The Government of Lebanon (GoL) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP- (P163476)). The LHRP is a five-year project that aims to increase access to quality healthcare services to poor Lebanese and displaced Syrians in Lebanon and to strengthen the Government’s capacity to respond to COVID-19. This project will: (i) provide subsidized packages of essential healthcare services to 250,000 poor Lebanese identified by the National Poverty Targeting Program; (ii) strengthen the technical and organizational capacities of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCCs), and public hospitals; and (iii) strengthen the capacity of the GoL to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. Recently, the GoL has also received approval from the World Bank for financing the ongoing COVID-19 operations in Lebanon, Strengthening Lebanon’s Covid-19 Response - (P178587) This project will finance: (i) Procurement of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine supplies; (ii) COVID-19 detection and case management; (iii) Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E).
 
The Ministry of Public Health is seeking to recruit an Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialist and Grievance Mechanism (GM) officer to be the focal point for a dual role in monitoring and ensuring implementation of the environmental and social safeguards related aspects of both projects and grievances. The Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and the two addendums to the ESMF under the 4th component and that address the Environmental and Social issues related to delivery and deployment of vaccines pertains to the LHRP and is cleared and disclosed (The link to the ESMF section and all the addendums are available on the MoPH website), and the ESMF for COVID-19 operations in Lebanon which is under preparation and shall form the reference for his/her work.
 
The tasks for the dual role of the E&S Safeguards Specialist and Grievance Mechanism (GM) officer are exhaustively outlined in the Terms of Reference (ANNEX 1)
 
The MoPH hereby invites eligible Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the Services.
 
An Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialist and Grievance Mechanism (GM) officer will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank's Procurement in Investment Project Financing Goods, Works, Non-Consulting, and Consulting Services (dated July 2016 and revised in November 2017, August 2018 and November 2020).
 
Interested Consultants are requested to provide the following information:
 

 

Expression of Interest must be delivered electronically to the address below not later than Monday, April 11, 2022, at 13:00 local time. The subject of the e-mail should be: “E&S Specialist and GM Officer.”

 
Ministry of Public Health
Attention: Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP), Strengthening Lebanon’s Covid-19 Response (P178587);
Title: Project Management Unit (PMU)
PMU Representatives: Elham El Mais, Ibrahim Assaad
Tel: 961 1 830300 Ext: 274
E-mail: lhr.covid19@gmail.com
 
 

ANNEX I
Lebanon Health Resilience Project (P163476) and Strengthening Lebanon’s Covid-19 Response (P178587)
Terms of Reference
Environmental and Social Specialist and Grievance Mechanism officer
PROC REF LB-MOPH-ICS-003

 

The Government of Lebanon (GoL) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of Lebanon Health Resilience Project (LHRP- (P163476)). The LHRP is a five-year project that aims to increase access to quality healthcare services to poor Lebanese and displaced Syrians in Lebanon and to strengthen the Government’s capacity to respond to COVID-19. This project will: (i) provide subsidized packages of essential healthcare services to 250,000 poor Lebanese identified by the National Poverty Targeting Program; (ii) strengthen the technical and organizational capacities of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCCs), and public hospitals; and (iii) strengthen the capacity of the GoL to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. Recently, the GoL has also received approval from the World Bank for financing the ongoing COVID-19 operations in Lebanon, Strengthening Lebanon’s Covid-19 Response - (P178587) This project will finance: (i) Procurement of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine supplies; (ii) COVID-19 detection and case management; (iii) Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E).
 

The MoPH is seeking to recruit an Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialist and Grievance Mechanism (GM) officer to be the focal point for a dual role in monitoring and ensuring implementation of the environmental and social safeguards related aspects of both projects and grievances. The Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and the two addendums to the ESMF under the 4th component and that address the Environmental and Social issues related to delivery and deployment of vaccines pertains to the LHRP and is cleared and disclosed (The link to the ESMF section and all the addendums are available on the MoPH website), and the ESMF for COVID-19 operations in Lebanon which is under preparation and shall form the reference for his/her work.  Below is a list of the tasks outlined for the dual role for both the LHRP and the new COVID-19 Operations Project:
 
 
Tasks and responsibilities under both the LHRP and the COVID-19 Operations Project.
 
The tasks related to the GM role include:
 

The tasks related to the Environmental and Social Specialist role include:

 

Phase II: Inspection and monitoring of implementing activities

 

 

In line with the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF), the Specialist will be responsible for updating, implementing, and monitoring the implementation of the following E&S documents:
 
Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP):  The SEP will i) identify stakeholders to be consulted during project lifecycle; ii) conduct consultations related to the environmental and social impacts of Project proposed activities; iii) establish an approach for stakeholder engagement; and iv) ensure appropriate project information disclosure (ANNEX II). Consultant’s Tasks include i) identifying new stakeholders to be consulted during project lifecycle; ii) conducting consultations related to the environmental and social impacts of Project proposed activities; iii) establishing an approach for engagement with new stakeholder engagement, and iv) ensuring appropriate project information disclosure. Ensure the project will also establish a Grievance Mechanism. Disclosure of information is required at the central level and at the local level.
 
Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP): The ESCP will be an accurate summary of the material measures and actions to address the potential environmental and social risks and impacts of the project in accordance with the mitigation hierarchy. ESCP will set out measures and actions required for the project to achieve compliance with the relevant Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs) over a specified timeframe.
Consultant’s tasks include updating the ESCP when needed, including when the project is restructured or when a major change occurs on the Project, and monitoring the compliance of the project with the measures and timeframe added.
 
Labor Management Procedures (LMP): The LMP is an E&S instrument that will be prepared as part of the ESF Environmental and Social management plan. All instruments are required to be prepared either as standalone documents or as separate chapters within ESMF. 
Consultant’s tasks include updating the LMP when needed and monitoring requirements under labor-management such as Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), treatment of different categories of workers, grievance mechanisms, worker organizations, and emphasis on non-discrimination and equal opportunity.
Further information on the E&S instruments and their purposes is available on the World Bank Website (ESF Link)
 

The contract period is for one year, extendable upon satisfactory performance and mutual agreement. The first three (3) months will be considered as a probationary period, based on which the consultant’s performance will be evaluated. The contract may be terminated with no remedy if the performance was evaluated as not satisfactory
 

The Environmental and Social Safeguards specialist and GM officer will report to the PMU Project Manager and prepare quarterly and semi-annual progress reports on GM reporting and the implementation of the E&S as per the cleared and disclosed E&S instruments. The specialist is also expected to report weekly on the COVID-19 surveillance and will be expected to work closely with the PMU staff and team members.
 

Education:

Knowledge and Experience:

Skills & Abilities: