MAL-WENG NIGERIA LIMITED

RECRUITMENT ADVERTISEMENT

Environmental and Social (E&S) Safeguard Experts

Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (NG-SURWASH) Programme: Independent Verification of E&S Performance in the Seven Participating States

About the Assignment

Mal-Weng Nigeria Limited invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced Nigerians to join its Environmental and Social (E&S) field team supporting the Independent Verification Agent (IVA) under the World Bank-assisted NG-SURWASH Programme.

The team will carry out independent E&S monitoring and field assessment of water supply, sanitation and hygiene sub-projects, including construction sites, schools and health-care facilities, across the seven participating States. Work will be guided by the SURWASH Project Operations Manual (POM), the Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP), the IVA E&S Field Assessment Framework and the SURWASH Checklist for Monitoring Visits to Water and Sanitation Works.

Field assessments will cover:

Environmental, occupational health and safety (OHS) and waste management on construction sites
Community health, safety and stakeholder engagement
Labour management and working conditions
Grievance redress mechanisms (GRM) and gender-based violence / sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (GBV/SEA-SH)
Land access, resettlement and social inclusion
Drinking-water quality compliance and institutional E&S capacity

Positions Available

A total of 36 positions are open:

S/N	Position	No.	Location
1	National Manager	1	Any of the SURWASH Participating States
2	Environmental and OHS Field Assistant	7	One per participating State
3	Social Safeguards, Land and Labour Field Assistant	7	One per participating State
4	GBV/SEA-SH and Gender Inclusion Field Assistant	7	One per participating State
5	WASH Engineering and Water-Quality Field Assistant	7	One per participating State
6	GRM, Institutional Assessment and Data/M&E Field Assistant	7	One per participating State
	Total	36

Participating States

Delta, Ekiti, Gombe, Imo, Kaduna, Katsina and Plateau.

In each State, the most experienced of the five Field Assistants will also be appointed State E&S Manager. The State E&S Manager will plan and coordinate the State team’s field work, review data and evidence before submission, compile State findings, and serve as the team’s point of contact with the National Manager and the Team Leader.

Position 1: National Manager (1 position)

Reporting to the IVA Team Leader, the National Manager will lead the E&S field assessment in all seven States. Working through the State E&S Managers, the Coordinator will direct and supervise the State teams and is accountable for the quality and timeliness of all E&S field outputs.

Key Responsibilities

Plan the semi-annual E&S field-assessment missions and the sub-project sample, in coordination with the Disbursement-Linked Indicator (DLI) verification team.
Train, deploy and supervise the seven State teams through the State E&S Managers, and lead the centralised induction of all Field Assistants.
Quality-assure field data, evidence and compliance scores, and ensure the rating key is applied consistently across States.
Consolidate State findings into the quarterly E&S risk-management progress report and the semi-annual E&S field-assessment report.
Support the Team Leader in liaising with the Federal Project Coordination Unit (FPCU), SPCUs and the World Bank, and in presenting findings to Joint Review Missions and Steering Committees.
Escalate material or unresolved non-compliances, and any indication of fraud or breach of the Anti-Corruption Guidelines, to the Team Leader without delay.

Qualifications and Experience

Master’s degree in environmental management, environmental engineering, social science, development studies or a related field.
At least 10 years’ experience in E&S risk management, including at least 5 years on World Bank-financed operations (Programme-for-Results/ESSA or the Environmental and Social Framework), preferably in WASH or infrastructure.
Proven experience leading multi-State field teams in third-party monitoring, verification or E&S audit.

Core Skills

Expert knowledge of World Bank E&S requirements and Nigerian E&S law, including the EIA Act and State environmental laws.
Working knowledge of environmental and OHS management, land access and resettlement, GBV/SEA-SH, inclusion, GRM and water-quality compliance.
Leadership of field teams spread across several locations.
Data analysis, compliance scoring and corrective-action tracking.
High-quality report writing, presentation and stakeholder engagement at Federal and State levels.

Positions 2–6: State Field Assistants (35 positions)

Each State team will have five Field Assistants, one in each of the specialist roles below. Together they will cover every area of the assessment. All Field Assistants will also be cross-trained to apply all eleven field tools.

Role	Recommended Background	Core Technical Skills
Environmental and OHS Field Assistant	Degree in environmental science, environmental engineering or EHS; 3+ years’ site supervision under ESMPs	Verifying C-ESMP implementation on site; OHS and PPE; waste and materials management; water source protection; chance-find procedures; site restoration and handover
Social Safeguards, Land and Labour Field Assistant	Degree in sociology, social work or development studies; experience in land acquisition and resettlement	Verifying voluntary land donation, ARAP and compensation records; stakeholder engagement and sensitisation; labour management procedures, worker contracts and codes of conduct; engagement with project-affected persons (PAPs)
GBV/SEA-SH and Gender Inclusion Field Assistant (female preferred)	Degree in gender studies, social protection or a related field	Survivor-centred approach and ethics; safety audits of facility siting, access and lighting; GBV/SEA-SH referral pathways and child protection; facilitating sessions with women and persons with disabilities; disability-access checks
WASH Engineering and Water-Quality Field Assistant	Degree in civil or water resources engineering, or laboratory or public health science	Borehole, water-scheme and sanitation construction; reading BoQs and contracts; NSDWQ parameters; H₂S vials and field test kits; sampling and sample transport; reviewing laboratory results
GRM, Institutional Assessment and Data/M&E Field Assistant	Degree in M&E, statistics or public administration; experience in records audit	Grievance register trace-back and closure-time analysis; institutional capacity review; PAP and Anti-Corruption Guidelines compliance tracking; KoBoToolbox/ODK form set-up; GPS/GIS mapping; compliance scoring and corrective-action register; sampling

Minimum Requirements for All Field Assistants

A first degree in the relevant discipline and 3–5 years of relevant field experience.
Working knowledge of World Bank E&S requirements for Programme-for-Results operations (ESSA) and Nigerian E&S law, including the federal EIA Act and State environmental laws.
Experience with mobile data collection (KoBoToolbox/ODK), geo-tagged photographs and checklist-based site inspection.
Skill in interviewing and focus-group facilitation, including informed consent and confidentiality.
Fluency in the local language(s) of the State applied for (for example Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo or Pidgin).
Clear, evidence-based report writing.
Independence and integrity, with no conflict of interest with SPCUs, implementing agencies or contractors.
Willingness to travel to rural and hard-to-reach locations, and personal security awareness.

Equal Opportunity and Local Recruitment

Women are strongly encouraged to apply. At least two of the five Field Assistants in each State team will be women, so that separate women’s and GBV-related sessions can be held in every State.
Preference will be given to candidates from the State they will cover, or with strong working knowledge of it, subject to the independence requirement.
Successful candidates will attend a centralised one- to two-week induction on the IVA E&S Field Assessment Framework, the eleven field tools and the rating key.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit the following as a single PDF file:

A cover letter stating the position and the State applied for (one position only).
A detailed curriculum vitae (maximum four pages) with three referees.
Copies of academic and professional certificates.

Applications should be sent by email to info@malwengng.org with the subject line “SURWASH E&S – [Position] – [State]” no later than 10th November 2026.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Mal-Weng Nigeria Limited does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

Signed: Management, Mal-Weng Nigeria Limited, iziyok@malwengng.org | 08156391608 malwengng.org