Environmental Officer at Kaduna State Government

Project Summary

• The World Bank APPEALS Project seeks to catalyse improved livelihood through increased agro-processing and significant growth in productivity.
• Eligible beneficiaries are small farmer groups or cooperative societies, small and medium commercial farmers, and youth and women.
• The project aims to increase value addition of priority agricultural value chains in six states, including Kaduna.

Functions and Responsibilities

• Under the supervision of SPC, the officer will supervise the implementation of environmental instruments and mitigations measures articulated in the general and site-specific safeguard instruments such as ESMP, IPMP.

Qualifications and Experience

• Master's degree in Agricultural Economics, Engineering, Environmental Management, Environmental Sciences or other related disciplines
• Manage and conduct environmental safeguard due diligence of new investment proposals
• Identify all key potential environmental impacts and risks of a project and ensure that their appropriate mitigation measures are in place
• Ensuring regular site inspections and environmental sampling and analysis is carried out
• Preparation of environmental reports and tracking project performance against environmental key performances indicators and targets.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in working with public or private sector firms across industry sectors (including infrastructure, civil works, agribusiness, and/or processing) to identify environmental risk and issues and develop mitigation measures to ensure compliance with good international industry practice