Social Safeguards Specialist at Energy Development Corporation Limited (EDCL)

Vacancy title:
Social Safeguards Specialist

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Construction , Category: Social Services & Nonprofit ]

Jobs at:

Energy Development Corporation Limited (EDCL)

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, March 31 2023 

Duty Station:
Within Rwanda , Kigali, East Africa

Summary
Date Posted:Friday, March 31 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Key roles and responsibilities
• Provide overall social safeguards oversight during the implementation of the Electrification projects,
• Familiarize him/herself with the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and the Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) for the program. Improve performance as needed of either framework during program implementation, recommend improvements
• Monitor the progress of program investments in terms of meeting compliance to social safeguards
• Carry out social assessment analysis to ensure program compliance with the requirements of the social development concerns; this will include but not limited to: Conducting social risks analysis and developing a social risks mitigation plans related to the program.
• Develop a social development strategy to achieve social development concerns
• Provide professional input regarding social concerns into the planning, design and contracting of investments, including the preparation of tender documents.
• Prepare and Implement Resettlement Action Plans (RAPS) for specific investments and ensuring that such plans are approved by relevant authorities before contracts can be implemented. Periodically supervise land acquisition and resettlement activities to ensure they are complete before the civil works are begun.
• Periodically supervise construction activities on-site, especially on potentially troublesome investments, to ensure that safeguards requirements are being met; and following up investment operations to ensure that any outstanding resettlement issues are properly attended to.
• Prepare all documents related to the process of Social Safeguards activities (MOUs, grant agreements, etc.)
• Ensure that Social Safeguards related modules are incorporated in the training and capacity building programs at all the levels.
• Participate in identifying suitable consultants/institutions to be used on technical support activities and training & capacity building related to Social Safeguards aspects.
• Provide Social Safeguards inputs to monitoring, evaluation, and reporting activities.
• Any other duties that may be assigned by coordinator projects implementation coordination unit.

Qualification’s and experience:
• Bachelor's degree in social sciences or any other closely related field with minimum of three (3) years of direct relevant experience in social field.
and/or;
• Master's degree in social sciences or any other closely related field with minimum of two (2) years of direct relevant experience social field.
• PAS: Be familiar with social and economic conditions prevailing in Rwanda or similar African countries and how these aspects impact on Energy projects.


Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• A duly signed application letter addressed to the Managing Director of Energy Development Corporation Limited (EDCL).
• Updated detailed curriculum vitae.
• Copies of both academic and professional certificates.
• Proof of related experience/valid work certificates.
• Names and addresses of at least three (3) referees.
• Copy of Identity Card.
The above required documents should be submitted electronically to the following e-mail: edclrecruitment@edcl.reg.rw  not later than .3..d... / ..O.S.. /2023 latest 05:00 P.M.
I. Please note that submission of valid and acceptable proof of experience/work certificates attached to your job application letter to support the relevant experience indicated in the applicant's CVs among other documents highlighted above is a MUST for pre-selection.
2. Your job application and its attachments MUST be scanned as ONE single pdf document for easy download & analysis of applications.
3. ONLY online applications will be received on the above-mentioned email. No hardcopy applications will be received.
4. REG is an equal opportunity employer. As part of our company Gender Mainstreaming policy and program, we seek to increase the number of women in all levels of the organization. Therefore, we


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Job Info
Job Category: Administrative jobs in Rwanda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 31 March 2023
Duty Station: Kigali
Posted: 27-03-2023
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 27-03-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 27-03-2056
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