Environmental and Social Safeguards Officer

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🌐 Brazil, Cambodia, +1 more countries – Remote

🇧🇷 Brazil – Remote 🇰🇭 Cambodia – Remote 🇰🇪 Kenya – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

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World Wildlife Fund is the world’s leading conservation organization, dedicated to protecting natural areas and wild populations of plants and animals, including endangered species. With a global reach spanning 100 countries and supported by over 6 million members worldwide, WWF works to promote sustainable resource use, reduce pollution, and address the planet's conservation challenges through collaboration and innovative solutions.

📋 Description

• Lead implementation of WWF’s Environmental and Social Safeguards Framework across all aspects of the project • Conduct yearly environmental and social screening of project activities • Review and provide input into annual budgets and work plans • Conduct consultations with local stakeholders • Support Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ development of additional safeguards plans • Ensure review, approval, disclosure, preparation, implementation, updating, and availability of safeguard documents • Support Component 1 partners with annual environmental and social screening and mitigation planning • Troubleshoot with Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ organizations to streamline safeguards planning, implementation, monitoring, documentation, and reporting • Review work plans and budgets to ensure avoidance or mitigation of social and environmental risks • Provide environmental and social risk management support with the GESI Officer • Advise the Global Coordination Unit on environmental and social issues and mitigation measures • Conduct environmental and social safeguards training for project staff and partner organizations • Participate in missions and technical visits • Work with WWF Environmental and Social Specialists to ensure project compliance with relevant policies • Collaborate with the MEL Officer on integrating ESMF and SEP indicators into monitoring and evaluation plans • Establish and lead implementation of the HCI grievance redress mechanism • Support partners in socializing the HCI grievance redress mechanism and developing culturally appropriate sub-project mechanisms • Develop Livelihood Restoration Plans when required • Implement stakeholder engagement under the Stakeholder Engagement Plan • Design data collection methodology for semi-annual environmental and social safeguards reporting • Develop environmental and social risk monitoring checklists and data management processes • Report to the Project Manager in the Global Coordination Unit

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Anthropology, or related social science, or natural resources management; advanced degree highly preferred • A minimum of 7 years relevant working experience in the field of social science • A minimum of 5 years directly applicable experience working on Indigenous Peoples or local community issues, especially environmental and social safeguards • Hands-on experience in environmental and social safeguard planning and monitoring tool design • Demonstrated track record of culturally sensitive and respectful, community-centered collaboration with Indigenous Peoples and local communities • Familiarity with relevant international policies and methods for environmental and social safeguarding • Strong participatory and facilitation skills in leading stakeholder consultations and participatory planning • Proven experience with qualitative and quantitative data analysis and tools • Experience in conservation or development program and project implementation • Excellent capacity to manage project planning, implementation and evaluation • Previous experience with similar donor-funded projects is an advantage • Excellent command of English, including ability to write clearly and concisely at technical level • Fluency or working knowledge of Spanish, French, and/or Portuguese strongly preferred • Experience working in distributed teams, ideally across multiple time zones and cultures • Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to develop and maintain strong relationships at all levels • Teamwork and strong soft skills, including interpersonal, ethical, listening and communication skills, proactive problem solving, self-organizing, planning, organizing, setting priorities, and efficient use of time • Computer literacy in MS Office required • Willingness to travel regularly to engage with partners required • Applicants for Brazil or Kenya must be nationals currently based and legally authorized to work in Brazil or Kenya • Applicants must be legally authorized 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 be able to support visa sponsorship and relocation costs based on available budget for eligible applicants

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