ESG, Environmental and Social Management Consultant

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🕒 September 3

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

💼 Consultant

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CGIAR

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1971

🍽️ Food & Beverage

💼 Consulting

🌾 Agriculture

Food & Beverage • Consulting • Agriculture

CGIAR is a global research partnership dedicated to transforming food, land, and water systems to achieve a food-secure future. The organization addresses critical global challenges like climate change, environmental health, and sustainable agriculture through its extensive network of research centers and partnerships. CGIAR focuses on impact areas such as climate adaptation and mitigation, nutrition and food security, environmental health, and social inclusion. With a presence in 89 countries, CGIAR leverages its vast resources and expertise to drive innovation and policy to achieve sustainable development goals.

📋 Description

• Establish CIP's current position against ISO 14001, institutional ESG maturity, GCF environmental and social safeguards readiness, and broader donor requirements. • Deliver a validated current-state and maturity assessment. • Conduct an integrated gap analysis covering ISO, ESG, GCF safeguards, the broader GCF institutional map, and other donors. • Draft CIP's ESG / Environmental & Social Management Policy. • Provide a management briefing on findings and recommend the scope and sequencing of Phases 2 and 3. • Complete the Phase 1 Diagnose and Frame engagement as a self-contained consultancy over 25 working days.

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced degree or equivalent professional qualification in environmental management, ESG, sustainability, environmental and social safeguards, climate finance, international development, or a related field. • Demonstrated experience with ISO 14001 systems and conducting ISO readiness/gap assessments. • At least 10 years of substantive experience with environmental and social management systems and safeguards, and strong knowledge of IFC Performance Standards or comparable MDB safeguard frameworks. • Familiarity with GCF environmental, social and institutional requirements, and with gender, stakeholder engagement, grievance and safeguarding requirements in international development. • Experience with ESG/ESMS institutional maturity assessments, policy and roadmap development, and integrating safeguards into project and partner-management processes. • Ability to translate international standards into proportionate operational requirements. • Excellent written and spoken English, with strong facilitation and communication skills at senior-management level. • Desirable: Experience with CGIAR, international agricultural research organizations, MDBs, climate-finance institutions, or similarly decentralized international organizations.

🏖️ Benefits

• An excellent, collaborative working environment