Dutystation: Multiple (Cap Haiten and Les Cayes), Haiti
Functional responsibilities
A key part of the Programme is to improve Environmental and Social Safeguard Managementperformance by identifying, preventing or mitigating adverse impacts on the environment and on the communities and supporting project deliveries in a sustainable manner. Cities Alliance and its partners intend to manage the environmental and social risks and impacts throughout the life cycle of projects in a systematic manner that leads to continuous improvement and development of local capacity. Additionally, Cities Alliance/UNOPS must comply with the environmental policies and frameworks of its Key partner USAID Environmental and Social safeguards and stakeholder requirements around social safeguards policies and frameworks of bilateral and multilateral donor agencies, governments.
The Environment and Social Safeguard Specialist will be responsible for assisting Cities Alliance and its implementing partners in Haiti in identifying interactions of the programme, projects with the environment and social dimension, defining the associated impacts of these interactions and proposing mitigation measures as well as protocols for implementing them in compliance with the UNOPS and USAID ESMS and adopting relevant guidelines applicable to the programme context.
The Environmental and Social Safeguard Specialist will be responsible for:
Ensuring compliance with Environmental and social safeguards policies of bilateral and multilateral donor agencies as well as local regulations.
Ensure that consideration for social and gender issues is streamlined in project implementations.
Providing support in procurement, management and monitoring for implementation of the ESMS
Support monitoring and reporting activities
In addition to the above specific tasks the specialist will also
The specialist engaged in monitoring and reporting on UNOPS and USAID environmental and social safeguard plans. S/he will work under the supervision of the Local Coordinator and the Urban Development Specialist to ensure alignment to Cities Alliance/UNOPS and USAID tools, approaches and systems.
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