Gender Safeguard Stakeholder Engagement GSS Officer

BACKGROUND

Liberia possesses natural resources and fertile land along with valuable fishing areas; however, it grapples with development hurdles linked to environmental damage and inadequate infrastructure and institutions despite its abundance of resources. The nation encounters difficulties in enhancing smallholder agriculture and fisheries performance that impact people’s livelihood opportunities well as food security and hinder overall economic progress.

The Country also faces challenges due to the extensive damage to its land and coastal regions caused mainly by unchecked human actions like building construction and roads as well as mining activities and urban growth that led to pollution issues. These harmful activities have greatly harmed the ecosystems for supporting agriculture and fishing industries. The impacts of climate change exacerbate these dangers by hastening land and coastal deterioration while diminishing the resources essential for the local communities’ sustenance.

The ecosystems in the country are facing challenges with a focus specifically being placed upon wetlands and coastal areas such as mangroves which play a key role as protective barriers during storms and habitats for marine life growth; these areas are at high risk due to rising sea levels and temperatures along with more powerful storm surges present in the oceans today causing concerns for both biodiversity loss and increased threats of flooding and erosion to nearby coastal communities.

OBJECTIVE

To provide strategic technical support to the project team both on and off-site in compliance with social and environmental standards, including health & safety procedures and requirements.