Details of Environmental Safeguard Specialist

 BACKGROUND

The Somalia Food Systems Resilience Program (S-FSRP) is part of a regional initiative by the World Bank to provide a comprehensive framework to intervene at both the national and regional levels. This Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA) aims to tackle the underlying structural challenges of food insecurity and reduce beneficiaries' vulnerability to unpredictable climate, crisis, and conflict events. It seeks to achieve this by rejuvenating Somalia's agri-livestock research institutions, seed systems, and extension services and developing community institutions that can anchor adaptation of climate-smart agri-livestock practices, strengthening the availability of water and improved rangelands management for resilient agriculture and livestock production; support animal health services, strengthening the integration of the production systems to domestic and regional markets, with appropriate investments in food safety and value addition, and establishing an enabling policy and institutional framework at a sub-national, national and regional level capable of supporting food systems resilience for Somalia.

The Project Development Objective (PDO) for S-FSRP is to increase preparedness against food insecurity and improve the resilience of food systems in targeted project areas of Somalia. Progress toward the PDO will be measured using five PDO indicators and intermediate indicators. All relevant indicators will be disaggregated by gender (men and women) and age (youth and adult). The five indicators are;

a)   reduction of food insecure people in project-targeted areas (percentage);

b)    farmers adopting supported climate-smart innovations and practices (number and percentage of which are female and climate resilient);

c)     land area under sustainable landscape management practices (hectares);

d)    increase in the volume of agricultural production sold on domestic and regional markets (percentage); and

e)    policy products related to agriculture, natural resources management, and food systems resilience adopted with the Project's support (number).

The Puntland State of Somalia is implementing the project through the Ministries of Agriculture and Irrigation in consultation with the Ministry of Livestock, and Animal Husbandry and Ministry of Environment, Range and Climate Change. The project is framed around the following components and sub-components: - Component 1. Rebuilding Resilient Agricultural Production Capacity, 1.1 Crop and Livestock Research, Extension, and Seed Systems, 1.2 Community Engagement and Technology Transfer, and 1.3 Digital Agriculture Solutions[1] and data systems; Component 2. Supporting the sustainable development of natural resources for resilient agricultural landscapes, 2.1 Water availability for agriculture and livestock, and 2.2 Rangeland management: Component 3. Getting to markets, 3.1 Farmer Producer Organizations[2] and Agri-food Enterprises, 3.2 Market Infrastructure and Enterprise Development, 3.3 Access to Finance; Component 4. Promoting a greater focus on food systems resilience in policymaking, 4.1 Ministerial Capacity Building and Agri-food Policy Assessments for the Crop Sector, 4.2 Ministerial Capacity Building and Agri-food Policy Assessments for the Livestock Sector; Component 5 Project Coordination and Management, 5.1 Project Implementation and Coordination and 5.2 Monitoring and Evaluation

The Puntland State of Somalia (PL) is establishing a core multi-sectoral Project Implementation Unit (PIU) supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation. The role of the PIU is to support the management, coordination, implementation monitoring, and evaluation of project activities. The PIU will be staded with the following positions: - State Project Coordinator, Finance Management Specialist, Procurement Specialist, Environmental and Social Specialist, M&E Specialist, and other technical Agricultural and Livestock specialists.

2. Scope/Objectives of the Assignment

Reporting to the State Project Coordinator (SPC), the State Environmental Specialist position will be a full-time contracted stad position assigned to the PIU of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of Somalia. The State Environmental Specialist will be responsible for the implementation of the environmental risk management of the Project and will provide technical expertise and capacity-building support at the FMS level. The PIU stad will also submit and track all E&S instruments and ensure clearance before sub-project implementation starts.

In conjunction with the social and GBV/gender and security specialists, and based on the requirements of the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF), including Guidance Notes, and those of the World Bank Group’s Environment Health and Safety Guidelines (EHSGs), the environmental specialist will oversee the implementation of the Environment and Social Management Framework (ESMF), the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP), the Labour Management Procedures (LMP), and Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) as well as train and guide the FMS environmental specialists. The environmental specialist will ensure, alongside the E&S team, the full implementation of the ESMF and Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) and lessons learned and synergy with other World Bank projects such as Barwaaqo.

More generally, the environmental specialist will ensure that all environmental risks and impacts are monitored and mitigated and that environmental safeguard instruments of the Project and the ESCP are implemented on time.

The Environmental safeguard will undertake the role and responsibilities as set out above and in this TOR's Duties and Responsibilities section found at somalijobs.net, puntlandpost.net, somalicontractors.so and https://moai.pl.so can be provided upon application submission (in person or by email to the address below).

3.  The proposed duration for the assignment is twelve (12) calendar months from the start date.

Skills and qualifications

4. Selection Criteria

ü  Master’s degree in Environmental science, Natural resources, Environmental risk management, Project management, Geography, or any other related discipline from a recognized university;

ü  At least five (5) years and documented experience in similar assignments of environmental safeguards compliance;

ü  Competence in information technology and knowledge in multi-sectoral community natural resources and environmental planning, GIS, climate change, as well as current policy on natural resource and environmental management policy issues is a mandatory requirement;

ü  Postgraduate training in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)/Environmental Assessment (EA) will be an added advantage;

ü  Good understanding of environmental safeguards guidelines of the Federal Government of Somalia and the World Bank.

ü  Working experience in environmental safeguards of World Bank-funded projects will be an added advantage; and

ü  Membership in a relevant professional body will be an added advantage.

5. Other Key Competencies and Requirements

ü  Excellent leadership, technical competence, and professional skills for timely implementation, coordination, and management of activities;

ü  Proven ability to edectively coordinate activities involving multiple disciplines and organizational units, as well as to maintain high service standards under pressure and meet deadlines;

ü  Proven track record of leadership and networking at the senior level;

ü  Excellent knowledge of Somali and complete English fluency, including report-writing skills;

ü  Computer literacy, including GIS, researching skills, and MS Odice;

ü  Excellent analytical and administrative skills, as well as solid writing and communication abilities; and

ü  Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment.

6.  A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant method set out in the World Bank Procurement Regulations.

How to apply

Interested Consultants may obtain further information (in person or by e-mail) at the address below during odice hours from 8.00 a.m.– 4.00 p.m. Saturday to Thursday except for public holidays.

8. Deadline for submission: Expressions of interest should be delivered in writing to the address below (in person or by e-mail) marked with the subject title of the position by

29th April 2025 – 16:00pm

Attention:

FSRP Project

Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigations

MoAI Puntland State of Somalia.

Garowe PL State of Somalia

Email: acting.procurement@moai.pl.so and copy acting.coordinator@moai.pl.so