Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) and Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) Officer

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Pacific Community (SPC)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: International contract
  • Remuneration: $3,442 USD-$4,239 USD / monthly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 30/11/2025
  • Location: Vanuatu
Climate & Environmental justice Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
Description

The Pacific Community (SPC) is the principal scientific and technical organisation in the Pacific region, supporting development since 1947. We are an international development organisation owned and governed by our 27 country and territory members. In pursuit of sustainable development to benefit Pacific people, our unique organisation works across more than 25 sectors. We are known for our knowledge and innovation in such areas as fisheries science, public health surveillance, geoscience, and conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.

The key responsibilities of the role include the following:

Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) compliance

  • Support the implementation of ESS screening and impact assessments for CAP proposals and ensure compliance with GCF ESS Standards and exclusion criteria.
  • For sub-projects of a moderate-risk rating, liaise with the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation (DEPC) undertake Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), support the development of site-level ESMPs and monitor compliance to mitigate social and environmental risks and ensure accountability and transparency.
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) mainstreaming

  • Strongly support the integration and mainstreaming of gender and social inclusion into project implementation through implementing the Gender Analysis and Action Plan (GAAP) into project activities.
  • Ensure the representation of women and marginalized groups in decision making on the project and specifically in RWCs
Monitoring, reporting, and quality assurance

  • Support the monitoring of ESS and GESI compliance against the ESMP/GAAP, and performance against project indicators and prepare accurate and timely informal and formal reporting.
  • Proactively undertake quality assurance reviews of ESS documentation to ensure alignment with principles outlined in SPC's Social and Environmental Responsibility (SER) policy, GCF environmental and social policies and Government of Vanuatu policies, regulations or standards.
Stakeholder engagement and safeguards governance

  • Ensure strong safeguards governance within the project by supporting DoWR to improve ESS process and participate in knowledge sharing events and community of practice forums.
  • Ensure transparency by supporting the public disclosure of ESS reports (for medium-risk projects).
  • Ensure accountability to stakeholders by assisting with the dissemination, monitoring and reporting of the projects Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) and dissemination of the GCF Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) and the SPC Redress Mechanism.
Capacity building and technical support

  • Support training of DWSSP facilitators, PMU staff, national and provincial stakeholders on ESMP procedures for medium-risk sub-projects and strengthen ESS assessment procedures within DoWR.
  • Support the identification of opportunities to strengthen GESI knowledge within the PMU and the project.

Key selection criteria

  • Bachelor’s degree in social studies, business administration, international development; or equivalent body of knowledge and experience
  • At least 5 years of experience in designing, implementing, training, and/or monitoring ESMPs and Gender Analysis and Action Plans and/or equivalent experience in occupational health and safety or private sector diversity and inclusion initiatives.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, with strong writing ability at a project donor reporting level.
  • Knowledge of Pacific Island countries and territories is an advantage

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