Job Description
The Ministry of Land and Natural Resources under the Government of Ghana (GoG)/World Bank/Canadian International Development Association (CIDA) funded Project, wishes to recruit qualified Ghanaians to fill the following position in a Land Administration Project Phase II in Ghana.
Duty Station: Accra, with considerable travel around the country
Duration: Two (2) years (renewable based on performance)
The focus will be on social safeguards and effective implementation of the gender equality strategy. Specifically, the Gender and Social Development Specialist will:
For Social Development:
- Ensure that social, gender and sustainable land management issues and mainstreamed into all relevant components and activities of the project;
- Advise and guide the project on the issue of resettlement where it occurs within the course of project activities;
- Provide operational and technical support on social safeguards including the development of resettlement action plans for involuntary resettlement in project;
- Contribute to capacity building activities to build client and CSO capacity implement social safeguards
- Collaborate with the M&E Specialist to monitor and measure social and gender development outcomes of the project;
- Promote the use of Alternative Land Dispute Resolution mechanisms among customary authorities and communities, and play a leading role in adapting and modeling ADR mechanisms and strengthening existing ones; and
- Collaborate with the Communication and Public Outreach Specialist on community outreaches programmes
- Facilitate the implementation of the gender strategy;
- Facilitate the integration of gender equality strategic objectives, results, indicators into LAP Phase II programming and reporting;
- Analyze sectoral policies and documents as well as legal frameworks on Land for their gender impacts on the project;
- Coordinate gender equality and social impact assessments as required and recommend actions for consideration and better integration of gender into the project;
- Facilitate the establishment of a social development and gender unit within the Land Commission and other Land Sector Agencies;
- Develop action plans, to sensitize various stakeholders, obtaining women's participation in project activities and decision-making, as well as ensuring that women's rights to land are acknowledged;
- Ensure a high degree of participation of key stakeholders including Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) such as CICOL and several others in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
Required Skills or Experience
- A Master's Degree in Social Science, gender, development studies or relevant field with over seven (7) years experience in donor funded Project
- Must have a good track record of performance and achievements
- Must have good communication skills and the ability to network with major stakeholders
- Proven capacity to think strategically, seize opportunities as they arise, work with a variety of stakeholders and promote their participation in the project implementation process
- Capacity to work under tight deadlines and to handle potentially controversial and/or very sensitive issues that require clarity, accuracy and speed responses
- Familiarity with the current land situation in Ghana, existing policies, regional administrative challenges and relevant structures as well as competence in Ghanaian languages is desirable
- Must have strong computer skills
- Membership of a professional body
How To Apply
Interested applicants who meet the above criteria should send their application and detailed curriculum vitae to the following address:
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR (LANDS)
GHANA LAND ADMINISTRATION PROJECT (PHASE II)
MINISTRY OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
POST OFFICE BOX M 212
MINISTRIES, ACCRA
ROOM G.5
GHANA LAND ADMINISTRATION PROJECT (PHASE II)
MINISTRY OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
POST OFFICE BOX M 212
MINISTRIES, ACCRA
ROOM G.5
