Safeguard Officer At CTG (Committed To Good)

CTG overview

CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions. With past performance in 17 countries – from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia, we have placed more than 20,000 staff all over the world since operations began in 2006.

CTG recruits, deploys and manages the right people with the right skills to implement humanitarian and development projects, from cleaners to obstetricians, and mechanics to infection specialists, we’re skilled in emergency response to crises such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Key to successful project delivery is the ability to mobilise at speed; CTG can source and deploy anyone, anywhere, in less than 2 weeks and have done so in 48 hours on a number of occasions.

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Overview of position

Somalia Urban Resilience Project II (SURP II) is a municipal governance & infrastructure development project financed by the World Bank & its partners, aimed at improving access to urban infrastructure & strengthening municipal governance in Somalia. The government of Somalia, through the Benadir Regional Administration (Mogadishu) representing multiple cities has selected our client to provide the consulting services for the urban transport infrastructure works to be executed by the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) of the respective municipalities under the project. The works involve construction of urban roads to bitumen standards, construction of bridges / drainage works & installation of street lights, by the contractors engaged by the respective PIU. Our client assists the PIUs in the contracts management, supervision of works implementation by the contractors as well as in other technical areas related to the project activities. The scope of our clients engagement is to provide technical assistance to the PIUs in the works implementation & contracts managements in the areas of design review, technical supervision, performance monitoring, quality control etc., as well as contributing to PIUs capacity building.

Role objectives

The Safeguard Specialist will coordinate the implementation & monitoring and reporting of environmental & social safeguards instruments across the multiple cities. The specific roles & responsibilities are:

• Coordinate the work of the Environmental & Social Safeguards Officers working at city level.
• Report to the Project Manager & advise him / her on the implementation of safeguard instruments.
• Collaborate with the PIU’s Environmental & Social Safeguard Specialist for the preparation of the project level instruments such as ESMP / SEP, RAP, LMP, SMP etc.
• Ensure that project activities are undertaken in full compliance with the World Bank’s environmental & social standards.
• Manage social & environmental related data collection, monitoring & reporting activities.
• Engage in environmental & social safeguard framework & plans awareness raising among the community members & IPs to seek full support to the plan’s implementation.
• Advise the Resident Engineer on environmental & social safeguard non compliances & improvement opportunities for communicating with the PIU.
• Participate in PIU staff capacity building through knowledge sharing & on the job training on environmental & social safeguard related areas.
• Perform other related duties as directed by the Project Manager.

Expected outputs include but are not limited to:

• The effective & successful achievement of results by the Safeguard Specialist directly impacts on achievement of the projects & consequently reinforces the visibility & image of our client as an effective service provider in project services, management & strengthens its competitive position as a partner of choice in sustainable development & project services.

Project reporting

• The Safeguard Specialist will report to the Project Manager.

Key competencies

• Bachelor degree in environmental or social related area is required, a master’s degree would be an asset & may substitute for 2 of the required years of experience.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in environmental & social impact assessment / management is required.
• Community consultation experience is required.
• Good communication skills.
• Fluency in English & Somali are required.
• Good report writing skills are required.
• Familiarity & experience with the application of World Bank safeguards framework in development projects is an advantage.
• Full working knowledge of English is essential.

Team management

• This role has no team management responsibility.

Further information

• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.