Senior Associate Safeguards Officer Environment

As a (Senior)/Affiliate Safeguards Officer (Surroundings) you’ll independently present technical help to (i) be certain that assigned sovereign and nonsovereign initiatives below processing and implementation adjust to ADB’s environmental safeguard necessities; (ii) contribute to the interdepartmental coverage discussions within the space of environmental safeguards, session and participation and engagement with civil society; and (iii) develop associated information services to be used by ADB’s debtors and purchasers.

Venture Administration:

• Make sure the adoption, implementation, and monitoring of ADB’s environmental safeguards insurance policies into initiatives by conducting due diligence impartial and complete evaluation and analysis of undertaking design and implementation, evaluate of safeguard paperwork and general safeguards efficiency of a undertaking in any respect phases of the undertaking cycle.
• At idea evaluate stage, help and contribute to the sector groups by assessing the potential surroundings safeguards impacts at undertaking identification, conducting environmental due diligence, getting ready surroundings safeguards categorization types, and getting ready phrases of reference of consultants.
• Throughout due diligence, conduct a preliminary and detailed evaluate of environmental and social affect evaluation stories, environmental and social administration techniques, environmental and well being and security administration plans, and environmental compliance audits.
• Advise borrower/purchasers on the incorporation of surroundings safeguards within the design and implementation of capital markets, monetary and infrastructure sector initiatives, and on necessities and strategies to boost the standard of varied environmental and well being and security plans to make sure compliance.
• Throughout undertaking administration, leads safeguard evaluate missions for assigned initiatives by compiling related undertaking knowledge; visiting the undertaking web site, documenting conferences with the borrower/shopper, consultants and affected individuals; offering inputs within the preparation of again to workplace stories; conducting a desk evaluate of progress stories, monitoring stories; recommending actions, and measuring and evaluating compliance of initiatives.

Strategic and Planning Work, Data Administration and Networking:

• Assessment related ADB insurance policies, operations manuals, workers directions, tips, and handbooks and suggests measures to make sure consistency with SPS coverage necessities.
• Assist the event of data services, together with the formulation of insurance policies, tips and preparation of handbooks, greatest apply manuals, and many others., by reviewing undertaking design and implementation experiences, liaising with undertaking practitioners and subject-matter consultants, and exterior stakeholders together with civil society.
• Replace the safeguards crew’s database of initiatives to mirror the compliance standing of initiatives, contribute to on-line undertaking knowledge sheets and data paperwork as required, and liaise with line division workers to add the required safeguards documentation for numerous initiatives on the ADB web site.
• Take part in numerous communities of apply and networks, to maintain knowledgeable of tips and processes of different improvement banks and share info with OSFG on developments, when crucial.

General coordination:

• Contribute and help the preparation of finances, exercise plans and work applications.
• Assist the engagement of workers consultants required to help OSFG in reviewing and monitoring compliance with ADB’s environmental safeguards necessities.
• Assist the administration of TA initiatives associated to environmental safeguards by monitoring progress of TA implementation, contracting consultants, supporting the group and implementation of conferences and workshops by formulating finances, exercise plans and work applications, amongst different duties.

Others:

• Carry out different duties as assigned and mirrored within the incumbent’s workplan.

{Qualifications}:

You will have the next:

• Bachelor’s diploma in environmental science or associated fields; ideally with superior coaching
• At the least 6 years of related skilled expertise in an surroundings safeguard-related discipline
• Familiarity with related safeguard insurance policies and environmental safeguard necessities
• Proficiency in environmental evaluation and different associated environmental instruments/methods
• Aptitude to carry out a excessive diploma of analytical and conceptual considering
• Familiarity with environmental dangers related to undertaking processing and administration
• Sturdy planning and organizing expertise to deal with a number of duties with parallel deadlines.
• Means to develop rapport internally and externally in a multicultural surroundings.
• Means to work collaboratively with groups as a constructive crew member.
• Written and verbal proficiency in English and a neighborhood language (as relevant)
• Please check with the hyperlink for ADB Competency Framework for Nationwide Employees Ranges 1, 2 and three

Supply:  https://www.adb.org/careers/240208