Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
  About us:
Cities and Infrastructure for Growth (CIGZambia) is a facility that provides high-quality independent technical advice and assistance to Zambian government bodies and private sector organisations engaged in projects /programmes that help harness the potential of Zambia’s cities and towns to act as drivers for economic growth and job creation. CIGZambia is funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID).
The overall programme objectives are:
• increasing urban productivity
• improving inclusive access to urban economic infrastructure services
• increasing investment into urban economic infrastructure services
• enhancing national and regional integration between cities
Talented, committed and responsible people from diverse backgrounds are essential for us to fulfil our purpose of reimagining Zambia. We strive to unleash the power of our people and we cultivate an organisational culture that is inspired, curious and empowered.
Bioenergy definition: We define bioenergy as a source of energy derived from forest land, forest, manure and municipality waste or energy crops for electricity, heat or transport.
About you:
• You are an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Specialist with additional knowledge on Gender and Gender Mainstreaming and you have provided technical assistance to donor funded projects.
• The biggest benefits of this role are, having to contribute to shaping the potential bioenergy market in Zambia by defining the scope and potential for growth in this sector.
• The biggest challenge of this role will be multitasking and completing documents to adhere to international “client-ready” levels.
• The current team around this role is made up of a bioenergy feedstock experts, strategic planning & business development, project funding, household/medium/large bioenergy experts, demand expert, gender/social/climate change experts, government procedures expert, monitoring & evaluation and behavioural change communication expert. The team, in general, describes themselves as passionate, adaptable and ultimately, capable.
About the Role – Main purpose and scope of work:
• Improving the capability of clients in all areas of ESIA implementation using the International Finance Corporation (IFC) assessment framework.

Duties and key responsibilities:
• Assist the Implementing Company in fulfilling its obligations under the relevant grant agreements.
• Assist the Bioenergy Team in all issues related to Gender, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment towards implementation of the bioenergy projects in Zambia.
• Assist the Implementing Company in the implementation of the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) and the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP).
• Assist the Implementing Agency/Company in the sensitization of project area inhabitants on communicable diseases environmental protection and support of gender mainstreaming activities.
• Assist the Implementing Agency/Company with implementing road safety education and awareness programs in communities along the project alignment.
• Providing ESIA advice in conjunction with the team leader.
• Project meeting attendance, including stakeholder and public consultations.
• Report writing, including drafting and technical review of reports, ESIA chapters.
• Site inspections and desk based environmental baseline data interpretation.

Job Skills: Not Specified

Required Qualifications / Minimum Requirements:
• A Bachelor’s degree, in Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources Management or related field.
• >5 years of experience being involved in a project of similar or related nature, size, and complexity, with national or local governments, NGOs, or donors; preference given to a candidate who has worked in devolved bioenergy settings.
• 10+ years of experience in assessing environmental and social impacts of medium to large scale infrastructure and economic development projects in developing countries.
• Experience in using the IFC’s environmental and social impact assessment framework to execute environmental and social impact assessments for small-scale to large scale development projects in developing countries.
• Familiarity and understanding of DFID policies and procedures, or those of other donors, or those of donor-funded projects; community-based projects; or corporate social responsibility projects.
• Proven relevant working experience in Zambia.
• Worked for 2 organisations (> 2 years’ experience with each).
• Working knowledge of MS Excel Formulas.
• Working knowledge of MS Word Styles.
• Working knowledge of MS PowerPoint Shape Formatting.
• Capable of sitting for hours behind a computer screen to put in the work.
• Capable to conduct field work in rural areas/environment.

Job Education Requirements: A Bachelor’s degree.

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
Please send your CV to admin@cigzambia.onmicrosoft.com . For CV to be considered, subject line in email must be completed as follows: Job Title – Candidate: Last Name First Name. Highest Degree, years of work experience in highest degree. In 3 words why you apply.

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