Environmental Safeguards Officer (national)

The officer will develop tools that will be used during project implementation to ensure that the project is implemented in accordance with the environmental safeguarding requirements of ADB and the Government of Timor-Leste. The officer will:

(i) Assist the PMO and PIU to comply with the ADB and Government of Timor-Leste environmental safeguard requirements;
(ii) Develop detailed environmental safeguard guidelines for project implementation and the identification and design of subprojects to be funded under the project. Reference is made to the Environmental Codes of Practice as a basis to develop these guidelines where applicable;
(iii) Coordinate and facilitate all environmental safeguarding monitoring and reporting activities for the project;
(iv) Prepare detailed monitoring schedules as well as conducting the monitoring environmental reports for submission to ADB to ensure that the environmental safeguard requirements associated with the selected subprojects are effectively met;
(v) Train relevant staff at all levels and villagers, in environmental safeguard requirements for the project;
(vi) Assist the training facilitators and the PIU in integrating environmental safeguard guidelines into the subproject design, implementation and monitoring;
(vii) Provide training to engineers in the PMO and PIU to implement and monitor environmental safeguard measures set out under the ESP;
(viii) Liaise on environmental matters with other technical agencies, including the Secretary of State for Environment that will provide support services to the project;
(ix) Assist the PMO and PIU in applying the ADB REA checklists, and the environment categorization forms for subprojects;
(x) Assist the PMO and PIUs in the preparation of Environment Management Plans (EMPs) where needed;
(xi) Assist the PMO and PIU in obtaining ANLA from Secretary of State for Environment;
(xii) Apply the set of environmental safeguard guidelines that will be developed to all subprojects to ensure that the subprojects are designed in a way that does not alter the environmental classification of the project in accordance with ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement 2009;
(xiii) Keep a detailed record of the public consultation activities and ensure that the public has access to public documents related to the environmental safeguarding process; and
(xiv) Provide training to the PMO and PIU grievance focal persons in applying the grievance redress mechanism set out in the ESP.