Environmental Specialist

Job Description

Title: Environmental Specialist

Company Name: USAID Host and Impacted Community Resilience Activity (HICRA)

Vacancy: 1

Age: 30 to 55 years

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar

Salary: Tk. 173000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Master of Science (MSc)

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age 30 to 55 years

• At least 5 years working with USAID development programs on environmental risk management

• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing EMMPs

• Master’s degree in environmental management, environmental engineering, environmental science, or similar field.

• Previous experience working in Cox’s Bazar district, and/or the CHT desired.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Fluency in Bangla and English is required.

• Fluency in a regionally appropriate indigenous language is desired.

Skills :

• Strong analytical, strategic, operational, coordination, relationship and communication skills.

• Advanced skills in programme implementation planning, tracking and reporting.

• Excellent skills in coordinating, representation, partnership management and staff management.

• Good report writing, and computer proficiency in MS Office.

• Passionate about taking on challenges, applying innovative approaches and learning

• Highly versatile, ability to work well under pressure and to manage a variety of issues at the same time

• Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural skills.

Competencies:-

• Leading and inspiring others,-

• Delivering results,-

• Developing self and others,-

• Problem solving and decision making,- I

• Motivating and adapting-

• Inclusive-

• Empowering

Cox’s Bazar and the three Chittagong Hill Tract (CHT) districts are among the lowest ranked in Bangladesh for education, skills training, food security, poverty and agricultural productivity. The situation has worsened since 2017, with the Rohingya refugee influx, which has put enormous pressure on the local economies, resulting in loss of livelihoods, depressed local wages, increased food insecurity and distorted local market systems. The increased population has also put severe pressure on already limited resources. There is a need for safe drinking water and sanitation facilities. Forests have become degraded negatively affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Moreover, these districts are prone to natural disasters including fires, flash floods, landslides, extreme heat and drought. Cox’s Bazar experiences these as well as rising sea levels, salinification of soil and water, and tropical cyclones.In response, USAID’s Host and Impacted Communities Resilience Activity (HICRA) led by Friends In Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB) will take an integrated approach to improve the overall well-being and resilience of people residing in the communities hosting or impacted by the Rohingya refugee crisis. HICRA will achieve this goal through the implementation of livelihoods; water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); natural resource management (NRM); and disaster risk reduction (DRR) interventions with an estimated 114,000 households across the four prioritised districts, Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati, and Kargarachari.

ROLE

The Environmental Specialists will ensure that HICRA activities are compliant with USAID regulations, develop, implement and update the Activity’s Environmental Monitoring and Mitigation Plan (EMMP), and lead all environmental reporting. The candidate will be responsible for developing, modifying, implementing and reporting on the plan. This will entail developing work plans, detailed implementation plans (DIPs), and providing training to the activity partners and staff in relation to the USAID environmental regs, EMMP and overall environmental compliance.

The candidate will work closely with the Cox’s Bazar Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) and other technical leads to ensure environmental oversight and compliance for all program activities, i.e., agriculture, IGAs, disaster risk reduction, WASH, natural resources management. S/he will provide technical leadership on environmental matters including reviewing documentation, conducting site visits and providing recommendations to mitigate environmental risks. S/he will review the construction implementation plan and all construction projects (the plan, contract and spot checks on the projects themselves). The candidate will collect, develop, and/or adapt environmental training materials (including training the trainers), train staff in environmental compliance, build the capacity of frontline staff to identify, monitor and mitigate environmental concerns, and contribute to reporting. The candidate will create an enabling environment for collaboration, learning and adaptation, contribute to staff capacity building and support localization. This position will also provide the inclusive and well-orchestrated leadership necessary to meet the complex needs of HICRA’s EMMP participants in cost efficient ways. This includes collaborating with various stakeholders including the Government of Bangladesh, other USAID activities, traditional leaders, UPG communities and HICRA consortium partners. S/he will apply strategic and analytical skills to accomplish goals and meet objectives, and demonstrate initiative and willingness to work together in partnership with the consortium and all key stakeholders. The Technical Lead will ensure activities are completed as per plan, meet USAID requirements, and maintain good relations with all.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: DCOP

Dimensions: Cox’s Bazar at least 40% field visit, occasional trips to Dhaka

Staff directly indirectly reporting to this post: None

Key contacts: Other Technical Leads, MEL staff, DCOP, Construction Contractors, NRM team

Main Areas of Responsibilities:

• Lead development and implementation of Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan
• Develop work plan, detailed implementation plans, etc. in relation to environmental compliance
• Develop curricula, train staff
• Engage and manage staff and consultants as necessary
• Manage time and costs to maximize efficiency and impact
• Provide weekly updates on progress against plans
• Lead USAID and GOB environmental reporting
• Ensure environmental compliance plays specific attention to GYSI and protection/safeguarding approaches
• Coordinate with the technical sectors (income generation, agriculture, WASH, NRM, and DRR) to ensure they can identify, monitor and mitigate environmental risks
• Collaborate with MEL on EMMP data collection
• Lead Environmental monitoring in partnership with the MEL team
• Troubleshoot and adaptively manage interventions to mitigate risk, while ensuring the project meets milestones on time.
• Elevate concerns, challenges and issues.

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• Weekly 2 holidays, Mobile bill, Provident fund, Gratuity

• As per the project policy of FIVDB and the budgeted provision of this project.