Safeguards Specialist (Resettlement) - Asian Development Bank - Manila, Philippines

Energy Division, SERD, Southeast Asia Department

Closing Date: 11 January 2013 , 5:00 p.m. (1700 Manila Time, 0900 GMT)

Job Purpose:

Develop, implement and administer loan-financed, technical assistance (TAs) projects, and non-lending products and services, ensuring compliance with safeguards on involuntary resettlement and indigenous people. Contribute to the development of policy and strategies addressing social development and protection. Work with broad policies and objectives, working directly with clients, with supervision for critical tasks.

Expected Outcomes

a. Strategy and Planning
- Provide information and analyses towards the development of sector policy and strategies, with proper consideration for their impact on social development and protection, particularly on involuntary resettlement.
- Contribute information and analyses for economic and sector work and interdepartmental working groups on social development and protection.
b. Project Management
- Take responsibility for the resettlement aspects of loans and projects in ensuring compliance with safeguards on involuntary resettlement, under the overall guidance and direction of project tasks managers.
- Identify opportunities for ADB assistance aimed at operationalizing policies on involuntary resettlement.
- Provide advice related to involuntary resettlement to executing agencies on project preparation and implementation.
c. Knowledge Sharing
- Participate in and contribute to internal and external training and conferences on social development and protection, particularly on involuntary resettlement, as well as to other activities for advocacy, dissemination and knowledge building.
d. Staff Supervision
- Provide leadership and support to reporting staff.
- Supervise the performance of reporting staff, providing clear direction and regular monitoring and feedback on performance.
- Ensure the on-going learning and development of reporting staff.

Educational Requirements:

• Master's Degree, or equivalent, in sociology, applied social science or other related fields; or University degree and at least 5 years ADB work experience

Relevant Experience And Other Requirements:

- Suitability to undertake the responsibilities mentioned above at the required level
- At least 8 years of relevant professional experience in design and implementation of involuntary resettlement programs for infrastructure projects
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- International experience working in development in several countries

Core Competencies:

Application of Technical Knowledge and Skills

• Regularly shares knowledge on new international best practice trends in comparator situations
• Proactively applies relevant international best practices to own work
• Convinces others to adopt international best practice by explaining the situational relevance and benefits

Client Orientation

• Helps colleagues work effectively with clients in different contexts and from diverse backgrounds and country situations
• Adapts own approach and style when interacting with clients, as opposed to requiring them to adapt
• Draws upon international best practice in exploring solutions with clients
• Confirms the clients’ understanding and agreement before progressing

Achieving Results and Problem Solving

• Draws on own and others’ multi-country experience to identify viable courses of action when conducting analyses
• Helps internal and external clients achieve quality results beyond presenting problems and precedent
• Highlights possible solutions for project issues based on relevant multi-country and/or multi-client experience
• Regularly contributes insights and experiences to colleagues in the Division to help them achieve quality results
• Overcomes unexpected difficulties and challenges to produce desired outcomes

Working Together

• Maintains collaborative relationships within the Department
• Works effectively with diverse colleagues in own and other Divisions and Departments
• Flexibly alters positions and adjusts previously stated points of view to support the group consensus
• Follows through on team priorities in the absence of a team leader

Communication and Knowledge Sharing

• Checks the audience’s level of understanding and awareness of required follow up actions
• Consistently seeks and addresses feedback on own performance
• Creates knowledge products endorsed for wider distribution based on lessons and multi-country experience
• Independently amends and clarifies messages and documents

Innovation and Change

• Actively supports work improvement and/or organizational change by work and deed
• Develops and adopts change plans to support Division initiatives on which one works
• Considers current and future client needs in proposing ideas
• Vocalizes early support for change
• Recommends inputs to new policies, systems and processes in immediate work area

Immediate Reporting Relationships / Other Information:

• Supervisor: Director, SEEN
• The following staff positions may be supervised by the incumbent:
  • Administrative Staff
  • National Staff 
   

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