Environmental Social Consultant (ESC) Tender, Lebanon - 25180138

Procurement Summary

Country : Lebanon

Summary : Environmental Social Consultant (ESC)

Deadline : 16 Aug 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 25180138

Document Ref. No. : QC3C9c

Competition : ICB

Financier : Council for Development & Reconstruction

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION (CDR)
Attn: The President of the CDR Tallet Al-Serail, Beirut (Beirut Central District) Tel. +961-1 980 096 Fax +961-1 981 255
Lebanon

Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for Environmental Social Consultant (ESC).

Duties and Responsibilities:

i. Ensuring compliance with the safeguards policies and monitoring and reporting the implementation of safeguards documents such as the ESMP, LAP and ESIA.

ii. Ensure that the contractor follows the requirements in the ESMP and make sure that corrective action has been implemented where and as necessary.

iii. Ensure the implementation of Grievance Redress Mechanism, as may be required.

iv. Provide guidance to relevant counterpart staff, and provide environmental implementation support updates which will be included in regular project progress reports.

v. Field visits will be made on a periodic basis and as required, to respond to social and/or environmental issues that may arise.

vi. Periodic follow-up on the Contractor-s labor camp(s) to respond to labor and working conditions as required.

vii. To follow up on expropriations, notification procedures and compensations of affected landowners as per LAP.

viii. Ensure training / awareness sessions for contracted personnel, local populations and other stakeholders

ix. Ensure follow up of the monthly and quarterly monitoring reports of the supervision consultant.

x. Prepare the E & S section in the semiannual PMU progress report

Qualifications:

a. A university degree in environmental science, social science or any other related field with minimum of 8 years of working experience

b. Knowledge and understanding of international environmental and social impact assessment standards and practices

c. Experience with World Bank Group environmental and social safeguards policies

d. Demonstrated experience in the field working on development projects

e. Very good English and Arabic writing and speaking skills; and/or

f. An ability to produce high quality reports, as demonstrated with a writing sample to be reviewed as part of the hiring process

Interested candidates are invited to express their interest through formally addressing the CDR at the address below, enclosing their CVs, not later than Thursday August 16th, 2018.
Attention: The President of the CDR
Address: Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR)
Tallet Al-Serail, Beirut (Beirut Central District), Lebanon
Tel. +961-1 980 096 / Fax +961-1 981 255

The Lebanese Government has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of Lake Qaraoun Pollution Prevention Project. The Council of Development and Reconstruction (CDR) intends to implement this project which includes the following main components:

• Component 1: Design and construction of around 265 km of sewage networks to connect to Zahle WWTP, Anjar WWTP, and Aitanit WWTP.

• Component 2: Promotion of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), including Integrated Pest Management (IPM), and the use of sustainable production systems to reduce agrochemical pollution in the upper Litani basin.

• Component 3: Technical and environmental studies in Solid Waste Management undertaken for establishing a new sorting facility and for the rehabilitation of some existing dump sites in the West Bekaa. Capacity Building in the wastewater field, in administration/customer relations and in finance management for the Bekaa Water Establishment (BWE). Capacity building in the wastewater field for MoEW.

Improving of the water quality monitoring network, water resources modeling and raising of awareness for the cleanup of the Litani River. A Project Management Unit (PMU) at the CDR, will consist of a full-time project manager, a financial management officer, an environmental/social consultant and a procurement specialist.

The CDR is seeking to recruit an Environmental Social Consultant (ESC), to assist with the supervision of safeguard instruments of the project.

The tasks of the ESC include:

1. Ensuring compliance with the safeguards policies and monitoring and reporting the implementation of safeguards documents such as the ESMP, LAP and ESIA.

2. Ensure that the contractor follows the requirements in the ESMP and make sure that corrective action has been implemented where and as necessary.

3. Ensure the implementation of Grievance Redress Mechanism, as may be required.

4. Provide guidance to relevant counterpart staff, and provide environmental implementation support updates which will be included in regular project progress reports.  

5. Field visits will be made on a periodic basis and as required, to respond to social and/or environmental issues that may arise.

6. Periodic follow?up on the Contractor-s labor camp(s) to respond to labor and working conditions as required.  

7. To follow up on expropriations, notification procedures and compensations of affected landowners as per LAP.  

8. Ensure training / awareness sessions for contracted personnel, local populations and other stakeholders

9. Ensure follow up of the monthly and quarterly monitoring reports of the supervision
consultant.
10. Prepare the E & S section in the semiannual PMU progress report  
Qualifications:
The ESC should be a senior level professional with more than 10 years- experience in the
environmental assessment and management field. The following are the minimum
qualifications of the ESC:
o A university degree in environmental science, social science or any other related
field with minimum of 8 years of working experience
o Knowledge and understanding of international environmental and social impact
assessment standards and practices
o Experience with World Bank Group environmental and social safeguards policies
o Demonstrated experience in the field working on development projects
o Very good English and Arabic writing and speaking skills; and/or
o An ability to produce high quality reports, as demonstrated with a writing sample
to be reviewed as part of the hiring process
Duration:
? 11 months  (Renewable)
Reporting

• The ESC will be based at the CDR and report to CDR-s Project Department/PMU
Project Manager for all work and contract related matter.

Documents

 Tender Notice