Environmental & Social Responsibility Officer Job Vacancy at Amatheon Agri Uganda

Job Title:        Environmental & Social Responsibility Officer
Job Location:   Kampala, Uganda
Employer:    Amatheon Agri Uganda

About Us:
Amatheon Agri is an European agribusiness and farming company developing and operating sustainable agri and food projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Coupled with the experience of its management, the company secures its success through the development of new, large scale irrigated agriculture operations, the application of state-of-the-art farming techniques and vertical integration across the agricultural value chain.
Amatheon thus creates:

•     Shareholder value
•     Community improvement
•     Increased and improved food production

Job Overview:
The successfulcandidate will be required to act in the interests of Amatheon Agri in managing all activities associated with the budgeting, planning, implementation and monitoring of social and environmental activities related to the new agricultural operations in Uganda.

Job Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field of study
• At least two to four years of related experience
• Postgraduate or other training in Environmental management an added advantage
• Past experience with NEMA processes/EIAs a strong plus
• Proven ability to apply extensive agricultural and environmental knowledge and skills required.
• Ability to relate to grass roots participants and high ranking government and local government officials
• Ability to solve problems in a practical manner
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Be assertive but diplomatic; mature with high degree of integrity;
• Excellent communication skills
• Good MS office skills in Word, Excel and PPT
• Fluent in written and spoken English; Fluency in Swahili is a must; Knowledge of Sabiny a bonus
• Reliability, transparency and honesty a must; a fair level of autonomy in decision making expected.

Job Duties:

• Work with the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) and external consultants to prepare Environmental Impact Assessments or Environmental Project Briefs for the operations and manage the process of environmental permitting
• Identify and report on potentially arising social and environmental impacts which may affect the Community or the Company; make recommendations on the actions required to remediate risks
• Be up to date in regards to environmental and social policy and procedure and amend or draft company policies (alongside IFC Performance Standards) to fit the Ugandan project
• Ensure compliance with Amatheon social and environmental policies in regards to running operations;
• Assess social and environmental project proposals and make recommendations to Management on financing and implementation
• Maintain continuous communication with all affected stakeholders (local household to government)
• Plan and implement project communications strategies with affected stakeholders and record and report stakeholder opinions
• Maintain continuous liaison with HR Manager, labour representatives,      unions and the workforce
• Cooperate with Communications Department by reporting about activities on the ground in a presentable format, including photographs
• Perform other assignments as assigned by superiors.

Deadline Date: 27/04/2014

How to Apply:
Please send your application letter and CV/Resume only to:
Email: l.vonhoff@amatheon-agri. com.

Note: Please include your salary history and expectation in your CV/Resume. Please do not include your testimonials at this time. We appreciate all your interest but will only be able to respond to shortlisted applicants with further instructions.