Environment and Climate Safeguards Specialist

Job Description

The Environment and Climate Safeguards Specialist’s overall responsibility will be assessing, evaluating, and supporting client environmental and social risk management and performance, and preparing high-quality reports for stakeholders in accordance with international good practices and standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide environmental and social knowledge and input into project ideation, preparation, and implementation including proposal development, project management, and risk management and reporting.
• Coordinate closely with the project team, including internal project staff, consultants, client representatives in planning, managing, monitoring, and reporting on project performance.
• Provide necessary technical assistance and coordination into the environmental and social management system development and implementation.
• Undertake regular field visits to project sites to assess environmental impacts and collect environmental monitoring information.
• Keep accurate records of environmental supervision of project activities in a systemic manner that allows easy search and find of all documents upon request.
• Conduct environmental due diligence and impact assessments of projects and develop implementable environmental action plans for implementation.
• Provide technical support to clients through training and capacity building and guidance.
• Provide technical input into business activities such as planning, marketing and sales
• Support bidding documents and contracts to include necessary environmental provisions.
• Analyze project implementation reports to ensure that all work is completed in full compliance with all project requirements and standards
• Supervising clients in handling specific environmental and social issues
• Provide coordination support to develop and review environmental risk management instruments in accordance with legal requirements and international good practice.

Required Skills or Experience

• An environmental science, natural resources, climate science degree, preferably at Master’s level, or in a related relevant degree.
• At least 5 years of experience in areas relevant to environmental and climate risk management.
• Experience in international environmental compliance safeguards policies and standards
• Good knowledge of the relevant regulations/directives and operations of multilateral development organizations and executing agencies will be an advantage.
• Proven experience and skills in managing projects.
• Proven capacity to work across multiple stakeholders, including government entities, civil society organizations (CSOs), local communities, and the private sector.
• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office, with advanced Power Point/presentation skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Integrative Skills – Working to develop an integrated view across all facets of current sector.
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for timely response to client queries, requests or needs.
• Takes personal ownership and accountability to meet deadlines and achieve agreed-upon results and has the personal organization to do so.
• Collaborates with other team members and contributes productively to the team’s work and output, demonstrating respect for different points of view.
• Actively seeks knowledge needed to complete assignments communicating and presenting information in a clear and organized manner.
• Analyses facts and data to support sound, logical decisions regarding own and others’ work.