Job Description
Reporting channel: reports to the Compliance and Safeguard Program Manager
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Support and guide the activities of Social Safeguard at institutional level;
• Update, supervise and implement the resettlement action plans;
• Ensure effective integration of social safeguard considerations into all aspects of identification, consultation, planning and implementation of project activities;
• Coordinate and liaise with the development partners to ensure effective mainstreaming of social safeguard issues into the implementation of project activities;
• Ensure that Project activities are consistent in their approaches to social safeguard issues, thereby supporting full blending at the operational level;
• Enforce the compliance with the Environmental, Social, Health and Safety development partner policies;
• Work closely with officials of District and sectors in all process of social safeguards;
• Ensure that social safeguard related modules are incorporated in the training and capacity building programs at all the levels;
• Follow up the Grievance Redress Mechanisms in place and the major issues related to the projects;
• Defining, and subsequently monitoring, suitable social safeguard indicators for Projects;
• Ensuring regular interaction with the External Consultants / Development partners Mission / stakeholders on Social safeguard aspects;
• Perform any other relevant tasks as assigned by the SPIUC/ RTDA Management
Reporting channel: reports to the Compliance and Safeguard Program Manager
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Identifying and overseeing environmental safeguard issues and implementing appropriate rehabilitation and mitigation activities during projects implementation. He or she will work closely with district staff and the program manager to monitor and implement safeguard procedures/policies
• Plan and coordinate all processes for the execution of the tasks related to environmental safeguards, including the preparation of safeguards documents (ESMF, ESIA/ESMP, etc), organizing public consultation meetings, training, etc.;
• Ensure the compliance with environmental safeguards in all projects implementation sites;
• Oversee the implementation of the various ESMPs prepared by the consultant and contractors and provide technical guidance on environmental and social development issues;
• Prepare a comprehensive Environmental and Social Management Checklists required in the management plans for the Project;
• Oversee the capacity building of Contractors and supervising firms’ staff as well as relevant committees (such us Grievance Redress Committees, District staff, local communities, etc ) on Environmental safeguards and compliance;
• Organize and provide leadership on environmental auditing;
• To enforce the compliance with the Environmental, Social, Health and Safety development partners policies
• To ensure that the Contractors comply with their Code of Conduct.
• Perform any other relevant tasks as assigned by the SPIUC/ RTDA Management
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology
3 Years of relevant experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies
3 Years of relevant experience
Master’s Degree in Development Studies
1 Year of relevant experience
Master’s Degree in Sociology
1 Year of relevant experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work
3 Years of relevant experience
Master’s Degree in Organizational Psychology
1 Year of relevant experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Psychology
3 Years of relevant experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Social Administration
3 Years of relevant experience
Competency and Key Technical Skills
Integrity
Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills.
Inclusiveness
Accountability
Communication
Teamwork
Client/citizen focus
Professionalism
Commitment to continuous learning
Good interpersonal and communication skills
Computer Literate
Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and / or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage
Quantitative and analytic skills
Experience with social/ environmental safeguards, preferably with World Bank, AfDB, EU and other Donor’s funded projects
Computer literate (Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc.)
Skilled at prioritisation and result-oriented in a fast-paced environment
Well-developed planning and organization skills and good ability in working productively in a team environment of diverse backgrounds
