Environmental and Social Safeguards Officer

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🌐 Cambodia, Kenya, +1 more countries – Remote

🇰🇭 Cambodia – Remote 🇰🇪 Kenya – Remote 🇧🇷 Brazil – 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 and monitoring of the Environmental and Social Management Framework and Stakeholder Engagement Plan • Ensure WWF’s Environmental and Social Safeguards Framework is incorporated into all project aspects • Conduct yearly environmental and social screening of project activities • Review annual budgets and work plans and recommend risk avoidance and mitigation measures • Conduct stakeholder consultations and support Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ development of safeguards plans • Ensure safeguard documents are prepared, implemented, updated, reviewed, approved, disclosed, and available to stakeholders • Support Component 1 partners with annual screening and mitigation planning • Develop culturally respectful approaches to streamline safeguards planning, monitoring, documentation, and reporting • Provide environmental and social risk-management support during project implementation • Conduct environmental and social safeguards training for project staff and partner organizations • Participate in missions and technical visits and support compliance with relevant environmental and social policies • Collaborate with MEL and GESI officers on safeguards indicators, monitoring, reporting, and data-management tools • Establish and lead implementation of the HCI grievance redress mechanism • Support partners in socializing and implementing culturally appropriate, functional, and accessible grievance mechanisms • Develop Livelihood Restoration Plans when required • Implement stakeholder engagement in collaboration with the Project Manager • Prepare recommendations and methodologies for semi-annual safeguards reporting and annual project implementation reports • Perform other tasks relevant to the assignment

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Anthropology, or related social science, or natural resources management; advanced degree highly preferred • Minimum of 7 years of relevant working experience in social science • Minimum of 5 years of 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 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 for 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, listening, communication, problem-solving, self-organizing, planning, organizing, prioritization, and time-management skills • 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 in Brazil or Kenya • For Cambodia: nationals from South and Southeast Asian countries willing to relocate to Cambodia may apply

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid relocation may be supported for eligible nationals from South and Southeast Asian countries relocating to Cambodia, based on available budget • Visa sponsorship may be supported for eligible nationals from South and Southeast Asian countries relocating to Cambodia, based on available budget • Equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals

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