Environmental Specialist / Papa New Guinea

Environmental Specialist - Papa New Guinea

My client urgent seeking replacement position of Environmental Specialist for Power/ T&D project in Papa New Guinea.

16.Environmental Specialist

The international environmental specialist will have a degree in environmental science, planning or engineering or other related field and at least 10 years' experience in environmental assessment and management plan preparation. The following is required:

(i) Experience in preparation and/or implementation of Asian Development Bank and/or World Bank projects and
(ii) Experience in the Pacific. Experience in PNG will be considered an advantage.

The specialist will contribute to the preparation of the screening, assessments, and analyses that will be part of the feasibility study and support the package of documentation to go to ADB's Board for consideration. This includes feasibility studies undertaken for each tranche 1 investment by undertaking the environmental safeguards due diligence and prepare the framework for the overall program. The expert will spend a minimum of 80% of the allocated time in-country. In compliance with the country safeguards system (CSS) and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 (SPS).

The expert also needs to have experience in the climate Change sector, and preparation of a Project Climate Risk Assessment and Management Reports and/or Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Reports.

Inputs remaining

* Home input - 0.55
* Field input - 3.20
* Total: 3.75 months

Rate is USD15,000/ month plus USD 200 per diem to cover food, accommodation and incidentals when at the assignment location, to be paid in local currency.

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