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Terms of Reference

Institution / Project Owner DRC, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development/Sustainable Development Department (DDD)

Implementation Institution Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

Project Elaboration of the national strategy 30×30 plan

Vacancy International Consultant

Contract term 45 Days

Report GCF – Program Coordinator

Background

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a private, nonprofit, tax-exempt U.S. organization, founded in 1895, that saves wildlife by understanding critical problems, developing science-based solutions, and taking conservation action that benefits nature and humanity. With over a century of experience, long-term commitments in dozens of landscapes, a presence in more than 60 countries, and a track record of creating more than 150 protected areas worldwide, WCS has accumulated the biological knowledge, cultural understanding, and partnerships needed to ensure that wild places and wildlife thrive alongside local communities. Working with local communities and organizations, this knowledge is applied to address species, habitat, and ecosystem management issues critical to improving livelihoods that depend on the direct use of natural resources.

Position Summary

WCS is a GCF Readiness Delivery Partner (DP) in support of the DRC’s National Designated Authority (NDA), the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD) as part of this work. WCS is seeking a highly qualified and motivated gender expert to contribute to developing the 30×30 strategy in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The consultant will perform the Environmental and Social screening, and design and draft the required environmental and social safeguard plans that will be part of the GCF concept note developed as part of the project.

Technical Focus

The incumbent will ensure compliance of the projects with the Environmental and Social Standards (ESS) of donors and WCS.

Tasks and responsibilities

In coordination with WCS safeguards team, the consultant will:

  • ensure the update of environmental and social safeguards (ESS) instruments such as ESCP, ESMF, PMP, RPF, LMP, SEP, GBV action plan, Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM), Social Inclusion, and Citizen Engagement in collaboration with partners.
  • ensure the disclosure, implementation, and compliance of safeguards instruments, sustainable performance, and quality assurance of all safeguards through project site visits and formulation of appropriate mitigation measures.
  • strengthening the technical capacity of the local safeguards team on safeguard implementation through continuous training and coaching.
  • coordinate the environmental and social impact assessment exercise of sub-projects to check the activity is permissible (as per the legal and regulatory requirements of the projects); determine the level of environmental and social assessment required based on the level of expected impacts and establish where ESMP will be required, providing estimate costs of implementation.
  • coordinate the monitoring and reporting of safeguards tools during the project implementation to ensure the safeguards performance is regularly reported.
  • compile information from quarterly reports received related to safeguards to feed in the six-month report.
  • lead the compilation of pre-implementation environmental and social safeguard documents before the implementation of activities, which include a description of the implementing sites, the activities to be carried out, aggregated results of the environmental and social screening checklists for the Environmental and Social Management Plans identifying mitigation measures, indicators, responsibilities, and timeframe.
  • supervise the establishment of adequate multiple access points to receive complaints from stakeholders, ensure they are known to beneficiaries, and act as focal points to receive and file claims accordingly and monitor the effectiveness of the access points, proposing any improvement needed to resolve and handle complaints at the site.
  • communicate to the GCF Program Coordinator and guide on addressing concerns brought to the attention of the focal points regarding any safeguard issues due to subproject activities

Minimum Requirements

  • At least a master’s degree in environmental studies, international development, social science, economy, or related fields.
  • At least 10 years of professional experience in environmental and social safeguards management, including experience in climate-change projects, preferably with funding from a multilateral donor.
  • Extensive experience with stakeholder engagement processes focusing on target geographies.
  • Proven experience in conducting interviews with representative stakeholders (private sector, governmental agencies, IPs and LCs, civil society, academia and research agencies, etc.)
  • Strong ability to develop a synthetic document, summarizing lessons learned and providing recommendations that will feed into a knowledge product.
  • Experience in developing GCF environmental and social screening will be strongly desired.
  • Ability to work in both French and English

Selection Criteria

As WCS is an equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce (qualified women and people from all ethnic backgrounds), interested candidates are invited to submit their CV, a cover letter outlining relevant experience, and a sample of a gender strategy or similar document developed for a previous project. Please send applications to [email protected] by December 11, 2024.

Application deadline: December 11th, 2024, at 11.59 Goma time.

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WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) was founded in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society (NYZS) and currently works to conserve more than two million square miles of wild places around the world. The organization is led by President and CEO Cristián Samper, former Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. Based at the Bronx Zoo, WCS maintains approximately 500 field conservation projects in 65 countries, with 200 PhD scientists on staff. It manages four New York City wildlife parks in addition to the Bronx Zoo: the Central Park Zoo, New York Aquarium, Prospect Park Zoo and Queens Zoo. Together these parks receive 4 million visitors per year.

All of the New York City facilities are accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums

WCS's goal is to conserve the world's largest wild places in 15 priority regions, home to more than 50% of the world's biodiversity.

This is outlined in our 2020 strategy, which positions WCS to maintain its historic focus on the protection of species while developing an ambitious plan to engage with a rapidly changing world.

The challenges are greater than ever, but with the focus, dedication, and passion of a committed staff—combined with a unique mixture of field, zoo, and aquarium expertise—WCS will continue to set the bar for science, conservation action, and education that has driven our success in protecting wildlife and wild places for over a century. We hold ourselves to the highest standards, adhering to core values of respect, accountability and transparency, innovation, diversity and inclusion, collaboration, and integrity.

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0 USD Democratic Republic of the Congo CF 3201 Abc road Consultancy , 40 hours per week Wildlife Conservation Society

Terms of Reference

Institution / Project Owner DRC, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development/Sustainable Development Department (DDD)

Implementation Institution Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

Project Elaboration of the national strategy 30x30 plan

Vacancy International Consultant

Contract term 45 Days

Report GCF – Program Coordinator

Background

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a private, nonprofit, tax-exempt U.S. organization, founded in 1895, that saves wildlife by understanding critical problems, developing science-based solutions, and taking conservation action that benefits nature and humanity. With over a century of experience, long-term commitments in dozens of landscapes, a presence in more than 60 countries, and a track record of creating more than 150 protected areas worldwide, WCS has accumulated the biological knowledge, cultural understanding, and partnerships needed to ensure that wild places and wildlife thrive alongside local communities. Working with local communities and organizations, this knowledge is applied to address species, habitat, and ecosystem management issues critical to improving livelihoods that depend on the direct use of natural resources.

Position Summary

WCS is a GCF Readiness Delivery Partner (DP) in support of the DRC's National Designated Authority (NDA), the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD) as part of this work. WCS is seeking a highly qualified and motivated gender expert to contribute to developing the 30x30 strategy in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The consultant will perform the Environmental and Social screening, and design and draft the required environmental and social safeguard plans that will be part of the GCF concept note developed as part of the project.

Technical Focus

The incumbent will ensure compliance of the projects with the Environmental and Social Standards (ESS) of donors and WCS.

Tasks and responsibilities

In coordination with WCS safeguards team, the consultant will:

  • ensure the update of environmental and social safeguards (ESS) instruments such as ESCP, ESMF, PMP, RPF, LMP, SEP, GBV action plan, Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM), Social Inclusion, and Citizen Engagement in collaboration with partners.
  • ensure the disclosure, implementation, and compliance of safeguards instruments, sustainable performance, and quality assurance of all safeguards through project site visits and formulation of appropriate mitigation measures.
  • strengthening the technical capacity of the local safeguards team on safeguard implementation through continuous training and coaching.
  • coordinate the environmental and social impact assessment exercise of sub-projects to check the activity is permissible (as per the legal and regulatory requirements of the projects); determine the level of environmental and social assessment required based on the level of expected impacts and establish where ESMP will be required, providing estimate costs of implementation.
  • coordinate the monitoring and reporting of safeguards tools during the project implementation to ensure the safeguards performance is regularly reported.
  • compile information from quarterly reports received related to safeguards to feed in the six-month report.
  • lead the compilation of pre-implementation environmental and social safeguard documents before the implementation of activities, which include a description of the implementing sites, the activities to be carried out, aggregated results of the environmental and social screening checklists for the Environmental and Social Management Plans identifying mitigation measures, indicators, responsibilities, and timeframe.
  • supervise the establishment of adequate multiple access points to receive complaints from stakeholders, ensure they are known to beneficiaries, and act as focal points to receive and file claims accordingly and monitor the effectiveness of the access points, proposing any improvement needed to resolve and handle complaints at the site.
  • communicate to the GCF Program Coordinator and guide on addressing concerns brought to the attention of the focal points regarding any safeguard issues due to subproject activities

Minimum Requirements

  • At least a master’s degree in environmental studies, international development, social science, economy, or related fields.
  • At least 10 years of professional experience in environmental and social safeguards management, including experience in climate-change projects, preferably with funding from a multilateral donor.
  • Extensive experience with stakeholder engagement processes focusing on target geographies.
  • Proven experience in conducting interviews with representative stakeholders (private sector, governmental agencies, IPs and LCs, civil society, academia and research agencies, etc.)
  • Strong ability to develop a synthetic document, summarizing lessons learned and providing recommendations that will feed into a knowledge product.
  • Experience in developing GCF environmental and social screening will be strongly desired.
  • Ability to work in both French and English

Selection CriteriaAs WCS is an equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce (qualified women and people from all ethnic backgrounds), interested candidates are invited to submit their CV, a cover letter outlining relevant experience, and a sample of a gender strategy or similar document developed for a previous project. Please send applications to [email protected] by December 11, 2024.Application deadline: December 11th, 2024, at 11.59 Goma time.

2024-12-12

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