• Endure program activities are implemented in compliance with USAID environmental safety and safeguard, and Climate Risk Management (CRM) policies and procedures
• Prepare tools and checklists for assessing the environmental impact of SPIR II planned activities
• Develop and update SPIR II Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plans (EMMPs)
• Provide technical support for SPIR II implementing partner staff with regards to incorporating and monitoring appropriate mitigative measures into SPIR II activities in accordance with approved EMMPs. 
• Coordinate with NRM/DRR/CAA Technical Advisor, WASH Technical Advisor, consortium infrastructure staff, government PSNP institutions such as PW to ensure all physical structures and construction schemes incorporate mitigation measures identified in the EMMP.
•  Identify and address anticipated environmental risks of planned activities under each purpose area. 
• Work with consortium technical leads as integral part of SPIR II team to ensure that environmental issues are properly integrated in the consideration and design of relevant activities.
• Train consortium and Implementing Partner (IP) staffs on environmental safety and safeguarding measures and the specific mitigation strategies in the EMMP
• Ensure all external actors such as vendors and contractors are sensitized on environmental safety standards
• Support development of programmatic environmental impact assessment and water quality assurance manuals
• Conduct periodical field visits in accordance with the monitoring and evaluation plan and in coordination with other program team officers
• Address any capacity gaps that are identified during field monitoring visits, to ensure program staffs at field level perform well according to environmental compliance standard
• Provide technical feedbacks for capital projects and PW activities while on progress to ensure they are being implemented in an environmentally sound way.

Job Requirements

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

 Required Professional Experience:

• 7 years of related work experience, including field-level support of environmental safety and safeguards provision
• Experience in Environmental Sustainability, Biodiversity conservations and management, project implementation and capacity building.
• Experience in environmental safeguards assessment, EIA, planning and implementation in USAID funded programs/projects.

Qualification required:

•  BA/BSc or MA/Sc degree in a relevant academic area, such as water engineering; hydrological engineering; soil and water engineering or environmental engineering.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications:

•  Knowledge and experience in engineering structures associated with Ethiopia highlands features such as degraded hillsides (e.g. bench terraces, hillside terraces, stone and soil- faced stone bunds, progressive terraces, stone and gabion check- dams, cut-off drains, water ways, and other in situ moisture harvesting structures).
•  Knowledge and practical experience in designing, planning and implementing major water harvesting structures such as spring capping, dug- wells, ponds, and SSI structures.  

Working Environment / Conditions:

 Office based with travel to the field

Travel: 25% Domestic travel is required

How to Apply

Interested applicants are required to Write Position Title on the subject line and attach Current CV with three references & fill employment application form which can be found http://docs.ethiojobs.net/wve-jaf.pdf ) and email before the closing date of this announcement to Recruitment_ethiopia@wvi.org or through ethiojobs.net.

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