District Environmental and Social Safeguards Officer ( 7 Positions) – Commercialization De-Risking for Agricultural Transformation Project

Education and experience:

MSc degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Water and Environmental Engineering, Development studies, Rural Development, Environmental Management, Natural Resources Management, Water Resources Management, Water Engineering, Sociology, Geography, with minimum of one (1) year of full-time relevant professional experience in the environment and social safeguards sector related field or Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science , Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Water and Environmental Engineering, Development studies, Rural Development, Environmental Management, Natural Resources Management, Water resource Management, Water Engineering, Sociology, Geography with at least three (3) years of working experience in social or environmental related field.

 Have relevant social safeguards implementation experience, preferably in agriculture development projects; including the development and implementation of environmental and social safeguards instruments (RAPs, EIAs, ESIAs, ESMPs, etc);
 Knowledge and experience working with World Bank safeguards policies and instruments; or with similar standards and policies of other multilateral development institutions such as IFAD, AfDB, EU etc will be an important advantage.

Communication skills:

Have a very good communication skills (written and oral) in English and Kinyarwanda. Good knowledge of French will be an advantage;

Management skills:

Have well developed planning and organization skills and good ability in working productively in a team environment of diverse backgrounds;

Other skills:

(i) Quantitative and analytic skills, (ii) Working knowledge of Microsoft programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), (ii) Ability to manage priorities and be detail-orientated within a dynamic, fast-paced environment, (iv) Work in a team environment to determine and or review ideas to find solutions to problems, (v) Ability to work independently with little or no supervision while maintaining a high, (vi) level of efficiency and still upholding a team mentality, and, (vii) knowledge of Gender-wide topics, specially GBV, SEA, VAC and SH.

Reporting

The Environmental Social Safeguards officer will report to the District Project Coordinator with a copy to CDAT Project Manager and the Environmental & Social Safeguards team at central level.