Social Safeguards Risk Management Specialist at Rwanda Forestry Authority (RFA) Under Contract:Deadline: May 10, 2024

Job responsibilities

• Carry out a regular supervision of the civil works progress and environmental compliance by the contractors; • Ensure that social and environmental grievances are managed effectively and transparently through the grievance redress mechanism; • Prepare the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) and the grievance mechanism and ensure they guide implementation of the entire project. • Outlines the project risks and the safeguard measures to be adopted, • Assist the Sector Specialist in analyzing technical feasibility of subprojects during the subproject review process, with particular emphasis on environmental issues;

• Oversee/develop/coordinate implementation of all safeguards related plans; • Ensure social and environmental grievances are managed effectively and transparently;/develop/coordinate implementation of all safeguard related plans; • Ensure full disclosure with concerned stakeholders; • Organize and supervise participatory environmental monitoring and auditing within project site in collaboration with Project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) Specialist, field environmentalists, and the Community Development Specialist • In collaboration with M&E Specialist ensure that monitoring of the Environmental related results indicators (as per the projects results framework) are conducted on quarterly basis; • In collaboration with the Communication Specialist ensure that the achievements on Environmental related results indicators (as per the projects results framework) are documented and disseminated

• Lead development of all reports to the donors related to environment and social management for the project; • Assist the Project coordinator in analyzing technical feasibility of subprojects during subproject review process, with particular emphasis on environmental issues; • Organize and supervise participatory environmental monitoring and auditing within project site in collaboration with Project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) Specialist and other relevant project management unit team or SPIU team; • Lead development of all reports to the donors related to social management for the project; • Assist the Project coordinator/Sector Specialist in analyzing technical feasibility of subprojects during subproject review process, with particular emphasis on environmental issues; • Work with the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist to (i) identify adequate environmental indicators for Co-Management Interventions (CMIs) and (Community Driven Development (CDD) sub-projects, and (ii) ensure timely and adequate monitoring of project activity implementation to ensure environmental and social issues are considered and reported on time.

• Organize technical workshop to review and validate project documents (including studies); • In collaboration with the Community Development Specialist, organize trainings and study tour for projects beneficiaries; • Organize and supervise participatory environmental monitoring and auditing within project site in collaboration with Project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) Specialist and other relevant project management unit team or SPIU team; • Ensure social risks are identified, avoided, mitigated and managed throughout project implementation; • Perform any other activities directly related to the project objectives that will be assigned by the Supervisors

• • 1
    Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Sciences

    7 Years of relevant experience

• • 2
    Master’s Degree in Environmental Sciences

    4 Years of relevant experience

• • 3
    Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Management

    7 Years of relevant experience

• • 4
    Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resources Management

    7 Years of relevant experience

• • 5
    Master’s Degree in Natural Resources Management

    4 Years of relevant experience

• • 6
    Bachelor’s degree in Environmental studies

    7 Years of relevant experience

• • 7
    Master’s degree in Environmental Management

    4 Years of relevant experience

• 8
  Master’s Degree in Environmental Studies

  4 Years of relevant experience

Required competencies and key technical skills

• • 1.Integrity

• • 2.Accountability

• • 3.Communication

• 4.Excellent in writing and speaking English; and good knowledge in French is an added value.

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