Environment specialist job opportunity at Kigali City. Deadline 13/05/2024

• Job responsibilities

  Key duties and responsibilities Working with Team and the various contractors to ensure EMPs are being adhered to; highlighting problems identified and informing the Team Leader, Contracts Engineer and liaising with REMA as necessary; preparing environmental sections of Quarterly progress reports. • Providing safeguards expertise to the SPIU Projects; • Preparing internal environmental and social guidelines for the preparation, implementation, monitoring and reporting of environmental documents required by various safeguards instruments; • Reviewing ESMF and coordinating the development and implementation of the ESMP, ESIAs, and other environmental safeguards in compliance with relevant safeguards policies of the Government of Rwanda and the World Bank; • Conduct analysis of technical feasibility of projects review process, with particular emphasis on environmental issues; • Providing recommendations to KUUT and make necessary changes prior to submission of relevant safeguard instruments to the World Bank, ensure consistency in the level of proficiency and presentation of the documentation; • Supporting CoK/SPIU in the review of documentation pertaining to environmental compliance with a focus on bidding documents, reviews on-site, reports from contractors, supervisor etc. during project implementation; • Contribute to project progress reports pertaining to overall implementation of environmental requirements of the project, including prevention and mitigation; • Coordinating and facilitating the work of consultants engaged to carry out environmental and social impact assessments and monitoring of safeguards instruments implementation; • Preparing training materials, and conducting technical training workshops to contractors and consultants on environmental safeguards requirements; • Undertaking field visits to ascertain if ESMP and the grievance redress mechanisms established for the project are functioning appropriately and the individual projects are implemented in an environmentally sustainable manner; • Collation of appropriate performance and monitoring indicators to input into the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework of the project with emphasis on environment performance; • Preparation of Quarterly/Annual Environment Monitoring and Evaluation reports • Support the documentation of successes, challenges and lessons-learnt in in cok projects implementation • Perform any other related task as shall be designated to you. • Reports to CoK-SPIU Coordinator.

  Minimum qualifications

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• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Sciences

  7 Years of relevant experience

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• Master’s Degree in Environmental Sciences

  5 Years of relevant experience

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• Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Management

  7 Years of relevant experience

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• Master's Degree in Environmental Management

  5 Years of relevant experience

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• Bachelor's Degree in Water and Sanitation

  7 Years of relevant experience

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• Bachelor's degree Environmental chemistry

  7 Years of relevant experience

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• Master's Degree in Water and sanitation Technology

  5 Years of relevant experience

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• • Master's Degree in Environmental Chemistry

    5 Years of relevant experience

  Required competencies and key technical skills

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• Resource management skills

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• Analytical skills

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• Problem solving skills

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• Decision making skills

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• Risk management skills

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• Results oriented

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• Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage.

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• knowledge of computer modeling software

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• Digital literacy skills

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