The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is seeking a Regional Environmental and Social Safeguards Coordinator to support the WCS regional team, country programs and field programs in the localization and implementation of our Environmental and Social (E&S) Safeguarding framework and policies.
Requirements
- Provide support and guidance on the implementation of environmental and social safeguards procedures and initiatives at the country program and site levels throughout the region.
- Review, outline and monitor various donor requirements and lead or support development of materials, risk assessments, etc. in response to donor requirements.
- Provide direct support to country directors, site directors, and program managers in maintaining current environmental and safeguards protocols and rolling out the implementation of new protocols, procedures, and mechanisms as necessary.
- Conduct social impact and risk assessments and lead on the development of associated mitigation plans together with the project teams and where appropriate, the concerned stakeholders.
- Support implementation of grievance redress mechanisms (GRM) at the site level, including training of GRM focal points and safeguards staff, and providing oversight of GRM database management and data analysis.
- Provide guidance to field teams on Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), as necessary, ensuring clear and organized documentation of the process.
- Support country safeguards focal points to ensure that all staff and partner staff receive regular human rights trainings, including training of rangers, ecoguards, and community scouts.
- Support the completion of gender analyses for programs and projects and provide recommendations for GESI initiatives to improve gender-mainstreaming in WCS programs throughout the region, including guidance on implementation.
- Support the country program and site teams to ensure all projects and programs align with WCS and donor environmental and social safeguards standards.
- Manage, at the regional level, other safeguards initiatives including IRB and Leahy Vetting.
- Strengthen environmental and social safeguards quality assurance of projects proposals throughout the region.
- Oversee the completion and monitoring of environmental and social safeguards frameworks (e.g. ESSF/ESIA/EMMP) across all sites.
- Oversee that constructions and infrastructure developments at sites follow best international practices, such as the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework.
- Develop and maintain a regional database that tracks all impact assessments, mitigation plans, reports, and reviews.
- Manage a secure database and report on any E&S safeguarding risks and incidents with appropriate actions to be taken for projects and follow up to help ensure that timely actions are taken.
- Lead on capacity building for staff and partners to build knowledge and skills on environmental and social safeguards.
- Disseminate lessons learned and best practices from the safeguards implementation throughout the region.
- Design training modules and train field teams based upon a gap analysis of existing tools and capacity gaps, including addressing donor specific requirements.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Opportunity to work with a leading international conservation organization
- Collaborative and dynamic work environment
- Professional development opportunities
- Chance to make a meaningful impact on conservation efforts in the Sudano-Sahel region
