Job responsibilities

The Environmental Safeguards Officer shall report to the Cross-Cutting program Manager. He/she is responsible

• To Coordinate and liaise with the project managers to ensure effective environmental safeguards are implemented

• Review Environmental & Social Management Framework (ESMF) and coordinating the development and implementation of the Environmental & Social Management Plan (ESMP), Environmental& Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs), and other environmental safeguards in compliance with relevant safeguards policies of the Government of Rwanda and World Bank;

• Oversee implementation of all Environment & Social Framework (ESF) instruments including ESMF, Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP), Labour Management Plan (LMP) & Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) as well as Gender Based Violence (GBV) action plan for relevant subprojects;

• Monitor the progress in development and implementation of relevant Environmental & Social Management Plan (ESMPs) ensuring that National Environmental Laws and Policy as well as the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESSs) are fully complied with and the reporting requirements are fulfilled;

• To Coordinate and liaise with the SPIU to ensure effective mainstreaming of Environmental and social Safeguards issues into the implementation of project activities;

• Support and guide RAB/SPIU in technical matters related to Project Environmental and Social Safeguards and ensure the quality reporting;

• Immediately report to SPIU Coordinator of any incident happening at the site (Staff/workers accidents, any environmental catastrophes, etc);

• Facilitate and ensure trainings of Environment & Social Project staff and community institutions in environmental management including community health and safety;

• Prepare and submit the monthly, quarterly and annual environmental and social compliance reports to the SPIU Coordinator;

• Oversee all the Environmental and social aspects of all project activities implemented under the Project;

• Assist the Project Manager in analyzing technical feasibility of subprojects during subproject review process, with particular emphasis on environmental issues;

• Assist the Project Manager to respond to the technical support requests from the Community- Based Groups (CBG), private operators, and other beneficiaries of the subprojects and take necessary actions;

• Monitor if environmental aspects are taken into account during activities implementation

• Facilitate the external environmental audit;

• Make sure of environmental management plans implementation for Project infrastructures; WORKING EXPERIENCE Having a minimum of three (3) years of proven working experience in environmental and related field.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Development Studies

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Sciences

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Management

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Engineering

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Soil and Environmental Management

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Natural Resources Management

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental studies

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor's degree in Water and Environmental Engineering,

  0 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Soil sciences

  0 Year of relevant experience

Required competencies and key technical skills

• Communication

• Teamworking ability

• Integrity skills

• Accountability Skills