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CTG overview | CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions. With past performance in 17 countries – from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia, we have placed more than 20,000 staff all over the world since operations began in 2006.
CTG recruits, deploys and manages the right people with the right skills to implement humanitarian and development projects, from cleaners to obstetricians, and mechanics to infection specialists, we’re skilled in emergency response to crises such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Key to successful project delivery is the ability to mobilise at speed; CTG can source and deploy anyone, anywhere, in less than 2 weeks and have done so in 48 hours on a number of occasions.
Through our efficient and agile HR, logistical and operational services, CTG saves multilateral organisations time and money. We handle all our clients’ HR related issues, so they are free to focus on their core services.
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| Overview of position | The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is an operational arm of the United Nations,supporting the successful implementation of its partners' peacebuilding, humanitarian anddevelopment projects around the world. UNOPS supports partners to build a better future byproviding services that increase the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of peace building,humanitarian and development projects. Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations,UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and infrastructure services to a widerange of governments, donors and United Nations organizations. Project InformationFollowing the political events in Afghanistan in August 2021, the subsequent economic collapse hasled to an unprecedented humanitarian crisis putting over 24 million people in immediate need of aid.To provide immediate short-term livelihood opportunities and deliver urgent essential services in ruraland urban areas, UNOPS is working with funders to implement a large-scale community resilienceprogram. The initiative aims to reach an estimated 1.1 million households, or 7.5 million Afghans,withlivelihoods and income support. In addition, 9 million Afghans in some 6,200 rural communities and 8cities will benefit from improved access to essential social services through strengthening the capacityof community institutions in inclusive service delivery.
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| Role objectives | Job-Specific InformationUnder the direct supervision of the of the Regional Operation Officer , the Environmental and SocialSafeguards Senior Associate will receive technical guidance from the HSSE Officer to ensures thatthe project activities are prepared and implemented in compliance with addressing the project’sEnvironmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP), Environmental and Social ManagementFramework (ESMF), Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP), subproject-specific E&S instruments andEnvironmental and Social Safeguards (ESS). The Environmental and Social Safeguards SeniorAssociate will be required to travel across all project sites for monitoring and supervision purposes. 2. Summary of Key Functions Monitoring and Reporting: Monitoring the Project MIS to ensure that the FPs are uploading the required ESS documents based on Project Operational Manual. Monitor ESS-related data in the project’s MIS database and make sure that data is accurate. Generate reports, conduct analysis and share findings with the FPs for ESS improvement. Conduct follow up monitoring visits to ensure that the FPs improved the ESS implementation, reporting and documentation. Complete 60-70 percent of field physical verification of the FPs’ ESS requirements during implementation. 1 Receive E&S reporting from Facilitating Partners and prepare E&S reports to UNOPS safeguard for submission to the World Bank. Conduct Environmental and Social safeguard monitoring and supervision of projects based on agreed mitigation measures and prepare detailed monitoring reports in designated format. Provide regular reports to the HSSE Analyst on relevant environmental, social, health, and safety activities.
Environmental and Social Safeguarding Compliance: Support the FPs with preparation of all project Environmental and Social instruments, including the E&S Management Framework (ESMF), Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP), Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP), Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS), Simplified ESMP, and any activity-specific E&S instruments. Support HSSE Officer for preparing E&S training materials and conduct training on Environmental and Social compliance aspects/issues for the UNOPS Team, Facilitating Partners, and other stakeholders. Support FPs to Conduct Environmental and Social Assessments where applicable and integrate findings into the E&S compliance and project components. Support FPs to ensure that the site-specific mitigation measures are prepared based on the E&S screening and field observations considering the Project ESMP To ensure the FPs prepared subproject-specific E&S mitigation measures, and ensure measures are included in partner Requests for Proposals, Bills of Quantities, and contractual agreements for the projects as required. Ensure that the FPs maintain all proper documentation of E&S safeguards measures to confirm all due processes have been followed. Support and follow up with FPs to record and investigate incidents (including near misses) to determine the cause and to propose improvements to processes in the future and prepare reports on incidents (including near misses) and compile statistical information to present to upper management on HSSE matters Support FPs to ensure a safe workplace environment is maintained at all times without risk to health and safety of everyone including workers, UNOPS staff, other stakeholders, and the general public. Support and follow up with FPs to respond to the Third Party Monitoring Agents’ reports on ESS-related issues. Building Capacity of FPs and Contractors Assist in the collection of Environmental and Social data and provide technical assistance in the preparation of site-specific mitigation measures. Regularly meet with FPs engineers regarding subproject ESS-related issues, grievances, and capacity-building requests. Record lessons learned from the field and deliver training to the FPs’ staff on a regular basis as required. Participate in regular site meetings/kick-off meetings and provide training to the contractors. Perform other related duties as required by the HSSE Analyst.
3. Impact of Results: The effective and successful achievement of results by the environmental and Social Safeguards Senior Associate ensures the project’s compliance with Environmental and Social safeguards requirements It confirms UNOPS’ role as a key and trusted partner to the World Bank, and UNOPS’ position as a critical service provider, in all challenging work environments. Given the current political and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, this project would support the urgent repositioning of AFCO and strengthen UNOPS presence and visibility in Afghanistan, raising the profile of UNOPS in the global humanitarian context. 2 Monitoring and progress controls will be in accordance with work plans that the Supervisor and incumbent will prepare at the beginning of the assignment
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Disclaimer:
· At no stage of the recruitment process will CTG ask candidates for a fee. This includes during the application stage, interview, assessment and training.
· CTG has a zero tolerance to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) which is outlined in its Code of Conduct. Protection from SEA is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to CTG’s Code of Conduct at all times. |
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