Environmental Specialist (Anticipated agro market, health, and food security project)
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Global Communities
Req #: 2539
Type: Regular Full-Time
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Overview: Location: Gracias a Dios Department, Honduras Reports to: Project General Coordinator Please Note: This position is contingent upon award and client approval with an anticipated start date of June 2025. **Please note: We are seeking local nationals for this position.** Global Communities works at the intersection of humanitarian assistance, sustainable development and financial inclusion to save lives, advance equity, and secure strong futures. We support communities at the forefront of their own development, partnering with local leaders, governments, civil society, and the private sector to achieve a shared vision of a more prosperous and equitable global community. We work with government, non-government, private sector, and community stakeholders to promote transparency, foster accountability, and access the channels they need to make their voices heard, promote change, and realize their full potential. Global Communities is seeking an Environmental Specialist for an anticipated project. This two-year program will contribute to the food and nutritional security of vulnerable communities in the Moskitia and the Atlantic Coast of Honduras through environmentally sustainable, resilient, and culturally relevant solutions. The Environmental Specialist will coordinate, in conjunction with the Social Specialist, the implementation of environmental management processes, ensuring compliance with the relevant Environmental and Social Standards (ESS) of the funder's Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) in the formulation and implementation of the business and community nutrition and hygiene plans of the participating groups. He/she will also assess environmental risks; ensure that measures are included to prevent, minimize, mitigate, and/or compensate them as relevant; ensure compliance with applicable national environmental regulations; and establish and maintain appropriate communication with the funder's environmental officers and national authorities. We are looking for passionate, dedicated professionals to help us build the world we envision: one of expanded opportunity, where crises give way to resilience and all people thrive. Responsibilities: * Design, implement, and verify environmental risk management strategies. * Encourage the adoption of good practices to ensure sustainable activities and the availability of environmental resources. * Formulate the environmental management strategy to be implemented during the formulation and implementation of business plans. * Ensure that all activities are framed by and comply with national environmental standards for the prevention and mitigation of environmental impacts. * Promote the methodology for the preparation and execution of Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMP). * Lead the execution of the Environmental Management Plan activities in the field. * Evaluate environmental risks by applying measures to prevent, minimize, or mitigate them, classifying the level of impact of the activities. * Maintain adequate communication with the environmental officers of various counterparts, including the project funder. * Develop and follow up on good environmental practice standards to be implemented by producers. * Conduct monthly and quarterly reports on project implementation and monitoring. * Support the development of project management indicators as part of the project's Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan. Qualifications: Key Requirements * A university degree in environmental sciences, natural resources, agriculture, or forestry, with a master's degree in environmental management and natural resources management or another area relevant to the functions of the position. * At least six (6) years of experience in environmental protection in the public or private sector. * Verifiable experience in the management of environmental licensing processes of at least five (5) projects in the agricultural and livestock sectors. * Verifiable experience in environmental risk assessment for agricultural, rural, or natural conservation area development programs or projects. * Knowledgeable of national environmental regulations and the Environmental and Social Standards of the World Bank's Environmental and Social Framework (ESF). * Verifiable experience advising or supporting processes to implement good environmental practices and integrated management of natural resources. * Verifiable experience in facilitating or leading organization and training processes on environmental and agroecological issues with rural and municipal communities or producers, preferably with indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples in ancestral territories. * Good verbal and written communication skills. * Leadership and ability to coordinate with technical teams from different disciplines. * Office, Ar-Gis programs or similar, GPS management. * 100% proficiency in Spanish (spoken, reading and writing). Knowledge of the Miskito, Tawaka, Pech and/or Garífuna language will be an advantage, but is not required. Additional competencies * Demonstrated ability to articulate technical information clearly and effectively and adjust indicator selection and targets as part of adaptive programming. * Broad understanding of the principles of humanitarian action emergency relief and resilience objectives. * Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams. * Tolerance to working under pressure. * Strategic planning and negotiation skills. * Planner, methodical, orderly. * Excellent interpersonal relations, * Analytical skills * Good negotiation and problem solving skills. Global Communities positively welcomes and seeks applications from all sections of society. We are committed to a work environment that respects the dignity and worth of everyone and offers equal opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. Global Communities holds strict safeguarding principles and has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment. In the process of recruitment, selection, and appointment, Global Communities will conduct robust reference and background screening checks, including international vetting as a signature of the Global Misconduct Disclosure Scheme to ensure children and vulnerable adults are safeguarded, and abuse is prevented. The incumbent is required to carry out their duties in accordance with Global Communities Safeguarding policy and the Standards of Conduct. Especialista Ambiental (Proyecto anticipado de mercado agrícola, salud, y seguridad alimentaria) Ubicación: Departamento Gracias a Dios, Honduras Reporta a: Coordinador General del proyecto Nota: Este puesto depende de la adjudicación y de la aprobación del cliente, con una fecha de inicio prevista para junio de 2025. Visión general: Global Communities trabaja en la intersección de la ayuda humanitaria, el desarrollo sostenible y la inclusión financiera para salvar vidas, promover la equidad y garantizar un futuro sólido. Apoyamos a las comunidades en la vanguardia de su propio desarrollo, asociándonos con líderes locales, gobiernos, la sociedad civil y el sector privado para lograr una visión compartida de una comunidad global más próspera y equitativa. Trabajamos con las partes interesadas gubernamentales, no gubernamentales, del sector privado y de la comunidad para promover la transparencia, fomentar la rendición de cuentas y acceder a los canales que necesitan para hacer oír su voz, promover el cambio y desarrollar todo su potencial. Global Communities busca un Especialista Ambiental para un proyecto anticipado. Este programa de dos a os contribuirá a la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional de las comunidades vulnerables de la Moskitia y la Costa Atlántica de Honduras a través de soluciones ambientalmente sostenibles, resiliente
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