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TECHNOLOGIES FOR AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION (TAAT) PHASE II
TAAT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT UNIT (PMU)
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT SERVICES
SECTOR : Agriculture
CONSULTANCY SERVICES : Environmental & Social Safeguards (E&SS) Assistant Consultant for Southern African Region (Cluster 4)
Financing Agreement reference : P-Z1-AA0-
Project ID No .
This request for expression of interest (REOI) follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared on the African Development Bank Group’s Internet Website () 12th August .
The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has received financing from the African Development Bank toward the cost of Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Phase II and intends to apply part of the agreed amount of this grant to payments under the contract for TAAT Environmental & Social Safeguards Assistant Consultants.
This assignment is to engage four individual consultant assistants (as Regional Environmental and Safeguard Assistants) at the TAAT Program Management Unit (PMU) to ensure that the program is implemented in compliance with the AfDB’s Integrated Safeguards System (ISS) and National regulations of countries. Each individual consultant assistant will be responsible for a region – West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa and South Africa and under the supervision of the E&S Specialist will oversee planning and implementation and monitoring of Environmental and Safeguards activities in select countries as follows : Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe – South Africa Region (Cluster 4).
Specifically, the consultant shall assist in providing technical environmental and social safeguards oversight for the project preparation and implementation under the general management of the TAAT Program Coordinator. He / she shall : (i) visit and assess various sites in select countries under the program to screen and develop a screening report in accordance with country requirements as well as the AfDB Integrated Safeguards System (ISS) requirements; (ii) develop annual workplans and monitor progress of E&S related work in TAAT; (iii) where required, prepare TORs for additional E&S Instruments and coordinate the preparation of the E&S Instruments under the supervision of the Lead Environmental and Safeguards Specialist at the PMU; (iv) establish, support and supervise the implementation of environmental and social safeguard processes, based on, but not limited to the findings of the Screening reports and required E&S instruments; (iv) prepare and submit timely monthly safeguards monitoring reports to the Lead Environmental and Safeguards Specialist : (v) coordinate the preparation of third party Environment and Social Compliance Audits to be submitted to PMU for onward forwarding to AfDB annually; (vi) keep accurate records of safeguards supervision of project activities in a systemic manner that allows easy search-and-find of all documents upon request of the PMU, the AfDB, and national authorities; and (vii) perform any other duty assigned by the Lead E&S Specialist for TAAT or the Program Coordinator.
The selected Consultant will be a member of TAAT PMU to be based in one of the IITA Priority Countries within the West, Central, East and Southern Africa Regions and will report to the TAAT Program Coordinator through the Lead Environmental & Social Safeguards Consultant. The assignment shall be for an initial period of One year and subject to renewal with satisfactory performance.
The selected consultant should possess a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in the field of Environment or Social Sciences or related fields. A Postgraduate degree in a relevant field is an added advantage. The Consultant should have at least 3 years of relevant experience, working on projects financed by multilateral / bilateral international financial institutions in Africa. Experience in the Agricultural Sector in Africa will be a plus. These multilateral / bilateral international financial institutions include but not limited to the African Development Bank, the World Bank Group, the Asian Development Bank, among others. The relevant experience should be in the application of Environmental & Safeguard standards in conducting environmental due diligence assessments, monitoring, and evaluations for projects. Registration by host country Environmental Protection / Management Agency; good understanding of agriculture sector governance and management issues and demonstrated E&S management experience; knowledge of E&S risks across sectors, commodities, and geographies and experience assessing and mitigating risks on complex commodities supply chains; regional experience and flexibility to travel within specific region, and experience in development and delivery of E&S related training are required. Proficiency in English is a must and working knowledge of French language is required.
The IITA now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (including their detailed CV and letter of motivation detailing past related experience similar to this assignment.).
Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s Procurement Framework, October , which is available on the Bank’s website at
Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours (-hrs).
Please note that only Nationals of selected countries including Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe or residents in the South Africa Region may apply.
Expressions of interest should be delivered to the email address below on or before 18 July .
Attn : Chrysantus Akem; PhD
TAAT Program Coordinator | Program Management Unit
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture,
Headquarters & West Africa Hub
PMB , Oyo Road, Ibadan , Oyo State, Nigeria
International Mailing Address : IITA, Carolyn House, 26 Dingwall Road, Croydon, CREE, UK
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