I-GENERAL Responsibilities:
Objective:
The Environment, Social, Health and Safety officer is responsible for overall environmental and social aspects of the project and for coordinating, implementing actions, monitoring and reporting on the projects’ compliance with the environmental and social standards and commitments according to the Project documents.
The ESHS officer will be responsible for ensuring that the Project’s outcomes are achieved, and that any adverse impacts are effectively avoided and/or mitigated in a timely manner. Duties/responsibilities of the ESHS officer include, but are not limited to:
- Undertake the implementation, monitoring and reporting of ESHS measures to ensure compliance with the ESHS requirements.
- Ensure implementation of the Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) and the ESHS instruments including the Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) and the Rapid ESHS Assessment.
- Review, and ensure sure that relevant aspects of the ESCP and ESHS risk management instruments are duly incorporated into the procurement documents.
- Work with the project procurement staff to ensure that environmental and social aspects are incorporated as appropriate in contracts for goods and services and that suppliers and contractors are fully aware of their responsibilities in this regard.
- Ensure that the necessary environmental authorizations and permits are obtained where needed.
- Support with monitoring to ensure that the consultants and contractors comply with the environmental and social health and safety (ESHS) specifications of their respective contracts.
- Provide contributions to the regular, semi-annual and annual progress reports on projects’ implementation as Required by the donor (UNICEF).
- In collaboration with the head of monitoring and evaluation manager, and other team members, monitor and report on the implementation of the HER project.
- Lead the organization and implementation of training to project workers on Environmental and Social Standards, stakeholder engagement, GRM, sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment (SEA/SH) and other topics of relevance for ESHS compliance.
- Perform other duties in line with the scope of the project leading to compliance with environmental and social aspects and related instruments.
- Provide trainings as needed take into consideration, the Project instruments and requirements (as applicable) of the ESHS Standards of the Environment, Social, Health, and Safety of the organization.
- Proficiency in Microsoft/Open Office applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint will be necessary to fulfill duties.
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- Ensure that all project staff, sign a Code of Conduct as part of their contracts, including provisions on sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, and violence against children.
- Share Project information and support consultations to ensure that issues are addressed in a timely manner and that project beneficiaries are aware of project activities, in line with the stakeholder engagement process identified.
