Environmental and Social Safeguards Officer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil, +2 more countries.

📋 Description

• Oversee the execution of WWF’s Environmental and Social Safeguards Framework throughout all facets of the project.

• Perform annual environmental and social evaluations of project activities.

• Assess and contribute to yearly budgets and work plans.

• Engage in consultations with local stakeholders.

• Assist Indigenous Peoples and local communities in formulating supplementary safeguards plans.

• Ensure the review, approval, disclosure, preparation, implementation, updating, and accessibility of safeguard documents.

• Aid Component 1 partners in conducting annual environmental and social evaluations and mitigation planning.

• Collaborate with Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ organizations to streamline safeguards planning, execution, monitoring, documentation, and reporting.

• Evaluate work plans and budgets to avert or mitigate social and environmental risks.

• Provide environmental and social risk management assistance alongside the GESI Officer.

• Counsel the Global Coordination Unit on environmental and social matters and mitigation strategies.

• Facilitate environmental and social safeguards training for project personnel and partner organizations.

• Engage in missions and technical visits.

• Work with WWF Environmental and Social Specialists to ensure project adherence to pertinent policies.

• Collaborate with the MEL Officer to incorporate ESMF and SEP indicators into monitoring and evaluation frameworks.

• Establish and spearhead the implementation of the HCI grievance redress mechanism.

• Assist partners in promoting the HCI grievance redress mechanism and developing culturally appropriate sub-project mechanisms.

• Create Livelihood Restoration Plans as needed.

• Execute stakeholder engagement in accordance with the Stakeholder Engagement Plan.

• Design data collection methodologies for semi-annual environmental and social safeguards reporting.

• Formulate environmental and social risk monitoring checklists and data management systems.

• Report directly to the Project Manager in the Global Coordination Unit.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Anthropology, or a related social science, or in natural resources management; advanced degree is highly favored.

• At least 7 years of relevant professional experience in the social science domain.

• A minimum of 5 years of directly applicable experience addressing Indigenous Peoples or local community issues, particularly in environmental and social safeguards.

• Practical experience in the design of environmental and social safeguard planning and monitoring tools.

• Proven history of culturally sensitive and respectful, community-centered collaboration with Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

• Knowledge of relevant international policies and methodologies for environmental and social safeguarding.

• Strong participatory and facilitation skills for leading stakeholder consultations and participatory planning.

• Demonstrated experience in qualitative and quantitative data analysis and associated tools.

• Background in conservation or development program and project implementation.

• Exceptional ability to manage project planning, execution, and evaluation.

• Previous involvement with similar donor-funded projects is advantageous.

• Superior command of English, including the ability to write clearly and concisely at a technical level.

• Proficiency or working knowledge of Spanish, French, and/or Portuguese is strongly preferred.

• Experience working in distributed teams, ideally across various time zones and cultures.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to cultivate and maintain robust relationships at all levels.

• Strong teamwork and soft skills, including interpersonal, ethical, listening, communication abilities, proactive problem-solving, self-organization, planning, prioritization, and efficient time management.

• Proficiency in MS Office is required.

• Willingness to travel regularly to engage with partners is essential.

• Applicants for Brazil or Kenya must be nationals currently residing and legally authorized to work in Brazil or Kenya.

• Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the job’s location.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid relocation: None.

• Employment visa sponsorship and relocation are not provided for Brazil or Kenya.

• WWF-Cambodia may offer support for visa sponsorship and relocation costs based on the available budget for eligible applicants.