Senior Social Development and Gender Specialist

SMEC Services Pty Limited

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Port Moresby Until 8/22/2026 First posted November 28, 2025 Last posted November 28, 2025
Job description

Senior Social Development and Gender Specialist: Qualification and experience:
Post-Graduation in Sociology / other relevant field. At least 10 years of overall
experience in designing and implementing social assessment / development
programmes in large-scale infrastructure projects, including 5 years of project
implementation supervision and monitoring. The specialist should have working
experience on issues pertaining to vulnerable community, resettlement and
rehabilitation, religion and gender and a solid background on handling consultations with multiple stake holders, at least in one World Bank project. The Expert should be conversant in English
Role: As a part of the team, he/she will have the key responsibility of
ensuring effective review and integration of social safeguards during into the
designing and survey, implementation monitoring and supervision based on the
ESMP/ARAP, CESMP and work contract. He/she will also co-ordinate with other
Govt. Departments, in formation / mobilization / updating / of community-based
institution and their capacity building. He / she will also co-ordinate with all the
stakeholders in implementation of ARAP, its monitoring and review. She/he will
maintain a records/status of various social incidents, issues and submit
monthly/quarterly reports accordingly, follow up with the WPNG, various line
Departments of the Govt. of PNG, if required and the relevant World Bank Officials
and perform any other activities related to social issues of the project including
supervision and assisting contractors in implementation of CESMP.

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About this role

Summary

Designs and monitors social programs, manages stakeholder engagement, and ensures social safeguards in infrastructure projects.

Job title

Senior Social Development and Gender Specialist

Experience level

10+ years

Industry

construction

Location requirements

Port Moresby, on-site, no remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

social assessmentstakeholder coordinationresettlementcommunity engagementESMPARAPCESMP

Preferred skills

World Bank project experiencecapacity buildingreporting

Specializations

social assessmentgenderresettlementcommunity engagementstakeholder coordination
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Port Moresby National Capital District, Papua New Guinea

On-site City