(Senior) Environmental and Social Officer

  • Dienstverband
  • Den Haag

FMO

As an Environmental and Social Officer, you are responsible for assessing the environmental, social, and human rights impacts and risks of our investments. You will do this against the requirements of the IFC Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability (IFC PS) and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. This results in helping FMO clients in mobilizing the technical and financial resources needed to address environmental, social, and human rights aspects of their operations on the ground, Additionally, you will be managing the independent E&S consultants’ scope of work, output, and their monitoring.

Next to that you will:

  • Maximize efficiency in the investment process for customer by managing or promoting collaboration and coordination on specific investments.
  • Managing the existing portfolio and reporting adequately in our own systems.
  • Negotiate, execute compliance monitoring, and modify legal documentation related to credible remedial E&S actions.
  • Identify technical assistence opportunities and provide training and coaching on environmental, social, and human rights issues to FMO clients, investment staff and other E&S Officers/Associates/Analysts.
  • Providing input, upon request, to FMO’s grievance mechanism, and cooperate with external stakeholders (for example, the Dutch Government or NGOs) as necessary.
  • Enhance FMO’s corporate knowledge base by analyzing and demonstrating lessons learned from FMO investments.
  • Represent FMO at technical subject matter meetings, industry events, and environmental, social, or human rights fora.

Meer informatie/solliciteren: www.fmo.nl.