Job #102472
Job Title: Environmental Safeguards Specialist
Job Family: Environment

Specific Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• During project preparation, identify which of the Bank’s safeguards policies will be triggered and which instruments are best suited to comply with these policies. Subsequently, assist the borrower/project implementing agency in preparing these instruments, review them for quality and present them to sector management and/or the East Asia Regional Safeguards Secretariat for approval. The environmental safeguards specialist will also be expected to contribute well-written summaries of key safeguards instruments for inclusion in project documentation;
• During project implementation, supervise compliance with the Bank’s safeguards policy by building effective working relationships with the borrower/project implementing agency to ensure proper understanding of the policies. The environmental safeguards specialist will be expected to help the borrower/implementing agency apply the safeguards policies effectively.
• During both preparation and implementation, the environmental safeguards specialist will go beyond narrow policy compliance to look for opportunities to improve the environmental outcomes of the project he/she is supporting and indeed the whole portfolio of Bank engagements.
• Provision of inputs to various environmental strategy documents, OP 8.60 reviews for development policy loans, and wider sectoral reviews of environmental and social impacts that go beyond specific projects.
• Provision of training and mentioning to junior environmental specialists in order to strengthen the capacity of the Jakarta-office safeguards team.

Selection Criteria

The selected candidate should have the following qualifications:

• Master’s degree or equivalent academic qualification in a relevant discipline, e.g. environmental engineering, environmental economics, biology, etc.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in the environmental sector, preferably assessing environmental impacts around infrastructure or agriculture projects;
• Excellent knowledge of environmental legislation and institutions in Indonesia;
• Prior familiarity with World Bank safeguards policies and their interpretation will be a distinct advantage;
• Familiarity with social safeguards issues (particularly field experience with involuntary resettlement) will also be an advantage.
• The ideal candidate will also have the following skills:
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams based in multiple locations on diverse and complex tasks;
• Strong client orientation with the ability to build an understanding with implementing agency counterparts on the value-added of Bank safeguards;
• A drive for results while working with limited supervision and under tight timelines;
• A penchant for solving problems rather than merely identifying them;
• An ability to think innovatively and negotiate effectively;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Bahasa Indonesia (an English writing sample is requested upon application);
• Willingness to travel within Indonesia as well as internationally as necessary.

Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Closing Date: 17-Jan-2011

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