Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialist

Final date to receive applications
16 January 2026-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)
WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.
ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.
At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP’s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
To learn more about WFP, visit our website: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news:
You Tube, Linked In, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok.
WHY JOIN WFP?

WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

JOB TITLE:

Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialist

TYPE OF

CONTRACT:

CST IUNIT/DIVISION: PPGRDUTY STATION (City, Country):
Home based

DURATION: 11 months
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
WFP strives to be a leader in environmental sustainability within the UN system. In pursuit of this goal, WFP adopted a new Environmental policy in February 2017, and an Environmental and Social Sustainability Framework (ESSF). The Policy commits the organization to avoiding unintended harm to the environment, its beneficiaries, or any other affected populations as a result of its operations and programmes, and to maximize environmental benefits.

The ESSF contains 3 tools: a set of environmental and social standards, risk screening of activity design and mitigation/management plans (safeguards), and an environmental management system (EMS) consistent with the international standard ISO 14001. Collectively, these three elements are known as WFP's Environmental and Social Sustainability Framework (ESSF).
The Climate and Resilience Service is supporting all programme regions to roll out and mainstream the application of environmental & social safeguards across country strategies and programmes and to identify Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) expertise for short-, medium or long-term support.
In particular, the ESS Specialist will have to perform the following tasks: (i) provide technical assistance on ESS application in WFP's programme area of work including on the development of technical guidance; (ii) support the development of training and learning material for the implementation of the ESS and, when required, provide trainings to WFP' staff and partners on the compliance and application of the WFP and donors' related safeguards;

(iii) when required, support ROs/COs in ensuring compliance with corporate reporting requirements and donors' safeguards requirements; (iv) support the ESS team on ESS aspects during negotiations with donors both at corporate and at field level; and (v) support the development of media, communication & KM material on ESS as required.
The…