Social Safeguards Specialist Under Contract at CommercializationmDe-Risking for Agricultural Transformation Project: (Deadline 24 January 2023)

Social Safeguards Specialist Under Contract at CommercializationmDe-Risking for Agricultural Transformation Project: (Deadline 24 January 2023)

Job description

Overall function of the position

Reporting to the Project Manager, she / he will be responsible for Identifying and Overseeing Social Safeguard issues and implementing appropriate rehabilitation and resettlement implementation activities in the project area. She will work closely with District staff, especially Rural Engineers, Land Husbandry and Community Development Officer.

Specific Duties of the Position

 To support and guide the activities of Social Safeguard at the central level;
 To Prepare, supervise and implement the resettlement action plans;
 To Ensure effective integration of social safeguard considerations into all aspects of identification, consultation, planning and implementation of project activities;
 To Coordinate and liaise with the World Bank to ensure effective mainstreaming of social safeguard issues into the implementation of project activities;
 To ensure that Project activities are consistent in their approaches to social safeguard issues, thereby supporting full blending at the operational level;
 To work closely with officials of Districts and Sectors in all process of social safeguard;
 To prepare all documents related to process of social safeguard activities (MoU, grants agreements, etc)
 To ensure that social safeguard related modules are incorporated in the training and capacity building programs at all the levels;
 To contribute to identify suitable consultants/institutions to be used on technical support activities and training & capacity building related to social safeguard aspects;
 Defining, and subsequently monitoring, suitable social safeguard indicators for Projects;
 Providing social safeguard inputs to monitoring, evaluation, and reporting activities;
 Ensuring regular interaction with the External Consultants / World Bank Mission stakeholders on social safeguard aspects;

Qualification and other requirements

 Master’s Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Sociology, Environmental Engineering Science, Natural Resources Management, Soil and environmental Management with special emphasis on community development;
 Three (3) years’ experience in environmental and social management of community development projects for Master’s Degree and five (5) years’ experience in environmental and social management of community development projects for bachelor’s degree
 Ability to work under pressure and to coordinate and link with multi-disciplinary experts;
 Ability to communicate in Kinyarwanda and English or French is required, proficiency in all three languages would be an advantage;
 Computer Literacy – familiarity and ease in using computer and various software programs would be an advantage.