Social Specialist Experienced Consultant

Description
**Working place**: Company office, client offices, homeworking, satellite offices

**Contract type**: Fixed Term contract (18 months, renewal possibility).

**Location**: Luxembourg Hamm / Client offices

**Ready to start your next challenge?**:
Grant Thornton Luxembourg is currently seeking a **_Social Specialist Consultant - (M/F)_** to join our European Institutions Desk and to start **ASAP.**

Working at Grant Thornton Luxembourg is an efficient opportunity to develop your potential within human-sized team in the heart of a multicultural and international growing group while respecting your work / life balance.

For us, you are a strength, your experience is a real added-value and places you as a key element in the realisation of our EU Desk department ambitions.

**Main responsibilities**:
The social specialist will assist one of our European Institutions clients in matters related to the assessment of social/environmental complaints.

**Main responsibilities**:
The social specialist will be responsible of (but not limited to):

- Undertake social/environment research, and analysis;
- Be responsible of case and file review, as well as for report drafting, under the supervision of our client;
- Engage several stakeholders, coordinate meetings and draft recommendations and conclusions reports.

**Main requirements**:

- ** Bachelor degree (or Master) **in social sciences, law, environment, development or political science;
- ** From 3 to 10 years** **of relevant and ongoing work experience** in a relevant field including social sciences, law, environment, or development;
- Fluent in **French and English** (any other EU language is considered an asset);
- ** Professional experience in relevant fields**, in particular: environmental and social impact assessments (ESIA) and/or due diligence of projects financed by International Financial Institutions (IFI);
- ** Experience or knowledge in working with social issues** covered by IFI Environmental and Social Standards in one or more of the following areas: stakeholder engagement, grievance mechanisms, labour conditions, involuntary resettlement, Indigenous Peoples and community health and safety;
- Work on **environmental** and **social sustainability** in the context of **international finance** and areas of sectoral focus for EU Institutions (e.g. energy, transport, waste and wastewater management, urban development, agribusiness, project finance, etc.);
- Capacity to **engage** with a range of stakeholders including private sector, government, NGOs, and project affected communities;
- ** Knowledge of** EU Institutions' and/or other IFIs environmental and (in particular) **social policies and standards;**:

- Demonstrated ability to **analyse policies** and **practices **in complex institutional contexts;
- Excellent **analytical** and **research** skills;
- Excellent written/oral **communication** and **interpersonal** skills.

**3, 2, 1Get ready to go beyond and apply**:
**Next steps**:

- HR interview with our Talent team;
- Technical interview with Manager(s) or Partner(s) of the team.

**Grant Thornton Information**:
Grant Thornton is a collaborative, entrepreneurial firm on the move As part of a dynamic, global organisation of more than 68,000 people serving clients in more than 147 countries, we have the agility and focus it takes to be a leader.

Here in Luxembourg, 330 professional staff and 24 partners are offering high-quality assurance, tax and advisory services to clients that range from private individuals to corporations, banks and public institutions.

**5 reasons to join us**:

- ** Work-life balance** (additional holidays, flexibility, satellite offices, parking possibility);
- ** Interesting Benefits** (annual discretionary bonus, trainings/certifications, lunch voucher, pension plan, talent referral reward program, internal mobility program);
- ** Proximity management** in agreement with our CLEARR values;
- ** Integration** follow-up to ensure yours** &** **career development opportunity** (on-demand feedback, mid-year and annual performance review);
- ** Company life** (events, afterworks, teambuilding, sport events) **& engagements** (Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Rights, Diversity & Inclusion);
- ** You are the one that we are looking for**
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Languages French English Education Bachelor Experience 3-10 years