Procurement of position of Environment and Social specialist for the CORB-FIT Project for a period of 5 years

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (INDIVIDUAL CONSULTING SERVICES) Botswana Cubango-Okavango River Basin (CORB): Financing Innovation in Transboundary Waters (CORB-FIT) Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: P513349 Assignment Title: Environment and Social Specialist Reference No . BW-OKACOM-553215-CS-INDV The Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the CORB-FIT and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The consulting services (“the Services”) include operational support on environmental and social risk management within the PIU, ensuring that, the CORB Fund is established with appropriate E&S governance, systems, and procedures; and the project pipeline is developed, screened, and prioritized in a manner consistent with the ESF, applicable Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs), including those related to stakeholder engagement, labor, land, livelihoods, and cultural heritage, and relevant national and regional regulatory requirements. The contract of the E&S Specialist will be for three (3) years subject to renewal based on performance in satisfying the objective of this position or depending on material changes to project design or budget. The expected date of assignment is 1 July 2026. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: OKACOM website - www.okacom.org/procurement The OKACOM now invites eligible individuals (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services (attach curriculum vitae with description of experience in similar assignments, similar conditions, etc.). Firms’ staff may express interest through the employing firm for the assignment and, under such situation, only the experience and qualifications of individuals shall be con