Environmental & Social Safequard Officer at County Government of Lamu

REF: LCPSB/ADV/2022/12

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT
For appointment to this grade, the ideal candidates must:

• Be a Kenyan citizen;
• Have Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Climate Change and Climate Systems; Meteorology, Environmental Science/Natural Resources, Environmental Studies and Natural Resource Sciences or related fields from a recognized university;
• Have minimum of two (2) years working experience in Environment and Social Safe Guard;
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience in conducting Environmental assessments and development of effective tools, ability to couch others in the application of the tools;
• Be Member of Environment Institute of Kenya (EIK);
• Have Certificate in computer applications from a recognized Institution; and
• Have shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Specific duties and responsibilities will be as follows:

• Provide technical advice to county and other implementing partners on issues related to social safeguards;
• Develop public education and awareness materials on social safeguards;
• Coordinate capacity building activities on social safeguards at county level;
• Review and update proposal formats and reporting systems in relation to social safeguards where necessary to improve the project implementation process in consultation with the relevant stakeholders;
• Ensure compliance of project intervention with the requirements set out in the safeguard documents (ESMF, VMG, PF, SA, RPF etc.) specific to FLLOCA project;
• Prepare and submit quarterly and annual reports on social safeguards to the fund Administrator in consultation with the implementing partners; and
• Undertake any other duties assigned by the Fund Administrator.