Total 7 job vacancies by Sheladia Associates, Inc

Sheladia Associates is seeking a professional Hydrologist/Hydromet Specialist to join our team for an upcoming, ADB funded Integrated Flood Resilience and Adaptation Project in Philippines.

The project aims to enhance: flood and climate change resilience that is consistent with the Philippines Development Plan of 2023-2028 (PDP). The project’s major outcome is to reduce flood risk in three river basins.

The Hydrologist/Hydromet Specialist will be based in Manila Project Office with frequent travels to project sites, as deemed necessary, which shall have the following responsibilities:

• conduct hydro-meteorological data analyses;
• draft the technical specifications of the necessary facilities and equipment i.e., x-band radars, hydromet systems etc.
• supervise the installation, testing and commissioning of the equipment and facilities;
• provide relevant training; and
• prepare relevant reports and documents.

Sheladia Associates is seeking a professional Flood Modelling Specialist/Hydrologist to join our team for an upcoming, ADB funded Integrated Flood Resilience and Adaptation Project in Philippines.

The project aims to enhance: flood and climate change resilience that is consistent with the Philippines Development Plan of 2023-2028 (PDP). The project’s major outcome is to reduce flood risk in three river basins.

The Flood Modelling Specialist/Hydrologist will be based in Manila Project Office with frequent travels to project sites, as deemed necessary, which shall have the following responsibilities:

• Assist the CPB Unit and prepare flood modeling and data management parts in the course programs for capacity-building for planning FRM through Pilot River Basin Study;
• Engage in Pilot River Basin Studies in 2nd and 3rd Year in flood modeling of “without” and “with” climate change by using free flood modeling software and data management parts;
• Assist Pilot River Basin Study in these parts in 4th Year; and (iv) Conduct capacity-building for the participants from CPB Unit and ROs including DEOs in flood modeling and data management.

Sheladia Associates is seeking a professional Social Safeguard (IP/RAP) Specialist to join our team for an upcoming, ADB funded Integrated Flood Resilience and Adaptation Project in Philippines.

The project aims to enhance: flood and climate change resilience that is consistent with the Philippines Development Plan of 2023-2028 (PDP). The project’s major outcome is to reduce flood risk in three river basins.

The individual will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Ensure project’s compliance with ADB SPS (2009), relevant Government regulations, and other requirements as detailed in the approved social safeguard documents prepared for the project;
• Lead the discussions with the implementing agencies, local government agencies on the measures and actions for the preparation and progress of implementation of updated RPs, RIPPs and REGDPs;
• Lead, oversee and work with national resettlement specialists to provide required assistance to the UPMO FCMC, ESSD DPWH, ROs DPWH, RICs, LGUs on the implementation of safeguard documents and livelihood rehabilitation program;
• Verify the impacts of the subprojects, based on the detailed engineering design and the updated/final RPs, RIPPs, REGDPs, on the local ethnic minority and involuntary resettlement prior to implementation and prepare site verification reports;
• Develop workplan and monitoring progress for RP/RIPPs/REGDPs implementations for UPMO FCMC;
• Prepare and conduct the training program on social safeguards planning and implementation for the project to the FCMC-UPMO, project implementing agencies and relevant government agencies;
• Ensure and assist UPMO-FCMC/ ESSD DPWH and relevant government agencies in information disclosure and meaningful consultations with affected households and communities;
• Assist UPMO-FCMC in finalizing the land acquisition and resettlement plan based on the final detailed engineering designs of the subproject following the requirements of ADB (SPS, 2009) and the government's policies; and monitor the progress of preparation of the resettlement sites;
• Conduct monitoring visits to the subproject sites to assess the compliance of land acquisition and resettlement plan implementation with the provisions of the agreed updated land acquisition and resettlement plan;
• Develop monitoring template to be used by the regional office team for the preparation of semiannual safeguard monitoring reports to be consolidated by UPMO FCMC;
• Support the UPMO-FCMC on the preparation and management of consolidated safeguard monitoring reports for submission to the EA and ADB;
• Support the UPMO FCMC on the selection and recruitment of external monitoring consultant for RPs and REGDPs implementation;
• Facilitate the recruited EMA to conduct monitoring and evaluation;
• Review and validate the EMA findings and reports for LGUs, UPMO-FCMC and DPWH;
• Assist UPMO-FCMC in monitoring the implementation of recommendation of External Monitoring Authority (EMA) reports;
• Advise UPMO-FCMC and relevant agencies to resolve the issues related to land acquisition, resettlement and ethnic minority issues - if any;
• Establish systems, including monitoring and evaluation indicators, and the monitoring data management system for the project;
• Support the UPMO-FCMC on the quality of the safeguard reports (QPR, SSMR and EMA report) to meet ADB standards/requirements;
• Assist relevant government agencies in carrying out assessment in case of any unanticipated impacts, and updating the safeguards documents or prepare corrective actions;
• Assist UPMO-FCMC in the establishment and management of project GRM and provide training to relevant local level entry points for LAR GRM (i.e., barangay chairman or village heads) on grievance redress procedures and record keeping;

Sheladia Associates is seeking a professional Integrated FR Management (IFRM) Specialist to join our team for an upcoming, ADB funded Integrated Flood Resilience and Adaptation Project in Philippines.

The project aims to enhance: flood and climate change resilience that is consistent with the Philippines Development Plan of 2023-2028 (PDP). The project’s major outcome is to reduce flood risk in three river basins.

The individual will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Capacity-building for FRM in DPWH through its CPB Unit and community-based flood risk management;
• Assist the Capacity-building (CPB) Unit of the DPWH in preparing detailed capacity building course programs for the 2nd to 4th Year capacity-building programs composed of Pilot River Basin Studies;
• Lead in Pilot River Basin Studies, including capacity-building on the process of master plan studies to the participants from CPB Unit and Regional Offices (ROs), including District Engineering Offices (DEOs) in the 2nd and 3rd Year, and assist in Pilot River Basin Study in the 4th Year;
• Coordinate with DPWH and related agencies for smooth implementation of the capacity-building for the FRM;
• Assist DPWH in implementing, monitoring, reviewing, and updating the capacity building subcomponent;
• Oversee and manage the experts involved in the development of AMIS-FRM;
• Support DPWH in the tendering process for procurement of system development contractor, survey contractors, hardware and software components of the AMIS-FRM and surveys to be conducted for data preparation;
• Monitor procurement and oversee contract management;
• Work closely with DPWH and its relevant offices on matters related to the development of AMIS-FRM;

Sheladia Associates is seeking a professional Data Management Specialist to join our team for an upcoming, ADB funded Integrated Flood Resilience and Adaptation Project in Philippines.

The project aims to enhance: flood and climate change resilience that is consistent with the Philippines Development Plan of 2023-2028 (PDP). The project’s major outcome is to reduce flood risk in three river basins.

The individual will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Review existing information systems;
• Develop the detailed design of the hardware and software components of AMIS-FRM and prepare the TOR for AMIS-FRM application development;
• Support the system development contractor in the system and database design;
• Provide quality management of the AMIS-FRM applications;
• Develop manuals and training materials on the AMIS-FRM; and
• Provide training on the operation of the field data collection system and database management system to the DPWH staff.

Sheladia Associates is seeking a professional Construction Management Specialist to join our team for an upcoming, ADB funded Integrated Flood Resilience and Adaptation Project in Philippines.

The project aims to enhance flood and climate change resilience that is consistent with the Philippines Development Plan of 2023-2028 (PDP). The project’s major outcome is to reduce flood risk in three river basins.

The Construction Management Specialist will be based in Manila Project Office with frequent travels to project sites, as deemed necessary, which shall have the following responsibilities:

• Liaison with the different contractors and implementing agencies.
• In charge of construction supervision teams for the three (3) river basins, hence acting as the Engineer in administering the civil works contract.
• Supervise the works of the resident engineers based on the project sites.
• Monitor the progress and quality of construction works.
• Ensure contractors’ compliance and adherence to the contract conditions and specifications.

Sheladia Associates is seeking a professional Team Leader/Project Management Specialist to join our team for an upcoming, ADB funded Integrated Flood Resilience and Adaptation Project in Philippines.

The project aims to enhance: flood and climate change resilience that is consistent with the Philippines Development Plan of 2023-2028 (PDP). The project’s major outcome is to reduce flood risk in three river basins.

The Team Leader/Project Management Specialist will provide the following services:

• Over-all liaison with the implementing agencies;
• Maintain good coordination among the Client, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and other stakeholders;
• Coordination of the input and output of the sub-teams (Outputs 1, 2 and 3) of consultants (both in the field and home based);
•  Quality control of work carried out and output delivered by the sub-teams;
• Provide guidance to the sub-teams to ensure that the work meets the required standards and done within the agreed schedule;
• Over-all management and administration of the contract;
• Review and, if necessary, update the project implementation schedule with disbursement and contract award schedule;
• Reporting to the implementing agencies on progress of the work carried out by the sub-teams and the progress in achieving the goals and indicators of the project;
• Guide the development and implementation of the Project Performance Monitoring System (PPMS) of the project and preparation of the progress reports including analysis of the achievements of Design Monitoring Framework (DMF) of the project and other monitoring and evaluation indicator results, assessment of progress against workplan, identification of lessons learned, issues, solutions and recommendations;
• Ensure that the project-wide Grievance Redress Mechanism is properly set up and operational, and disputes, if any, are dealt with efficiently and swiftly in a transparent manner, and in line with practices acceptable to ADB and the Government of the Philippines.