Job Title: Social Specialist
Organisation: China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co. Ltd. (CPP)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co., Ltd. (hereinafter abbreviated as CPP) is a Chinese company responsible for the Pipeline, Feeder line & Above Ground Installation Contractor in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Project.
The EACOP Project involves the development, construction, operation and maintenance of a crude oil export pipeline that originates in Kabaale, Uganda and delivers oil for marine export on the East African coast in the Tanga area in Tanzania.
Job Summary: The Social Specialist will mainly develop, implement and maintain a consistent strategy on stakeholder’s engagement establishing cordial relationship with host communities and other relevant stakeholders
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Know how to organize regular engagements in Project Affected Communities and how to collect concerns and questions raised by local stakeholders.
- Be able to establish close communication with stakeholders to collect input of their concerns.
- Possess understanding of District, Ward, Village and Hamlet level stakeholder and how they may be affected by work activities
- Be able to assist environmental, social teams and others during field visits and develop consultation process with communities, local governments and other legislative bodies.
- Possess the abilities to explain and convince local communities about the benefits arising from the project both short term and long-term benefits.
- Possess understanding of construction activities all various locations along with the type of community engagement required
- Be able to develop and Implement stakeholder engagement activity plan for each community.
- Possess deep understanding of grievance management system in context with local and Client’s requirement.
- Keep the management updated on community issues and their grievances.
- Record and report community concerns and project related grievances to prepare and deliver prompt response.
- Maintain comprehensive records of stakeholder engagement process related information such as minutes of meetings, Written and visual evidences, Attendance sheets and disseminate the same to client.
- Generate daily, weekly and monthly stakeholder engagement reports lo keep all relevant authorities updated.
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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Social/equivalent
- At least eight years of professional experience conducting social domains
How to Apply:
All interested individuals should send their applications and updated CVs to: CPP Human Resource Office through e-mail [email protected] Subject of the email should be CPP-PROC-UG-20221228_Job Application for Environmental/ Social Specialist _NAME.
NB: Women are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 12th January 2023
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