Overview
The Environmental Specialist will focus on environmental and social risk management, implementing the World Bank’s environmental and social risk management policies and building national systems and capacity.
Tasks Summary
- Ensure the effective integration of environment, health, and safety into the design, preparation, appraisal, and implementation of World Bank-supported projects.
- Oversee compliance with World Bank Group EHS guidelines, IFC Performance Standards, and other relevant frameworks.
- Guide and support clients and counterparts in preparing project documents, including Environmental and Social Commitment Plans (ESCPs), Labor management plans (LMP), Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs), Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs), Stakeholder Engagement Plans (SEPs), Project Implementation Manuals (PIMs), and others.
- Support timely and accurate disclosure procedures and public consultation for all required environmental assessment and management instruments.
- Provide guidance on specialized plans (e.g., Biodiversity, waste management, occupational & community health and safety, dam safety).
- Organize and deliver needs assessments, capacity building, and technical training on environmental, health, and safety risk management for national agencies, local governments, and public/private sector practitioners.
- Collaborate with other World Bank teams to integrate risk management capacity development into sectoral programs.
- Work closely with the unit’s Lead Environmental and Social Specialists and the CMU ESF Coordinator to ensure quality and consistency in E & S work and risk management across the region.
Experience Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of full-time, relevant professional experience in environmental management, including: (i) Managing environmental, social, health, and safety risks of large infrastructure, extractive, or industrial projects; (ii) applying World Bank Group ESF and/or similar global sustainability frameworks including the preparation of environmental safeguard/risk management documents.
- Technical experience in the management of the environmental, social, health and safety risks of large infrastructure projects (e.g., roads, dams, irrigation, power systems, water systems) is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated project management and operational skills, including occupational health and safety management and working with contractors with varying capacity.
- Experience in capacity building for environmental, health and safety risk management is an advantage.
- Experience working in developing countries, with understanding of institutional/political context and national environmental policy challenges; experience in FCV (Fragile, Conflict, and Violence) countries is beneficial.
Qualification Requirements
• Advanced degree (Master’s) in environmental/natural sciences or environmental/civil engineering with good technical training in related topics such as OHS, solid waste management, civil engineering, pollution prevention and management, biodiversity and conservation, etc.
