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Company Overview ZamGridCo's mission is to modernise and expand Zambia's national electricity distribution grid under the Grid Resilience Program. Established after a first-of-its-kind debt-for-development transaction between the Government of Zambia and the African Development Bank, ZamGridCo is a Zambian private company limited by guarantee with not-for-profit objectives. Headquartered in Lusaka, it is an independent, legally separate entity whose remit is to channel the resulting debt-conversion savings into distribution network investment and upgrades, in line with Zambia's Integrated Resource Plan, Integrated Distribution Plan, and wider national energy reforms.
Job Title: Environmental & Social Specialist Location: Lusaka Reports to: Technical Director The Environmental & Social Specialist reports within the Technical Directorate and may escalate material environmental, social, health and safety risks directly to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board through the appropriate Committee. Employment Type: Full-time on Fixed term contract
Role Summary The Environmental & Social (E&S) Specialist will manage the implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of ZamGridCo's Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) across the project funding portfolio. The E&S Specialist will lead environmental and social screening, conduct due diligence on prospective recipients, develop risk mitigation measures, safeguard planning, build recipient capacity, and monitor compliance throughout the project funding lifecycle. The E&S Specialist will engage in stakeholder management by coordinating with relevant parties, such as ZESCO, government ministries, affected communities, finance partners, or other stakeholders throughout project development and execution. This includes facilitating timely information sharing, managing consultation processes, and ensuring that relevant parties are engaged at each stage of project implementation in accordance with the applicable Environmental and Social Management Plan and Stakeholder Engagement Plan.
Key Responsibilities
1. Environmental and Social Screening, Due Diligence & Risk Categorization a. Screen project proposals, procurement packages, bids and funded activities using the Company's E&S risk matrix, ESMS and applicable AfDB safeguard requirements, including risk categorization based on the nature, scale, location and risks of the funded activity. b. Conduct desktop and field-based E&S due diligence on prospective contractors, project funding recipients, suppliers, service providers and other approved implementing parties, including their capacity to manage environmental, social, labor, community health and safety risks. c. Identify excluded activities, red flags and heightened risks, including forced or child labor, hazardous substances, land acquisition or livelihood impacts, biodiversity impacts, cultural heritage risks, pollution risks, security risks and community health and safety risks.
2. Mitigation Measures, Safeguard Instruments & Legal Requirements a. Develop, review, and negotiate Environmental & Social Action Plans (ESAPs) for medium/high-risk projects. b. Draft E&S clauses for grant agreements, including conditions precedent, covenants, and reporting requirements. c. Advise program staff on incorporating E&S conditions into project funding disbursement schedules (e.g., no disbursement until an ESAP is approved). d. Review contractor Environmental and Social Management Plans, construction-phase management plans and other safeguard instruments required under the Company's ESMS and applicable project documents. e. Ensure that, at minimum, each funded project has proportionate environmental and social management arrangements, a Stakeholder Engagement Plan, a project-level grievance mechanism for external stakeholders, labor management arrangements and a worker grievance mechanism. f. Advise Legal, Procurement, Operations and Technical teams on E&S clauses, conditions precedent, covenants, reporting obligations and disbursement conditions for inclusion in procurement documents, contracts, grant agreements and other project documents.
3. Recipient Capacity Building & Advisory Support a. Develop simplified, accessible E&S management tools, checklists, templates and guidance notes for contractors, consultants, suppliers, service providers and other approved implementing parties. b. Deliver training on E&S requirements, including waste management, occupational health and safety, community health and safety, stakeholder engagement, grievance mechanisms, labor management, child and forced labor prevention and incident reporting. c. Provide practical advisory support on corrective actions and implementation of ESMPs, ESAPs, Stakeholder Engagement Plans and grievance mechanisms. d. Support project-level disclosure and communication of stakeholder engagement arrangements, grievance channels and ZamGridCo
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