Job Vacancies at World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) Ghana for Social and Environmental Safeguards Consultant

The World Cocoa Foundation is recruiting Social and Environmental Safeguards Consultant.

General Description:
Established in 2000, the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) is the world’s leading organization for
cocoa sustainability. The long-term goals of WCF are set out in our new strategy:

• Prosperous cocoa farmers become truly sustainable and profitable, with
  transformation of traditional smallholder farming into modern business that deliver
  sustainable livelihoods for farmers and their families;
• Empowered cocoa-growing communities lead their own development, human
  rights are protected, and safety and wellbeing of children and families are strengthened;
  and
• A healthy planet is conserved and enhanced, with resilient and biodiverse landscapes
  in cocoa geographies, and the carbon footprint of the sector is reduced.

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WCF works in six areas:

1. Convene cocoa and chocolate industry in collective action – to build an aligned,
   motivated, and knowledgeable membership engaged in collective action;
2. Facilitate multi-stakeholder partnerships – to engage and leverage the
   knowledge, financing, skills, and power of different stakeholders to jointly identify and
   solve key sustainability challenges in the cocoa sector;
3. Facilitate industry engagement in policy dialogue with government – to
   identify and address key barriers in the enabling business and policy environment in
   cocoa producing countries;
4. Promote industry learning, knowledge sharing, and monitoring and
   evaluation – in order to identify industry-wide lessons learned and good practices to
   accelerate science, innovation and impact within companies and across the sector, and
   strengthen transparency and accountability of industry results and performance;
5. Help mobilize resources from development partners and financial and
   capital market institutions – to leverage the additional financing that industry will
   require to successfully implement collective action initiatives; and,
6. Communicate industry investment and impact and manage reputational
   risks – to showcase industry’s sustainability efforts and results while identifying and
   proactively managing risks, particularly related to human rights and environment.

WCF is a membership organization open to private sector companies engaged in all aspects of
the cocoa supply chain. WCF is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in Ghana and
Cote d’Ivoire.

Consultancy Summary:
The consultant will lead efforts to develop guidance on the alignment and application of
appropriate social and environmental safeguards in line with activities in the Cocoa and Forest
Initiative (CFI) in Ghana. In November 2017, the government of Ghana and leading cocoa and
chocolate companies signed the joint CFI Framework for Action outlining key commitments and
actions to eliminate deforestation from the cocoa sector and restore degraded forests in Ghana.
The commitments focus on three core areas: 1) Forest protection and restoration which covers the
conservation and rehabilitation of National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Wildlife Resource
Reserves, Forest Reserves, and off-reserve forest lands; 2) Sustainable production and farmers’
livelihood which this covers sustainable intensification and diversification of production in order
to increase farmers’ yields and income and to reduce pressure on forests; and 3) community
engagement and social inclusion which covers social safeguards through civil society and
community engagement.

In 2018, the and CFI Oversight Committee, hosted by the Ministry of Lands and Natural
Resources, adopted the World Bank’s social and environmental safeguards to address issues
impacting farmers and communities that may arise from CFI activities. Provisions are further
outlined under the Ghana National Implementation Plan (NIP). The World Bank safeguards are
integrated in the Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Program and the National REDD+ Secretariat
(NRS) has developed a country driven approach hosted on the public Safeguards Information
System.

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The objective of this consultancy is to provide guidance to CFI Signatories and other stakeholders
on how the different safeguards are triggered and addressed as a result of CFI activities.

Consultancy Details:
This position is based in Accra and will work with the Ghana CFI Program Manager and report to
the Director of Environment (Washington, DC). The consultant will also work with the CFI
Safeguards taskforce providing technical support to CFI Ghana. Applicants must be authorized to
work in Ghana. This is a locally recruited position; no expat benefits are provided.
Duration

This consultancy is expected to last no more than two (2) months with an immediate start date.
Specific Responsibilities:

• Develop a methodology and workplan for completion of the assignment. The methodology
  should identify resources, documents, and technical experts needed to complete the
  assignment.
• Develop a CFI Social Safeguards Guidance Document. This will be reviewed by the
  Safeguards task force and revised by the consultant.
• Develop a Practical Guide that will help signatory companies implement safeguards that
  are triggered as part of their CFI action plans. This will be reviewed by the Safeguards task
  force and revised by the consultant.
• Facilitate a training session on the practical guide for company focal points, CFI
  Safeguards taskforce members, the NRS Working group on Safeguards, and other relevant
  stakeholders. Produce a report including a participant list upon completion of the
  training.

Expected Outputs
The consultant would be required to produce the following outputs:

1. CFI Social and Environmental Safeguards Guidance Document
2. Practical guide on implementation of safeguards document
3. Training report

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Proven knowledge of the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Standards (ESS).
• Demonstrated training on and application of the World Bank Environmental and Social
  Standards, the Cancun Safeguards, and related national laws.
• Knowledge of the Ghana REDD+ Safeguards processes including the country-driven
  approach and the Safeguards Information System (SIS).
• A minimum of ten (10) years of experience with at least five (5) years in the assessment,
  implementation, and monitoring of safeguards.

How to Apply:
Candidates are requested to upload 1) a letter of interest (no more than 3 pages) describing their
approach, suitability, number of days, daily rate; and 2) résumé to:

https://worldcocoa.egnyte.com/ul/0pw9hrIGK7

Include your name and the position in the title of the file.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until position is filled. No phone calls please. Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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