REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA

MINISTER OF ENERGY AND WATER

ELECTRICITY SECTOR IMPROVEMENT AND ACCESS PROJECT

Project ID NO: P166805



REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTANT SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT)

SOCIAL AND GENDER RISK MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Reference No. AO-MINEA - GEPE-368698-CS-INDV



The Government of the Republic of Angola (GoA) received a financing from the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and co-financing from the French Development Agency (AFD), towards the cost of the Electricity Sector Improvement and Access Project (ESIAP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds of the financing to procure the services of an individual consultant for the position of Senior Social and Gender Risk Management Specialist of the Project Coordination Unit (PCU).

A Social and Gender Specialist will be hired to support the Project Coordination Unit (PCU) in overseeing and implementing the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESF). The consultant will support the PCU in mitigating social risks that may be caused by or exacerbated by the project, including those related to gender based violence (GBV) (specifically sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment -SEA/SH). The consultant is expected to work closely with the PCU environmental specialist.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be obtained at the address given below.

The Project Coordination Unit, of the Ministry of Energy and Water (MINEA), now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested individual consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, etc.).

The Consultant should have the following minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, i.e. Sociology, Anthropology, Political Sciences, Gender and Human Rights or equivalent
At least 5 years of relevant working experience in social development in particular, assessing and managing social risks and impacts, (e.g. resettlement impacts), social inclusion, stakeholder engagement and community development, management of social conflicts/grievances and/or gender and GBV/SEA/SH issues;
Fluent in Portuguese and working knowledge in English language

The duration of the assignment will be for a period of 12 months, on a full-time basis, with possible extension upon satisfactory performance.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultant (IC) selection method set out in the World Bank Procurement Regulations.

Interested individual Consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours from 09h00 to 15h00 hours, local time in Luanda.

Expressions of interest must be preferably delivered e-mail or delivered by mail or in person, to the address below, by August 31, 2023 at 15H00 hours (local time) and mention “Expression of Interest – Senior Social and Gender Risk Management Specialist”.



Ministry of Energy and Water

Electricity Sector improvement and Access Project

Project Coordination Unit

Attn: Mr. João Moreira Pinto Saraiva

Project Coordinator

Condomínio Privado, Belas Business Park

Cabinda Building, 6th Floor, 601 Office - Talatona

Luanda - Angola

Tel.: +244 933 809 807 / 936 031 915

E-mail: esiap.ucp.minea@gmail.com; j.miguel.esiap@gmail.com;

taulinobanda.esiap@gmail.com