Senior Environmental Specialist position is available in World Bank office in Sydney.

The Senior Environmental Engineer will be based in Sydney, Australia and s/he will report to the Environment and Natural Resource Manager in Washington. For day to day coordination the Environmental Specialist would work under the direction of the Sydney based Safeguards Focal Point.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Safeguards Focal Point in Sydney, Australia who is responsible for assigning safeguards tasks and ensuring quality of the safeguards work in the Pacific Region. 
• Ensure the effective integration of environmental due diligence as defined by World Bank Group Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) and the ESS 
• Provide expert advice to client and counterpart organizations, project teams and WBG management with regard to the preparation of environmental impact assessments, including regional, strategic and cumulative assessments
• Provide expert guidance to clients in tendering and contracting specialized consultant services for Environmental Risk Assessment and Management tasks
• Provide technical training for environmental assessment and management practitioners in client countries on the WBG safeguard policies and requirements. 
• Provide environmental input in project documents in accordance with the Bank operational policies including Project Concept Note (PCN), Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (ISDS under safeguards policies) and Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS, under ESF)
• Participate as team member in the development and/or supervision of the implementation of environment or natural resources activities or components in various projects
• Coordinate all environmental safeguards and enhancement activities within and between projects, share information with Task Team Leaders (Project Managers), project team members, staff/consultants responsible for projects’ social safeguards management, and other regional staff

Qualifications and Requirements

• Advanced degree (PhD or Masters) in environmental engineering, civil engineering, environmental science or related field, with a strong preference for candidates with good technical training and practical experience in environmental risk management related to large scale civil engineering or industrial engineering projects, pollution management, solid waste management, soil, water and groundwater remediation and clean-up, or coastal zone management.
• A minimum of 8 years of full-time relevant professional experience in the environment engineering or environmental management sector is required.
• Fluency in English is required (writing, speaking, listening and reading).
• Proven teamwork and successful experience working with multi-disciplinary teams.
• A strong sense of team work and ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Willingness to travel extensively in the Pacific and possibly to other countries is necessary, including to remote rural areas and islands.