Senior Manager

We are seeking a Manager, ESG & Sustainability to lead group-wide environmental, social, and governance strategy across our operations and development assets. This is a new role reporting into the General Counsel & Head of Sustainability with a mandate to get the company IPO-ready from an ESG standpoint — building the systems and disclosures that public markets, lenders and rating agencies expect from a listed mining company.

This role reports directly to the General Counsel & Head of Sustainability.

Based in Johannesburg, the role will require regular travel to Zambia (Copperbelt/Mimbula, Kalengwa), and periodic travel to other Moxico properties.

Key Responsibilities

IPO & Listing Readiness

•    Lead the design and implementation of a group ESG framework, policies, and reporting infrastructure capable of meeting the requirements of the intended listing venue and associated disclosure regimes.

•    Prepare the company for ESG due diligence by underwriters, institutional investors, credit rating agencies, and ESG data providers.

•    Own the ESG components of the prospectus/listing document and data room, working closely with legal, finance, and external advisers.

•    Establish baseline data collection and assurance processes (emissions, water, tailings, safety, community metrics) capable of withstanding third-party audit and assurance.

Group ESG Strategy & Governance

•    Develop and implement Moxico's group-wide sustainability strategy, targets, and roadmap across all operating and development assets.

•    Align policies and management systems with international standards, including IFC Performance Standards, ICMM Mining Principles, Equator Principles (where relevant to project financing), and the EITI.

•    Build and lead a small central ESG function, with dotted-line coordination of site-level HSE, community, and environmental teams.

Environmental Management

•    Oversee environmental compliance, permitting, and management plans across all jurisdictions, including water management, tailings storage facility governance, biodiversity, and closure/rehabilitation planning.

•    Lead climate strategy: GHG inventory (Scope 1, 2, and material Scope 3), climate risk assessment, and decarbonisation pathway.

Social Performance & Community Relations

•    Support community engagement, social impact assessment, resettlement (where applicable), local content, and grievance mechanisms across all sites, in line with IFC PS5 and international good practice.

•    Ensure robust human rights due diligence across operations and the supply chain.

•    Support site teams on stakeholder engagement with governments, traditional authorities, and local communities.

Health & Safety

•    Support reporting on safety performance and culture in partnership with site HSE leads and Heads of Operations.

•    Ensure reporting meet investor-grade standards.

Reporting & Stakeholder Communication

•    Produce Moxico's annual Sustainability Report and manage responses to ESG questionnaires and investor/lender requests.

About You

Required

•    5-10 years' experience in ESG, sustainability, or HSE leadership roles within mining, oil & gas, or another heavy-industry sector, including at least 3 years at a senior/group level.

•    Demonstrated experience preparing a company for an IPO, bond issuance, or major project financing (Equator Principles/IFC-linked), including direct exposure to investor and rating-agency ESG due diligence.

•    Strong working knowledge of relevant performance and reporting standards.

•    Experience operating across multiple African and/or emerging-market jurisdictions; direct experience in Zambia or the broader Copperbelt region strongly preferred.

•    Degree in environmental science, engineering, sustainability, or a related field; postgraduate qualification advantageous.

•    Willingness and ability to travel frequently to site, including to remote operational areas.

•    Fluent English.