Environmental Compliance Specialist

Chemonics seeks multiple Environmental Compliance Specialists to join our Environmental Compliance team within our Risk, Finance, and Compliance (RFC) Division. The Environmental Compliance Specialist is responsible for ensuring Chemonics’ projects comply with appropriate environmental safeguarding requirements, across a range of activities in diverse sectors. In this role, you will be completing environmental impact assessments and climate risk analyses, providing on-demand responses and guidance to project teams and providing capacity building support. As an Environmental Compliance Specialist, you will have the opportunity to perform impactful work by directly contributing to the sustainability and environmental integrity of international development projects through a diverse set of responsibilities, a global reach, and a collaborative environment. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

 

Continuing a process of systematizing Chemonics’ approach to satisfying the environmental impact and climate risk management requirements of USAID and other USG clients, the Environmental Compliance (EC) team supports the new business and project service demands of our proposal and project teams. In addition to servicing specific demands, the team uses a set of KPIs to collect data for annual reporting on environmental compliance and to inform decisions to improve service delivery. The EC team engages with projects to lead and/or oversee their environmental screening analyses of planned activities to identify potential environmental impacts and climate risks and the need to implement specific environmental mitigation, climate risk response and monitoring measures. 

 

Responsibilities 

• Leads and/or supports the review and drafting of country, contract, and/or activity level environmental documentation, including Initial Environmental Examination (IEE), Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan (EMMP), Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Report (EMMR), Waste Management Plan (WMP), Environmental Review (ER), and similar reports.
• Works with project staff to identify environmental impacts and climate risks and develop appropriate environmental mitigation, climate response measures and associated monitoring measures.       
• Develops standard operating procedures (SOP), training materials, or other appropriate tools on environmental protection for Chemonics projects and trains project teams on the uses and best practices to ensure environmental compliance and climate risk management.  
• Supports environmental compliance data tracking and reporting and liaises with projects to monitor compliance status. Regularly updates and maintains Chemonics environmental compliance tracking system and supports data analysis as needed.
• Conduct internal audits of project compliance with environmental impact and climate risk management requirements.
• Reviews solicitation requirements related to EC, drafts proposal sections, and/or provides technical inputs for proposals to ensure compliant activity design.
• Supports annual work planning and budgeting, and tracks team performance to measure progress and report on work plan indicators and targets.  
• Leads and/or supports communication with clients on issues of EC.
• Tracks metrics and targets for the Environmental Compliance team to measure progress and continually improve EC across Chemonics’ portfolio of projects. Stays current with new ideas, trends, and techniques in the environmental field by attending conferences and workshops as they relate to environmental impact assessment and climate risk management across technical sectors such as agriculture, water and sanitation, and health). 
• Promotes Chemonics by attending external events, networking with clients and counterparts, articulating a solid understanding of Chemonics’ past and present portfolio, effectively representing the company’s history, values, and standards, and identifying and developing business leads.  
• Works closely with Chemonics projects to provide guidance and direction on all matters related to EC, including climate risk management 
• Actively engages in technical practice and/or working group of relevance to areas of interest; shares information and best practices learned with the program and the company; participates in initiatives to help drive inno