Safeguards Specialist (Re-advertisement) - Asian Development Bank - Manila, Philippines

Urban and Social Sectors Division, EARD, East Asia Department

Closing Date: 12 March 2013 , 5:00 p.m. (1700 Manila Time, 0900 GMT)

Urban and Social Sectors Division, EARD, East Asia Department

Closing Date: 12 March 2013 , 5:00 p.m. (1700 Manila Time, 0900 GMT)

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Urban and Social Sectors Division, EARD, East Asia Department

Closing Date: 12 March 2013 , 5:00 p.m. (1700 Manila Time, 0900 GMT)

- See more at: http://www.adb.org/careers/adb-hr-13-0132?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts#sthash.GquYO0yC.dpuf

 

Job Purpose:

Implement ADB’s safeguard policy to support sustainable urban development in the client countries. Ensure compliance with ADB’s safeguard policy (i.e., environment, involuntary resettlement, and indigenous peoples) during the development and implementation of loans and technical assistance and non-lending products and services for the urban sector in developing member countries (DMCs). Work with broad policies and objectives, working directly with clients, with supervision for critical tasks.

Expected Outcomes

a. Strategy and Planning

• Support the development/review of safeguards frameworks and plans in the DMCs in consultation with relevant government agencies and local beneficiary groups.
• Conduct dialogue with government officials and other stakeholders of DMCs on safeguards issues, particularly in the urban context.

b. Project Management

• Support the development and administration of loan and technical assistance in the urban sector with particular attention to safeguards, and in line with the Country Partnership Strategy.
• Liaise and coordinate with development agencies on loans and technical assistance for compliance with ADB’s safeguards policy.
• Ensure key safeguards, poverty, gender and social issues are incorporated in project design for effective implementation.

c. Guidance and Advisory Function

• Identify environment, resettlement, and indigenous peoples issues and categorize projects.
• Work with borrowers/clients, provide guidance and assist in formulating safeguards framework and planning documents (e.g., environmental assessment and review frameworks, environmental assessment documents, resettlement frameworks, resettlement plans, and indigenous peoples frameworks and plans).
• Assist Project Team Leaders (PTLs) in complying with safeguards policies and related disclosure policies in project preparation and implementation.
• Assist PTLs in addressing poverty, gender, and other social issues in project preparation and implementation
• Address compliance issues raised in consultation with the Environment and Safeguards Division (RSES).
• Monitor safeguards policy compliance of projects and programs during implementation

- With PTLs, handle complaints on projects and programs during implementation.

d. Knowledge Sharing

• Provide safeguard training to ADB staff and executive agencies, and prepare and administer relevant capacity development programs for DMCs.
• Undertake reviews and prepare annual reports on ADB’s policies on environment, involuntary resettlement, and indigenous peoples.
• Participate in and contribute to relevant internal and external training and conferences and other activities for advocacy, dissemination, and knowledge building.

e. Staff Supervision
- Take the mission leader role, supervise the work of mission members, and ensure the overall high quality of outputs and reports.
- Supervise the performance of reporting staff, providing clear direction and regular monitoring and feedback on performance.

• Ensure the ongoing learning and development of reporting staff.

Educational Requirements:

Master’s degree or equivalent in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Environmental/Development Economics, Applied Social Sciences, or other related fields. University degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Environmental/Development Economics, Applied Social Sciences, or other related fields, combined with specialized experience in similar organization/s, may be considered in lieu of a Master’s degree.

Relevant Experience And Other Requirements:

- Suitability to undertake the responsibilities mentioned above at the required level.
- At least 8 years of relevant professional experience.
- Familiarity with a multilateral institution’s policies and procedures.
- Strong analytical, negotiation, interpersonal and communication, and multidisciplinary skills.
- Ability to write effectively, particularly technical papers and studies.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
- International experience working on complex development issues in different 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, EASS
• The following staff positions may be supervised by the incumbent:
• Administrative Staff
• National Staff
• This is a re-advertisement. Previous applicants need not apply. Applications received in response to previous posting will be considered together with applications received in response to this advertisement

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