Social Safeguards Specialist at Ministry of Trade and Industry (MINICOM): (Deadline 28 November 2024)

– Support and guide the activities of Social Safeguard at institutional level and project level; – Prepare, Update, implement and supervise the resettlement action plans; – Provides technical support within the Project Management Unit (PMU) on social safeguards compliances under the National and World Bank guidelines; – Ensure effective integration of social safeguard considerations into all aspects of identification, consultation, planning and implementation of project activities; – Coordinate and liaise with the development partners to ensure effective mainstreaming of social safeguard issues into the implementation of project activities; – Provide support on social risk management including requirement for compliance with ESMF/RPF/SEP/RAP requirements such as review clearance, disclosure and reporting; – Ensure that Project activities are consistent in their approaches to social safeguard issues, thereby supporting full blending at the operational level; – Enforce the compliance with the Environmental, Social, Health and Safety development partner policies; – Ensure quality assurance at key stages in ESF document preparation and implementation through review of initial screening, development of preparation of ESF instrument and process of implementation. This also includes review of TORs for studies, assessments (e.g. ESIAs, RAPs) and review of project related documents, assessment of site conditions and stakeholder consultations, etc. – Provide input to the development of operational manuals and develop tools, guideline, and checklists for strengthening project safeguard management – Work closely with officials of District and sectors in all process of social safeguards; – Review the Planning and procurement procedures to ensure that (i) the social requirements are properly reflected and costed in contract documents, (ii) social safeguards milestones are included in the contractor’s certificates for payment; – Ensure that social safeguard related modules are incorporated in the training and capacity building programs at all the levels; – Conduct site visits and ensures risk associated with child labor, community health and safety are adequately addressed and functionality of GRM; – Follow up the establishment and functionality of Grievance Redress Mechanisms in place and the major issues related to the projects; – Defining, and subsequently monitoring, suitable social safeguard indicators for Projects; – Ensuring regular interaction with the External Consultants / Development partners Mission / stakeholders on social safeguard aspects; – Develop guidelines for periodic reporting on safeguards by implementing agencies and ensure compliance with safeguard instruments; – Develop/review training materials on social safeguards for use by the implementing Districts; – The specialist will closely work with the Environment staff of the Implementing Partner and the Government on deliverables related social safeguards;