World Bank South Sudan Jobs: Environmental Specialist

Local Appointment (One Year Coterminous Position)
Location: Juba, Sudan
The World Bank is seeking to recruit an Environmental Specialist with proven operational and analytical experience to join its field–based team based in the World Bank office in Juba, Southern Sudan. This assignment is a one-year term position with a scheduled start date of August 1, 2010, or soonest thereafter. This is a locally recruited position that will not have expatriation benefits.
As of January 31st 2010, donor and GoSS commitments to Southern Sudan through the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Southern Sudan (MDTF-SS) established under the CPA and JAM are about $1.34 billion ($587.8 million from MDTF donors and $941.9 million from GoSS).
The Southern Sudan MDTF portfolio cuts across a range of sectors including: Infrastructure (water supply, health, energy, irrigation and transport); Human Development (health, HIV/AIDS, education and social projects), Commercial Agriculture; Public Sector Governance, and Financial and Private Sector.
The Government of Sudan is investing heavily in the extractive industry and energy (hydropower) sectors through funds it secures from bilateral sources, especially from China and Malaysia. These funds are also used to finance oil and mineral exploitation in areas within Southern Sudan. Investments in hydropower development have also been planned for Southern Sudan.

Duties and Accountabilities

An Environmental Specialist with a strong operational background is required to join the World Bank team based in Juba, Southern Sudan. The primary duties are to provide ongoing support to:
(i) the environmental safeguards assessment work in Southern Sudan, and
(ii) the natural resources sector programs in Southern Sudan, including fisheries, forestry, sustainable land management and water resources sectors.
Specifically, the selected candidate will:
  • Provide technical leadership on the environment assessment agenda, and lead coordination of environmental safeguards review and implementation support of the portfolio in the World Bank Juba Sub-office;
  • Provide practical guidance on environmental assessment institutional capacity building within the broader country environmental governance (including the extractive industry sector) context;
  • Provide practical solutions and technical assistance to the government on issues related to environmental assessment and safeguards;
  • Establish a constituency (or roster) of environmental assessment practitioners in Southern Sudan with the aim of enhancing the quality of environmental management within the World Bank portfolio;
  • Contribute to broader strategic discussions in determining the contribution of sustainable environment and natural resources management to Southern Sudan’s portfolio;
  • Contribute in any ongoing and upcoming dialogue with the GoSS, development partners and others on the range of environmental and natural resource management issues (extractive industry, energy, transport, agriculture, fisheries, forestry & wildlife, water resources, ecotourism, climate change and disaster risk management); and
  • Work with organizations within and outside the Bank to advance knowledge development and knowledge diffusion in these areas.
Selection Criteria
(a) Have a minimum of a Master’s degree in environmental engineering, environmental assessment, or natural resources management; with at least five years of direct relevant work experience on both ‘green and brown environmental issues’;
(b) Have solid knowledge of Southern Sudan policies for environmental assessment, and familiarity with the ten World Bank Safeguards policies;
(c) Knowledge of environmental and natural resources economics, management, and climate change and climate adaptation;
(d) Exhibit trustworthiness, integrity, dedication, perseverance, flexibility and a “can-do” attitude;
(e) Demonstrated record of strong and independent analytical skills and research support work; and demonstrated attention to detail and quality assurance.
(f) Exhibit good time management skills and ability to multi-task and work to achieve results under time pressure and
stress;
(g) Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented, multi-cultural environment;
(h) Strong interpersonal skills and ability to develop effective relations within and outside the Bank, and to promote collaboration within the team to meet Department and Regional objectives;
(i) Fluency in English, including demonstrated report writing skills;
(j) Sound understanding of information technology, with experience in applying Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) as a minimum skill set.
Electronic Applications:
For the full job description and full selection criteria, qualified candidates are requested to visit and submit the electronic application at www.worldbank.org/careers and click on =>employment opportunities =>professional and technical opportunities => current vacancies => job # 101059 to submit your application electronically to the World Bank. The closing date for receipt of your electronic application is end of day 7th June 2010.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Qualified male and female candidates of diverse background (gender, disability, religious, ethnic) are encouraged to apply.