UNDP National Officer (Land, Property and Housing Law Expert) Jobs in Ethiopia
Job Purpose and Organizational Context
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the agency for human settlements mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable cities, with the aim of providing adequate housing for all.
It is the lead agency within the United Nations for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda. UN-Habitat supports Member States and development partners to transform cities into safer, more resilient and healthier places with better opportunities working towards achieving inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable cities and communities, with a focus on addressing urban challenges and improving the quality of life for all people.
Scope of the work
The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the UN-Habitat Ethiopia Programme Manager and the project lead, and he/she will be responsible for the following duties:
Participate in site/neighborhood assessments, support participatory planning processes with the local government, host and displacement affected communities and different organizations to inform area-based multisectoral interventions.
Review existing policies and strategies related to sustainable land management, environment, and climate change mitigation measures. Recommend ways of sustainable use of land and land use planning in the wake of climate change ensuring that gender considerations are addressed.
Key informant interviews and focus group discussions to be held with women with particular attention on women`s physical and legal access to HLP.
Conduct preliminary discussions with key actors and examine relevant documents to prepare an inception report and a work plan on HLP issues as per the requirement put forward on the project document.
Responsible for the provision of technical support and capacity building to HLP coordination mechanisms and contribute to the HLP strategy and plan of action considering the local and modern contexts.
Careful follow-up of the workplan for the project, support monitoring of project implementation and report against milestones to project team members.
Recommend flexible and politically acceptable approaches to individual versus collective tenure rights to land and resource tenure regimes with considerations that climate conditions are changing, and sustainable livelihoods can be maintained.
Coordinate with the local Consultancy firm on assessment on land registrations, ownership, spatial data gathering, development potential and training package specifically on HLP ensuring that gender considerations are addressed.
Duties and Expected deliverables
The incumbent will have to perform the following assignments independently and in collaboration with the project lead and other team members:
Perform research, analysis, and synthesis of topics and issues related to HLP in the local context in the two project regions and in the country ensuring that gender considerations are addressed. Undertake analysis of the practice on the ground identifying challenges and opportunities of the project areas to achieve program and project objectives.
Assess progress and results, identify problem areas, and take corrective steps to achieve program and project objectives.
Conduct participatory processes with the local communities on elaboration of land tenure plans ensuring that gender considerations are addressed.
Review of international and national best practices on HLP rights of displacement affected communities, identifying challenges and opportunities within the project areas.
Training and capacity building on participatory tools on HLP for service providers to integrate the rights of DACs in HLP matters legal framework, counselling, and access to tenure assistance for households under the different menu of options, improvement of rights and conditions for DAC.
Preparation of Training materials on HLP local, national, and international context for better decision making, solving the governance challenge and improvement of rights and conditions for DAC on HLP issues
Periodic progress reports against milestones based on monitoring of project activities, provide communication materials for the project under implementation, including stories, news.
Prepare recommendations on owner-driven methodology to facilitate the construction of durable/ permanent shelter and HLP support for (re)integrating households, returnees and/or IDPs newly settled and in need of those housing rehabilitation or construction.
Make recommendations for settlement planning.
Facilitate exchange programs from other regions and countries on creation of tools, policy revision and development for better decision making, solving the governance challenge and improvement of rights and conditions for DAC on HLP issues.
Keep custody and backup of documents, data and information to be collected in due course of carrying out the various tasks of planning HLP sector study.
Coordinate with consultants on documentation of summaries of recommendations for IDPs housing, appraisal, successes and failures.
Expected Outputs
Perform research, review existing policies and strategies related to HLP issues. Undertake analysis of the practice on the ground identifying challenges and opportunities of the project areas to achieve program and project objectives
Community engagement, site assessment reports including visual representation of data and analysis ensuring that gender dimensions are considered.
Participatory processes with the local communities on elaboration of land tenure plans ensuring that gender considerations are addressed
Plan and execute community planning workshops, awareness, and capacity building trainings for staff of local government offices in inclusion of DAC rights in provision of services.
Training materials on HLP local, national, and international context for better decision making, solving the governance challenge and improvement of rights and conditions for DAC on HLP issues
Propose and document summaries of recommendations for IDPs’ housing
Reports against milestones based on monitoring of project activities.
Procurement plan for necessary software and hardware for the project implementation.
Communication material for projects under implementation, including stories, news.
Qualifications/Experience/Skills
Education
Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) or BA/BSC degree in land administration/management, law, international development, development studies or any other field relevant to the assignment.
Work Experience
For MA/MSC. degree in a relevant field, four (4) years of relevant work experience in land management issues and research/policy development is required. Two years of relevant experience for LLM (Masters in Law) and MSC in engineering.
For BA/BSC degree in a relevant field, six (6) years of relevant work experience in land management issues and research/policy development is required. Four (4) ears of relevant experience For LLB and BSC in engineering.
Experience with technical/programming exercise in HLP.
Training development and facilitation including experience in drafting and encouraging the implementation of policy/strategic guidance and developing practical tools and resources.
Experience in working with the United Nations is an advantage. Experience in the humanitarian sector, including field experience is an asset.
Preferred: experience in women’s land rights and application of gender equity and social inclusion in all aspects of project design and implementation
Preferred: experience working on law and policy at the intersection of climate change and land tenure
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Excellent writing skills, with analytical capacity and ability to synthesize project outputs and relevant findings for preparation of quality reports as well as media stories.
Ability to work independently or with minimal supervision with a high degree of responsibility, in a flexible manner and often under pressure.
Capacity to coordinate and organize a team and to support project implementation.
Ability to conduct interviews, surveys, and other data collection techniques.
Language:
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of Ethiopian working language and the language of working regions is desirable. Ability to communicate technical knowledge to non-expert audience is preferred.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; UNDP National Officer (Land, Property and Housing Law Expert) Jobs in Ethiopia
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