Environment Officer

EQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI) COUNTRY: Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS) PROJECT ID: P507443 Project Name: Building Opportunities and Outcomes in Social Protection and Youth Employment Post Title: Environmental Officer Reference No.: SO-MOLSA-540057-CS-INDV Duty Station: Mogadishu, Somalia BACKGROUND An Environmental Officer is required by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) to support implementation of a World Bank-funded project, Building Opportunities and Outcomes in Social Protection and Youth Employment (BOOST You) (P507443). The selected candidate will work for the government’s National Social Protection Program (Baxnaano), established in 2019 and housed at the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MoLSA). The project development objective of Building Opportunities and Outcomes in Social Protection and Youth Employment (BOOST-YOU) is to enhance economic opportunities and strengthen resilience of the poor and vulnerable. The project directly contributes to strengthening Somalia’s social protection system, expanding coverage through its support to the jobs agenda and building greater resilience to shocks through robust adaptive social protection mechanisms. The project applies an integrated approach that moves beneficiaries along a continuum from protection to production. The project aims to support the poor and most vulnerable of the population by providing targeted interventions to improve their resilience and prepare for better jobs tomorrow, while providing job opportunities now by addressing key barriers to better income-generating opportunities. The project will reach about 123,000 households in particularly climate-exposed areas, which is equivalent to roughly 738,000 individual beneficiaries. OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF WORK: The Environmental Officer will provide overall technical guidance, oversight, and quality assurance on environmental risk management across all BOOST-YOU components. The Environmental Officer will report to the Pr