Overview
The Health, Safety, Social and Environmental Specialist will provide remote, on-demand technical support to UNOPS CAMCO teams on projects related to fisheries and aquaculture development.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical advice on the selection of fishing, safety, handling, conservation, and processing equipment.
- Advise on the selection of aquaculture equipment, including cages, tanks, pumps, and aerators.
- Analyze the quality of fish feed, fry, and aquaculture inputs.
- Identify risks related to quality, storage, transport, maintenance, biosecurity, and cold chain.
- Adapt equipment to beneficiary capabilities and local conditions.
- Prepare or revise documents related to fishing equipment, safety equipment, aquaculture equipment, fish feed, fry, aquaculture inputs, training services, extension services, technical assistance, quality control, and beneficiary support.
- Contribute to market analysis and procurement planning.
- Prepare technical evaluation criteria.
- Review offers, technical sheets, catalogues, and compliance documents.
- Analyze feed nutritional sheets, quality certificates, and fry documents.
- Prepare acceptance criteria, checklists, technical reports, and compliance notes.
- Formulate technical recommendations for procurement processes.
Required Experience
- At least 7 years of relevant professional experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 5 years with a Master's degree in fisheries, fish farming, aquaculture, fisheries value chains, or aquaculture value chains.
- 5 years of experience in preparing or revising documents for procurement processes is required.
- Experience in fishing equipment, aquaculture equipment, fish feed, fry, inputs, water quality, cold chain, or fish processing is desirable.
- Experience in preparing technical specifications, terms of reference, evaluation criteria, market analyses, or technical reports is desirable.
- 5 years of experience in projects funded by international donors, multilateral banks, or United Nations organizations is strongly desirable.
- Experience in Central Africa, the DRC, or in fragile and logistically complex contexts is a significant asset.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in fisheries, aquaculture, fish farming, fisheries sciences, aquatic sciences, natural resource management, environment, agribusiness, or rural development with at least 7 years of relevant professional experience.
- Master's degree (or equivalent) in one of the aforementioned fields with at least 5 years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of a Master's degree.
