Office base: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

1. Mission

• Safeguards Framework Management;
• Help Desk and Training;
• Quality Assurance and accreditation and
• Data base.

2. Major duties and responsibilities

• Maintain and oversee the safeguards framework of the country programme;
• Provide advisory support to project managers and landscape leads in rolling out the ESSF at the landscape level;
• Promote adherence and implementation of WWF’s social policies at the national and landscape level with a strong emphasis on the human rights, gender and indigenous people’s policies in close collaboration with country indigenous people’s officers;
• Work with the risk and compliance team to undertake compliance of ESS and Social Policies to ensure ESS policies are properly implemented at all levels in line with WWF guidelines;
• Undertake an ESS risk analysis and lead on the development of associated mitigation plans together with the project teams and where appropriate, the concerned stakeholders;
• Advise on and support monitoring of the implementation of mitigation plans and flag any issues or gaps with the landscape lead to ensure that proposed mitigation measures are implemented according to an agreed upon ESS mitigation implementation plan;
• Strengthen E&S quality assurance of projects proposals including their sign-off;
• Oversee monitoring and reporting of ESSF implementation across the landscapes covered;
• Lead on capacity building for staff and partners to build knowledge and skills on ESS and minimize the likelihood of risks arising;
• Maintain the database where all risk screenings, mitigation plans, reports, and reviews are stored, and provides public disclosure of safeguards actions;
• Disseminate lessons learned and best practices from the implementation of ESSF in the landscapes covered;
• Prepare regular reports on the ESS risks with appropriate actions to be taken for projects and follow up to help ensure that timely actions are taken; input on WWF DRC’s reporting for ESS;
• Ensure and follow-up implementation of audit recommendations in the related fields;
• Ensure relationships with other E&S officers in the Congo Basin region;
• Performs other duties as requested by the Conservation Director.

3. Profile:

• A Master or diploma in an appropriate field: human rights / law / conservation / environment;
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in project/program management and multi-stakeholder management in the fields of rural development and/or conservation for international development organizations;
• A track record of having worked directly with local communities in development, environmental or education projects
• Experience in Central Africa is strongly desired;

• Knowledge of human rights, indigenous people’s rights, grievance mechanisms and social safeguards;
• Good understanding of legal and policy requirements related to human rights, resource access, land rights, forest rights and wildlife protection;
• Knowledge of challenges evolving at the nexus of conservation and natural resource use
• Knowledge in rural development;
• Experience in the preparation and implementation of work plans;
• Good guidance and negotiation skills at all levels;
• Good knowledge of Ms Office suite;  
• Excellent skills in oral and written communication in French and English;
• Demonstrating WWF behaviors: Strive for impact, listen deeply, collaborate openly and innovate fearlessly.
• Sharing WWF values: Courage, Respect, Integrity and Collaboration.

4. Working Relationships: