Social Consulting Associate (Sociology and Anthropology / Resettlement)

ERM’s Social Impact Voyager seeks to incubate social impact (across social performance, resettlement, stakeholder engagement, DEI, and political risk advisory) as a key offering across our service lines. Our vision is to become the social impact consulting partner of choice, known for high-quality advisory and technical services that are well integrated to the business and sustainability strategies.

The Asia Region has 50+ pureplay social impact practitioners, primarily based in India, Vietnam, China mainland, Hong Kong and South-east Asia.

ERM China is currently hiring early career professionals with a passion and some experience in resettlement and social sustainability to join the team.

Role responsibility:

Join the team, and you will work closely with service line leaders and senior project managers who will coach you and help you develop subject matter expertise.

• Deliver and coordinate small to medium projects that involve social impact assessment, resettlement advisory, labour and working conditions assessment, stakeholder engagement and social due diligence

• Conduct socio-economic surveys, social screening for the projects and Social Impact Assessments including Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) framework and/or supervise subcontractors

• Support in the preparation of Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) including Indigenous Peoples Development Plans (IPDPs), Community Development Social Welfare Programs for Project Affected Persons (PAPs) and obtain clearances for Land Acquisition and rehabilitation

• Support in the monitoring, evaluating and supervising the implementation of the resettlement plan and social mitigating measures

• Support Senior Consultants/Project Managers undertake social due diligence assessments and prepare corrective action plans as per established international standards (UNGPs, EP, IFC, ADB, JBIC etc.)

You will learn the challenges our clients face and how ERM’s solution will be able to help them achieve their business goals. You may be required to do some domestic or international travel.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Resettlement and/or Sociology

• 1 – 3 years consulting experience and/or relevant professional experience on social performance, sociology, resettlement, community development. Fresh graduates with relevant internships are welcomed to apply.

• Practical knowledge and understanding of quantitative analysis tools and techniques and their application for social data management

• Excellent report writing skills. Fluency in both written and spoken English and Mandarin is a fundamental requirement. Second foreign language skills will be a plus (e.g. Russian)