Social Performance Manager

**Main Purpose**:Objective 1: To support Trafigura’s global supplier due diligence and corresponding capacity-building programme, with a specific emphasis on Latin America.

Objective 2: To support Trafigura’s stakeholder engagement programme on matters pertaining to corporate responsibility and natural resource governance.
**Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities**:
**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**:

- Graduate qualification, with degree or post-graduate education in disciplines such as mining engineering, economics and development, environmental and/or social science, human rights, natural resource governance.
- Extractive and/or infrastructure sector knowledge gained through industry, financial institution or consultancy roles.
- Experience of assessing, managing and/or delivering social performance to international standards, notably OECD Due Diligence Guidelines for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals, IFC Performance Standards, UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, ICMM Principles and ILO labour standards.
- Experience of researching, designing and supporting supply chain diligence programmes and the implementation of corresponding capacity building activities.
- Demonstrable commitment towards enhancing natural resource governance.
- Excellent communicator with strong influencing skills, comfortable in advising up to senior executive / government representative level.
- High degree of fluency in written and spoken English and Spanish is essential.
- Analytical, highly detail orientated and organised.
- Independent self-starter.
- Commercial and collaborative mind-set.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Responsible value chains**
- Through liaison with colleagues within the region, and with the support of team members internationally, the role will continually assess the potential for (and, where required, the response to) direct and indirect social and environmental impacts across investments, operations and supplier relationships. Such assessments will be made remotely, as well as at a site level. Travel will be an important part of the role. Particular countries of interest will include, for example, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Mexico.
- Through liaison with a range of colleagues and external counterparts, the role will support decision-making and actions to mitigate risks and impacts as applicable, such as through the enhancement of existing operational procedures, the development of diligence mechanisms, the creation of new tools and / or the development of new partnerships. The role will provide strategic / ongoing support to counterparts through Trafigura’s capacity building programmes.

**Engagement**
- The role will actively engage with inter-governmental and multi-lateral organisations, industry associations, civil society, academics and appointed third party services providers on a range of to underpin Trafigura’s business interests and reputation.

**Transparency**
- The role will directly support initiatives developed by and complementary to the EITI mission, including in relation to supporting a fair and just energy transition.

**Policy and framework development**
- Through analysing and meeting the needs of applicable international norms, legal and regulatory frameworks and industry-based standards, the role will directly contribute to the development and refinement of Trafigura’s global responsible sourcing programme and transparency strategy.

**Training**
- Developing and delivering training for staff, service providers, as well as upstream and downstream counterparts and stakeholders as applicable relevant to responsible sourcing, engagement and transparency.

**Key Relationships and Department Overview**:
Internal:

- Corporate Affairs department
- Health, Safety, Environment and Communities personnel
- Compliance department
- Legal department
- Trafigura Group subsidiaries such as Impala and Trafigura Mining Group

External:

- Commercial counterparts
- Financial institutions
- Consultants / service providers
- Intergovernmental organisations
- Multi-lateral organisations
- Industry associations
- Civil society organisations
- Academia

About Us
Founded in 1993, Trafigura is one of the largest physical commodities trading groups in the world. At the heart of global supply, Trafigura connects the world with the vital resources it needs. Through our Oil & Petroleum Products, Metals and Minerals, and Power and Renewables divisions, we deploy infrastructure, skills and a global network to move commodities from where they are plentiful to where they are needed most, forming strong relationships that make supply chains more efficient, secure and sustainable.

Trafigura also owns and operates a number of industrial assets including a majority share of global multi-metals producer Nyrstar and fuel storage and distribution company Puma Energy; and joint ventures Impala Terminals, a port and logistics provider, and Nala Renewables, a power and renewable