The Environment Officer (Safeguards) will support and coordinate the planning and development of ADB's environment safeguards policies; lead and provide operational coordination and specific inputs to ADB projects to ensure compliance with safeguards policies during project preparation and implementation; contribute to the evaluation, improvement, and dissemination of ADB’s safeguards policies and support ADB’s goal of poverty reduction and sustainable development and provide assistance as needed for applying safeguards knowledge to the development of tasks.
The position will report to the Director, Safeguards Division and/or designated International Staff, and operationally to the Regional Unit Head who will both provide supervisory inputs to the incumbent’s annual workplan and performance review Responsibilities:
Overall Coordination:
Support and coordinate the department safeguards team’s efforts in providing advice, building capacity, and advancing the development of safeguards policies within developing member countries (DMCs) and on an ADB-wide context.
Liaise with clients, non-government organizations (NGOs), development partners, and within ADB, including coordinating responses to NGOs.
Liaise and coordinate on safeguard policy issues between operations department and the wider ADB safeguards office.
Take charge of public information and disclosure initiatives.
Safeguard Policy Compliance Monitoring:
Guide operation line divisions in developing, structuring, and monitoring environment safeguards policy compliance of projects during processing and implementation.
Lead, identify, and report on projects with high safeguards sensitivity.
Capacity Building:
Support and administer as needed technical assistance (TA) and other training programs for capacity building. Project Development assistance and work with safeguards team to identify areas of work beyond safeguards where safeguards and environmental sustainability may be catalyzers for new lending products.
Work with safeguards team to develop projects or programs with a specific safeguards’ focus.
Implement a wider coordination approach to safeguards knowledge sharing and capacity building with wider ADB safeguards office.
Policy Review and Knowledge Sharing:
Support operations department participation in safeguard policy/Operation Manual formulation and review; and
Contribute to activities for advocacy, dissemination and knowledge building relating to ADB’s safeguard policies and their effective application.
