UNDP Social and Environmental Safeguards Officer – GCF || Apply Now |
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Country: Uganda
City: Kampala
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UNDP Social and Environmental Safeguards Officer – GCF || Apply Now |
Under the leadership and supervision of the Team Leader NCER, the Safeguards Officer will serve as the main focal person for all safeguards related activities for the GCF project and the NCER portfolio. The safeguards officer’s responsibility is to coordinate and support implementation of all safeguards related issues ensuring that activities are implemented in accordance with the UNDP social and environmental standards.
Duties and Responsibilities of Safeguards Officer
- Support the development and review of instruments, checklists, guidelines, and tools relevant to the implementation of environmental and social safeguards in compliance to donor (GCF, UNDP) and Government of Uganda requirements;
- Participate in project implementation in relation to all social and environmental issues including safeguards; facilitate the preparation of safeguard monitoring plans and review implementation of social and environmental issues, preparation of all documentation and reports required by the project Implementing Partner and Responsible Parties and UNDP to ensure that social and environmental issues have been adequately addressed and that the project is in compliance with the UNDP and Government of Uganda Safeguards;
- Review the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) of the project, identify gaps, and recommend remedial actions, including updating of the ESMF of the project;
- Support the PMU to conduct the necessary assessments to identify potential environmental and social risks of project investments and interventions, ways to avoid negative environmental and social impacts where possible, and where risk avoidance is not possible, to identify appropriate mitigation and management measures, in line with UNDP’s Social and Environmental Standards;
- Update the Social and Environmental Screening Procedures (SESP) for the project in line with the UNDP Social and Environmental Standards, ensuring that all risks related to non-compliance on SES are adequately and timely flagged and addressed;
- Prepare and share technical briefs, reports on the compliance of SES in the implementation of the project;
- Support the quality control of M&E products including monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, ensuring that SES issues are adequately addressed;
- Update the project risk log monthly;
- Provide support to the NCER portfolio and UNDP Uganda Country Office on social and environmental safeguards compliance related issues according to UNDP Corporate requirements.
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Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Advanced University degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Environmental Sciences or Natural Resources Management or other relevant disciplines. Or
- A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional 2 years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience:
- Minimum 2 years (With a master’s degree) or 4 years(with Bachelor’s degree) of experience related to social and environmental safeguards and/or impact assessment in an international development context;
- Sound understanding of key software packages (MS Office);
- Prior experience with UNDP projects would be an asset;
- Ability and experience to work within a multidisciplinary and multicultural team;
- Experience in working with a range of stakeholders including government, private sector, Civil Society organizations on sustainable energy and climate change related issues;
- Practical experience in implementing Social and Environmental safeguard policies for UNDP or other international development agencies
- Experience of carrying out social and environmental screening in line with SES guidelines;
- Experience in gender analysis, mainstreaming and gender reporting;
- Excellent technical skills/experience in socio-economic and environmental research and project performance assessment;
- Experience in creating and managing SES performance monitoring plans and leveraging performance monitoring data for improving social and environmental compliance for ongoing projects;
- Broad knowledge and understanding of environmental science, climate change adaptation; climate resilience, energy and its policy implications would be an added advantage.
Language Requirements
- Fluency in English (spoken and written) is required
- Knowledge of local language is desired
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Specifications
| Type of Opportunity | Internships |
|---|---|
| Deadline | 07 January,2025 |
| Country | Uganda |
| City | Kampala |
| Organizer | UNDP |