experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management. Related Experience * • Technical pre-sales for business applications and/or SaaS-based company or similar technology., • Best practices including but not limited to; discovery, building and crafting solution strategies that differentiate from the competition, value-based selling, identifying, and expanding product opportunities., • Ability to drive and influence stakeholders across organizational boundaries through organizational, presentation, envisioning, writing, and verbal communication skills., • Business application solutions, • Commercial cloud offerings, ideally Microsoft’s cloud platform as well as competitive knowledge of other business applications and related ecosystems., • Business value selling methodologies and practices that successfully convey the value and business outcomes, • How to uncover customer’s stated and unstated needs and how technology can be leveraged to solve business problems., • High level of self-awareness, reflection, and empathy., • Ability to skillfully communicate, demonstrate, and prove the value of business applications., • Proven collaborator capable of influencing internal and external teams. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work. This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about ___

As a senior consultant, you will bring substantial experience in your specialist field and a consultancy role.You will have a sound knowledge of the public sector and current policy and political issues affecting it.You will be able to evidence previous experience in project management on at least t