Responsibilities :

• • • • Create and support to establish  and pilot environmental and Licensing and permitting capabilities.
      • Maintain and sustain the licensing and permitting capabilities.
      • Conduct education and training of future regulated entities
      • Coordinate and support stakeholder engagement to support transition.
      • Achieve readiness for activation
      • Use global benchmarks to establish organizational design, required workforce targets, and operating model for end state
      • Permitting and Licensing Functions

       
    • • Work with NEOM Legal and the rest of the NEOM Authority Environment Department to develop and finalize the environmental permitting, and licensing.
      • Develop environmental permitting, and licensing policies, standards, and technical guidelines as required
      • Provide expert content and collaborate with other departments to address dependencies
      • Develop regulatory enforcement mechanisms
      • Regulatory instruments

       

    • • Coordinate with a Head of the Environment Department to identify human resource needs for the Division, migrating internally, or hiring externally
      • Update existing, and develop new, job descriptions for Division positions
      • Establish a high-functioning team to address key functions and build capacity for demonstrating readiness
      • Oversee the conduct of the necessary internal and external training required to ensure operational readiness
      • Regulators (People)

       

    • • Identify and procure/implement assets and systems required to execute on the Division functions and mandates (e.g., equipment, services, software tools, database and registries)
      • Operational assets and systems

       
    • • Develop the governance and processes for the internal operating model of functions, defining standard operating procedures
      • Support the development of processes for cross-department coordination
      • Protocols and governance

       

    • • Environmental and Social Assessment and Permitting
      • Sustainability Assessment and Permitting
      • Compliance Monitoring and Assurance
      • Land-use, Research, Other Permitting and Licensing Programs
      • Education and Training for Regulated Entities
      • Enforcement Coordination and Support to Judicial Actions
      • Environment Risk and Emergency Management
      • Permitting and Compliance Functions

       
    • • Develop and manage a highly efficient and professional team
      • Support the Head of Department in securing and managing financial resources and capital assets
      • Support the Head of Department in building and maintaining a high-performance culture of excellence, innovation and continuous improvement
      • As required, directly manage employees and/or projects
      • Ensure the ongoing effectiveness and continual improvement of procedures and systems
      • Oversee the ongoing training requirements for the Division
      • Division Management:

       
    • • Oversee the maintenance of a database of approved environmental consultants
      • Oversee the environmental impact assessment and sustainability assessment review and permitting process, and issuance of environmental and sustainability permits
      • Manage the environmental and sustainability permitting appeals process
      • Assessment and Permitting:

       
    • • Oversee the ongoing training requirements for the Division to keep regulated entities aware of their responsibilities.
      • Conduct awareness and communications forums with internal and external stakeholders
      • Education and Training of Regulatory Requirements:

       

    • • Oversee the conduct of environmental and sustainability compliance inspections and audits
      • Investigate non-compliances and coordinate with enforcement entities as required, including respective Court / Judicial processe
      • Quality Assurance / Quality Control

       

    • • Identify areas where cooperation and agreements are needed to provide services in the interim period and identify segregation of duties for interim service delivery
      • Working with Office of the Head of Department, identify Base Economy entities and develop processes to communicate and liaise with key points of contact in the Base Economy for Division activities and actions
      • Working with Office of the Head of Department, plan for the transition from Base Economy Authority to NEOM Authority
      • Develop a phased transition plan for permitting & licensing to reach end-state, in accordance with the vision for the NEOM Authority; lean, efficient and tech-enabled.
      • Track and communicate progress against the transition plan
      • Stakeholder Engagement

       
    • • Manage or oversee the management of consultants required to support the environmental permitting and licensing workplan
      • Coordinate the development of project scopes of work and subsequent procurement processes
      • Manage the production of the required deliverables, administrative aspects, project risks, and monitor overall progress of the project, use of resources, budget spent, stakeholder engagement
      • Identify project risks including preparation of mitigation methods
      • Manage all administration aspects related to the project
      • Project ManagementWhere required:

       

    • • Execute the Environment Departments’ roles and responsibilities for environmental permitting and licensing.
      • Ensure that permit applications are reviewed and approved or rejected as appropriate.
      • Ensure that the online permitting portal is maintained.
      • Support the longer-term development of the end-state permitting portal for NEOM
      • Support the continual improvement of processes, systems and regulatory instruments, updating documents and conducting training and awareness sessions as required
      • Authority ActivationFollowing authority activation:

       

    • Knowledge and Experience
      • At least 10 years’ experience in environmental permitting or licensing, or environmental impact assessment
      • At least 3 years’ experience in a managerial position
      • Experience with the implementation of regulatory requirements and environmental processes and procedures
      • Knowledge of regulatory frameworks for environmental impact assessment
      • Experience working with multiple stakeholders to identify and agree roles and responsibilities.
      • Highly desirable: Experience working within government organizations
      • Highly desirable: Experience or knowledge of sustainable development and sustainability assessments

Educational requirements:

• BSc in Environmental Sciences, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Management (or similar), and ideally an MSc

Experience requirements:

• At least 10 years of experience in environmental permitting or licensing, or environmental impact assessment
• At least 3 years of experience in a managerial position
• Experience with the implementation of regulatory requirements and environmental processes and procedures
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders to identify and agree on roles and responsibilities.

Desired Skills:

• Highly desirable: Experience working within government organizations
• Highly desirable: Experience or knowledge of sustainable development and sustainability assessments

Qualifications:

• Project Management Certification is preferable
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks for environmental impact assessment

Benefits:

Will be negotiated

Incentives:

Will be negotiated

How to Apply for NEOM?