Environmental and Social Safeguards Officer

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🌐 Cambodia, Kenya, +1 more countries – Remote

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

⏰ Full Time

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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 and monitoring of WWF’s Environmental and Social Safeguards Framework, Environmental and Social Management Framework, and Stakeholder Engagement Plan • Conduct yearly environmental and social screening of project activities • Review and provide input on annual budgets and work plans • Conduct consultations with local stakeholders • Support Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ development of additional safeguards plans • Ensure safeguard documents are reviewed, approved, disclosed, prepared, implemented, updated, and available to relevant stakeholders • Support Component 1 partners with annual screening and mitigation planning • Provide individualized support adapted to partners’ sub-projects and cultural, political, and environmental contexts • Streamline safeguards planning, implementation, monitoring, documentation, and reporting while respecting organizational and cultural processes and GEF requirements • Review work plans and budgets to identify and mitigate environmental and social risks • Provide environmental and social risk management support with the GESI Officer • Advise the Global Coordination Unit and Project Manager on environmental protection, mitigation measures, and monitoring programs • Conduct environmental and social safeguards training for project staff and partner organizations • Participate in missions and technical visits • Collaborate with WWF Environmental and Social Specialists to ensure compliance with relevant policies • Collaborate with the MEL Officer on incorporating 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 GCU Stakeholder Engagement Plan • Design data-collection methodology for semi-annual safeguards reporting • Provide monitoring and reporting recommendations for stakeholder engagement in annual project reports • Develop an environmental and social risk-monitoring checklist with MEL and GESI Officers

🎯 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 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 across multiple time zones and cultures • Excellent interpersonal, ethical, listening, and communication skills; proactive problem solving; self-organization; planning; organization; prioritization; efficient time management • Computer literacy in MS Office required • ArcGIS and/or other conservation planning, monitoring, and analysis software is a nice-to-have • Willingness to travel regularly to engage with partners required • Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the job’s location • For Brazil or Kenya, applicants must be nationals currently based and legally authorized to work there • For Cambodia, nationals from South and Southeast Asian countries willing to relocate to Cambodia may also apply

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid relocation: None • WWF-Cambodia may be able to support visa sponsorship and relocation costs for eligible nationals from South and Southeast Asian countries willing to relocate to Cambodia, based on available budget • Equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals

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