Health, Safety, Social and Environmental Analyst – Social Development (Retainer)

Job categories: Health, Safety and Environment

Vacancy code: VA/2019/B5303/18972

Department/office: AFR, KEMC, Kenya MCO

Duty station: Lusaka, Zambia

Contract type: Local ICA Specialist

Contract level: LICA Specialist-8

Duration: 12 Months renewable subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability

Dealine date:  31-Dec-2019

Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

 Background Information – Job-specific

UNOPS Kenya Multi-country Office  (KEMC) helps partners achieve their project goals in sectors including: governance, education, health, the environment, grant management and rural development. UNOPS KEMC has over twenty years of experience working in East Africa, including large scale infrastructure projects. With a flexible and responsive presence throughout the region, UNOPS is able to scale up rapidly, through various mechanisms into high risk areas which have proven to be beneficial to partners.

KEMChas its own Technical Services Unit (TSU) which comprises a core group of technical staff supplemented by experts employed on a retainer basis.  The group conducts feasibility studies and assessments and engages in design and monitoring work.  The core group’s skills include Civil, Structural, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Architects, Design Associates and Quantity Surveyors.  Retainers provide additional capacity in core disciplines as well as GIS, Environmental, Social and sector specific expertise (roads, healthcare, heritage etc).

UNOPS is undertaking a project to re mediate dams across Zambia.  There are outstanding environmental and social safeguard issues and the remediation works will give rise to new safeguards requirements. The consultant is expected to support the revision of the existing social safeguards and to implement and monitor the risk mitigation measures during the remedial works.

The Health, Safety, Social and Environmental Analyst – Social Development (Retainer) will be prepared to travel to any site in or around the countries under KEMC as required and as UNDSS permits.

Functional Responsibilities

Assist in rolling out the Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs) …

 Education

Bachelor Degree in Social Science or related field with a combination of two…

 Experience

Minimum two years working experience in managing health and safety on constructi…

Languages

Excellent written and spoken English is required

 Competencies

Treats all individuals with respect; responds sensitively to differences and enc…

 Additional Considerations

Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time Applications …

Contract type, level and duration

Contract type: Local Individual Contractor Agreement Contract level: LICA 8 Cont…

Background Information – UNOPS

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful imp…