Hiring Social Safeguards Specialists

EPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE ACQUISITIONS DEPARTMENT INTEGRA PROJECT Financing Agreement - P509826 Reference nº 27/CS/IC/INTEGRA/2026 _________________________________________________ ADVERTISEMENT EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Hiring an Individual Consultant for the Position of Social Safeguards Specialist The Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC), within the scope of implementing the Five-Year Program of the Government of Mozambique, has a Strategic Plan for the Education Sector, the execution of which is financed by resources from the State Budget and by Cooperation Partners (PC), through mechanisms such as the Global Partnership for Education and the World Bank, where it is implementing the Integrated Human Development Project (INTEGRA). The INTEGRA Project aims to reinforce the provision of human development services, with integrated interventions in the education, health and social protection sectors, covering selected districts in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Nampula, Tete and Zambézia. In this context, the MEC intends to use part of these resources to hire a Social Safeguards Specialist The objectives of this consultancy are, among others, the following: a) Ensure the management and monitoring of the Project's social risks, in accordance with the World Bank's Environmental and Social Framework and applicable national legislation; b) Support the development, review and implementation of social risk management instruments; c) Operationalize and monitor the Project Complaints Mechanism; d) Support the prevention and response to the risks of gender-based violence, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and violence against children; e) Promote training actions, stakeholder involvement and community consultations; f) Prepare periodic social performance reports and support the World Bank’s supervisory missions.

4. Therefore, the MEC invites eligible and duly qualified individual consultants to present