Environment Safeguard Specialist

The Environmental Safeguards Specialist will be engaged in the CIU Safeguards Team. The Specialist will be responsible for coordinating tasks, resources and outputs across the portfolio to ensure compliance with World Bank and FSM laws, policies and standards relating to environmental risk management.

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES The Environmental Safeguards Specialist is expected to contribute to day-to-day environmental risk management for projects in the portfolio. The Environmental Safeguards Specialist will contribute to the following at project level:  Project Operations Manual – Prepare and update the environmental risk management inputs for Project Operations Manuals.  Environmental Advisory – Provide expert advice on key environmental issues and actively contribute to Department, CIU and PIU team meetings, project progress, decision making and other tasks relating to the effective delivery of the Project and the effective approaches to managing environmental risks. Provide timely advice to the Project Manager and head of department/division, PIU and key stakeholders. Advise DoFA of any major environmental issues for which urgent measures are needed.  Prepare environmental risk management instruments – Scope, screen and prepare Environmental and Social Management Frameworks, Environmental and Social Impact Assessments, Environmental and Social Commitment Plans, Codes of Practice, audits and other instruments, for project appraisal and/or during project implementation. This includes preparing risk assessments, collecting relevant data, preparing environmental instruments, conducting field work, preparing ToR for consultants, supervising consultants, and contributing to the project design. This work will be completed in close coordination with the Social Specialist and National Safeguards Specialist.  Provide ongoing support for project implementation - This includes implementation of approved environmental and social management plans (as approved during project preparation) throughout the life of the project and could include project monitoring and auditing, site visits, engagement with project PIU, identification and management of unanticipated risks, participation in project missions, engagement with stakeholders (including World Bank teams), and reporting and management of incidents. This work will be completed in close coordination with the Social Specialist and National Safeguards Specialist.  Incident Management – Manage the response to environmental, health and safety incidents and major non-compliances with permits, safeguards instruments, state or federal laws, and World Bank Safeguards Policies or Environmental and Social Framework in collaboration with the Social Specialist and National Safeguards Specialist. Support the relevant PIU to manage any significant environmental incidents on any Project.  Permitting – Identify and apply for environmental permits as necessary to ensure all federal and state laws and regulations are followed.  Review ToRs, Bid Documents, and Contractor ESMPs – Ensure all Project ESMP requirements and World Bank Environment, Health and Safety Guidelines are in the bid documents for civil works. Provide advice to Project Managers as to the capacity of shortlisted Contractors to comply with the ESMP. Review the Contractor’s ESMP and support the Project Manager to recommend for clearance to the World Bank.  Review and Contribute to ToRs and outputs for Technical Assistance, Supervising Engineers, and other specialists engaged by Projects, ensuring the instruments, World Bank Safeguards Policies and Environmental and Social Management Framework are adequately covered, as necessary. Review proposals to ensure sufficiently qualified staff and adequate resources are included. Review and comment on outputs/deliverables to ensure environmental risk management is adequate. Ensure stakeholders are adequately engaged and consulted in all technical advisory components.

COORDINATION OF WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL PORTFOLIO

Program Management – Prepare and manage a work plan that covers the portfolio risk management actions, timelines, milestones, critical paths using a variety of project management tools. This should include activities at the project and portfolio level. Update on a monthly basis and report to the CIU Program Manager.  Project Annual Work Plans – Contribute to the inclusion of environmental and social risk management activities in the annual work plans for each project in the portfolio. Identify tasks, activities, milestones, outputs and resources for each Project and associated timeframes. Support the Project Manager and CIU Program Manager to identify and allocate resources (consultants, staff, funds, equipment) to ensure all tasks and activities can be completed in the period of the work plan. Coordinate with the CIU Safeguards Team members as required.  Assist the National Safeguards Specialist and Social Specialist to fulfil their duties, as outlined in the ToRs for those roles.  Assist in the Recruitment and Management of additional and/or specialist Environmental and Social Consultants – Scope the work required and prepare terms of reference for individual and firm consultants. This may include technical, or specialist services associated with the preparation of instruments (e.g. Environmental and Social Impact Assessments, Land Due Diligence Reports), provision of monitoring or surveying services, consultation services etc. Review and evaluate proposals from consultants. Manage the quality and timeliness of consultant’s work, to World Bank, DoFA, Implementing Agencies and relevant FSM government standards. Technical review of draft and final deliverables. Coordinate reviews by World Bank task team.  Stakeholder Engagement, Consultations and Disclosure – The Environmental Safeguards Specialist is to assist the Social Specialist to work constructively and maintain relationships with key stakeholders such as State EPA’s, World Bank, relevant Federal and State Departments and local and national NGO’s. The purpose is to build capacity and awareness raising of the World Bank portfolio and the application of the ESF and to strengthen in-country safeguards systems.  Training and Capacity Building – Develop and maintain an environmental and social capacity building plan for the FSM portfolio in conjunction with the National Safeguard Specialist and the Social Specialist. Provide on-going mentoring, on-thejob training, formal training events, knowledge sharing and awareness raising, on such topics as: the World Bank Safeguards Policies and ESF, implementation of environmental and social instruments, roles and responsibilities of team members and stakeholders. Capacity building may be for the benefit of junior and / or local environmental and social team members, PIU team members, Implementing Agency staff, State EPAs, relevant Federal and State Departments and local and national NGO’s. Update and report on capacity building activities and outcomes to the CIU Program Manager every 6 months.  Support the Social Specialist with the implementation of Project Grievance Redress Mechanisms (GRM) – In coordination the CIU Social Specialist and Project Managers, support the management and closure of grievances and complaints where they have been escalated from the PIU.