IAP PRACTICE BRIEF

ERM’s Impact Assessment & Planning practice focuses on supporting development of projects in power, infrastructure, chemicals and natural resources. Our goal is always the same: assisting our clients in achieving project success, from planning through construction and operation, while meeting expectations for assessment and management of impacts on environmental, social, health and cultural resources. By helping clients bring these issues into the project planning process early, we seek to help our clients meet environmental/social performance objectives, enable savings in capital and operating costs, and avoid significant approval and other delays.

ERM combines experience with global standards, such as the Equator Principles and International Finance Corporation’s Performance Standards, with a thorough understanding of local regulatory systems and cultural sensitivities. We apply state-of-the-art assessment tools, from GIS to modeling and visualization techniques. We have also developed our own Impact Assessment Standard, which we use to maintain consistency and quality when other standards do not apply in a particular situation.

ERM’s Impact Assessment & Planning practice has been ERM’s highest growth practice globally, growing over 20% per year for the past 5 years alone. The practice currently has over 1,000 professionals globally, representing the full range of technical disciplines, with sector experience across the board. What ERM’s practice is perhaps best known for, is supporting some of the most challenging development projects in the world. It is this reputation that attracts and retains the highly skilled consultants who comprise ERM’s Impact Assessment & Planning team.

ROLE PROFILE:

• Primarily, the role is focused on conducting social baseline studies and impact assessment as part of the delivery of ESIA studies. A secondary focus is land acquisition and resettlement planning. It will involve both Project Management and technical input.

• Support services to key clients in targeted resource industries and undertake social and environmental due diligence on behalf of investors and financial institutions.

• Liaise with clients, where requested, to ensure that client needs are met and work is conducted to the highest standard.

• Liaise with academic institutions and governmental agencies responsible for research and issuance of regulatory standards on resettlement, social impacts management and Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability.

• Represent the interests of the company in all dealings, and communications with ERM clients, potential clients, contacts and other businesses in the ERM Group.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Master degree or above in a social-related discipline (e.g. Sociology, Public Policy/Administration, and Development Studies) or equivalent work experience (3 years).  Candidate with less experience may be considered for a junior role.

• Familiarity with international standards (e.g. IFC Performance Standards)

• Manage proposals, projects and people as per ERM policies, in compliance with our Quality Management System;

• Communication skills and capacity to work as part of an integrated and multidisciplinary team.

• Chinese (native) and full English working capabilities.