MUNICIPAL SERVICES IMPROVEMENT PROJECT - TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERT (Ref: PMU-IND-02)

ILBANK
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
MUNICIPAL SERVICES IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
(MSIP)
TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERT
(Ref: IBRD/ PMU-IND-02)

1. BACKGROUND
The ILBANK has applied for financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the “Municipal Services
Improvement Project in Turkey” (the Project) which will be jointly financed by the European Union (EU)
through an IBRD loan to ILBANK, guaranteed by the Republic of Turkey, and a proposed grant from the
European Commission Development Fund (ECDF)'s Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRIT). ILBANK intends
to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The overall objective of the Project is to contribute to the improvement of the living conditions of host
communities and Syrians under Temporary Protection (SUTPs) in five (5) selected municipalities; Adana,
Kahramanmaras, Kayseri, Konya, and Osmaniye, in dealing with the increased pressure on defined
municipal services, in particular water supply, sanitation and solid waste management, in a sustainable
and equitable manner.

The specific objectives are as follows:
(i) Provide access for host communities and Syrians under Temporary Protection to safely managed
drinking water, wastewater and solid waste management services.
(ii) Participate in the protection of the region’s environment and, in particular, of its resources in fresh
water, under stress due to climate change.
(iii) Support the municipalities and SKI’s in achieving operational and financial sustainability in water,
sanitation and solid waste management services.

The Project would be implemented through two components:
1) Environmental infrastructure investment (Component 1) including; water, sanitation and solid waste
management, comprising fifteen (15) projects located in five (5) provinces stated previously.
2) Technical assistance for project management and supervision (Component 2), including in particular
accompanying measures to improve the performance of water, sanitation and solid waste operators
(municipalities and metropolitan municipality water and wastewater administrations called "SKIs"), and to
support ILBANK in sub project management of the Project. This component will also consist of related
communication and visibility actions.

ILBANK will act as the Financial Intermediary (FI) to transfer funds to participating municipalities or
utilities that are the main Beneficiaries and implementing agencies of the Project, in the selected
provinces within the scope of Component 1 (environmental infrastructure investments); in addition,
ILBANK will directly procure some tenders in relation with Component 2 (consultancy services such as
audit of the project’s account, communication and visibility services and external supervision for works).
To be able to achieve these tasks, ILBANK has set a Project Management Unit (PMU) within its
International Relations Department which will be responsible for coordinating and supervising overall
implementation of the Project at central level. Participating municipalities/utilities will be responsible for
sub-project investment implementation and will set up municipal project implementation units (PIUs) at
local level to ensure effective sub-project implementation. As owners of the assets to be financed as part
of Component 1 (environmental infrastructure investments), the targeted municipalities and SKIs will be
the primary entities responsible for contract management and ILBANK’s PMU will provide assistance for
project management to the final beneficiaries (with particular attention to those which are not used to
working with international donors). ILBANK’s PMU will also be directly responsible for the procurement
activities within the scope of project.

Within the framework of the Project, an Environmental Expert (IBRD/PMU-IND-02) will be employed
at Project Management Unit of the General Directorate of ILBANK.

2. OBJECTIVES
The main objective is to employ an experienced consultant as the Environmental Expert of İLBANK PMU
to assist in the project implementation activities as indicated below:

3. SCOPE OF THE SERVICES
The Environmental Expert (the Consultant) shall support PMU in monitoring and evaluation activities
within the scope of the Project. The scope of the services of the Consultant is to provide assistance and
consultancy for the identification and management of all environmental issues related to the Project,
and in particular:

a. Supervise, monitor and control the environmental performance of the Project activities
and the Work Supervisor/s;
b. Control and ensure that all approvals/licenses are in place prior to carrying out the
Project activities and make sure all the records are kept accurately including the permits
collected by the Contractor/s;
c. Ensure that relevant environmental and social procedures in line with national
legislation and the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) are
conducted in case of any change in the design of the sub-projects, if deemed necessary,
and follow up on their implementation;
d. Keep the PMU management fully informed about environmental related topics and
monthly environmental performance;
e. Identify/anticipate environmental risks and define the measures to adopt a mitigation
hierarchy approach (avoid, minimize, reduce, compensate/offset the environmental
risks) in case of not defined risks in the Project document have been faced;
f. Ensure the compliance of project activities are consistent with the requirements of the
Turkish Legislation and the Project Standards set by the World Bank Environmental and
Social Framework (ESF);
g. Review environmental documents/reports (such as Contractor’s Environmental and
Social Management Plan, monitoring reports of Work supervisor/s, ESMPs, ESIAs, etc.),
, prepare comments/recommendations to the PMU’s management and relevant
stakeholders, and take necessary actions to provide the required quality of these
documents/reports before the submission to the World Bank;
h. Assist in the preparation of environmental assessment issues of tender documents for
the coverage of the environmental risks and their management; in particular, support
the relevant stakeholders in the finalization of the ESHS qualification criteria in the
bidding documents;
i. Review, revise and consolidate ESIA, ESMP, procedures/method statements for sitespecific
issues in line with Turkish Legislation and the World Bank Environmental and
Social Framework (ESF);
j. Make sure (including close monitoring and supervision) , in coordination with the Work
Supervisor/s, that the commitments given in the ESIAs, ESMPs and other relevant
management plans are implemented on the field as scheduled;
k. Ensure compliance with ESMPs and other relevant management plans mainly
monitoring plan onsite;
l. Support the PMU for the preparation of Progress Reports (bi-annually) to the World
Bank, by incorporating updates on the implementation of environmental requirements
as per the relevant environmental standards;
m. Conduct site visits for the assessment, supervision and monitoring of the environmental
issues of the Project; assist/participate in audits and monitoring missions conducted by
the World Bank/Financial Institutions or the any other authorities including the Ministry
of Environment and Urbanization;
n. Conduct site visits for the supervision and monitoring of municipalities/utilities to
ensure the environmental policies and standards are understood and followed;
o. Conduct “on-the-job” or specific trainings on the environmental issues related to the
project scope requested by the İLBANK and ensure PMU and PIU teams are well aware
of ESIA, ESMP and the other relevant environmental issues of the Projects;
p. Ensure notification of any significant environmental incident or accident (spills, etc.)
related to the Project to the World Bank within the defined time frame, and provide the
preparation and submission of incident or accident report including measures or
corrective actions taken or planned to be taken to address it and any measures to
prevent its recurrence to the World Bank, in line with World Bank requirements.
A more detailed list of services will be provided to the Environmental Expert upon contract of
employment.

4. REPORTS
The Consultant shall participate in the preparation and update of all progress reports and comment
on any activity reports due to WB. He/she will fill in detailed time sheets on his/her activities and
comply with his/her contract’s requirements in terms of payment/time justification in the context
of high accountability under IBRD and EU financing. The reports prepared by the Consultant will be
submitted to ILBANK PMU.

5. DURATION AND LOCATION OF THE SERVICES
The services will be required on a full-time basis for an expected duration of 48 months. The
Environmental Expert is expected to commence work from July 2020, with two months’ probation
period and a renewable 1-year contract, if performance is satisfactory.
The position will be mostly based in Ankara. If required, and with the approval of the Employer, the
Consultant shall attend the site visits to municipalities/utilities and ILBANK Regional Directorates
within the scope of the Project. In necessary cases, the Employer may assign temporarily the
consultant in ILBANK Regional Directorates.

6. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
 At least bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering or a related field (in which case,
significant professional experience in the fields of environmental impact assessment,
pollution prevention or natural resource management including project-specific experience
will have to be proven);
 Minimum ten years’ general work experience in water and/or wastewater and/or solid waste
management or similar assignments/sectors;
 At least five years’ relevant experience in management and/or preparation of EIA/ESIAs and
E&S due diligence studies and experience in the implementation of environmental and
social policies of International Finance Institutions such as World bank/IFC/EBRD/EU, AFD
and United Nations; in particular, extensive experience on projects financed by the World
Bank will be viewed positively;
 Very good command of both written and spoken English and Turkish;
 Have a strong client orientation;
 Good computer skills with MS Office Applications;
 Ability to travel without restriction.

7. METHODOLOGY
The consultant will be hired following the guidance of World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for
IPF Borrowers (July 2016 and revised August 2018) (Procurement Regulations)”. The contracted
position will be the Environmental Expert of ILBANK PMU in Ankara. The contract will be signed
between the ILBANK Department of International Relations or his designee and the consultant.

8. APPLICATION
The application should include a CV in the following format in English.
Attn: Mr. Özkan ÇÜÇEN, Manager of Contract Management Unit
ILBANK
Department of International Relations
Contract Management Unit
Kızılırmak Mahallesi, Ufuk Üniversitesi Caddesi, No:12
Çukurambar- Çankaya / Ankara
Tel: 0312 5087905
Fax: 0312 5087949
E-mail: pybsatinalma@ilbank.gov.tr
website: https://www.ilbank.gov.tr

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CURRICULUM VITAE

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

(Employment Record)

Language Proficiency      :

Computing Knowledge :

Experience in:

Membership of Professional Societies       :

References and transcripts           : AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Certification

                   I, the undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, this biodata correctly describes myself, my qualifications and my experience.

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