Description
Abt
Associates intends to respond to an upcoming Request for Proposal from
the Indonesian Government, through the Millennium Challenge
Account-Indonesia, to implement a one-year project helping over 300
rural villages in fifteen districts throughout the country to delineate and demarcate their boundaries and map their resources to
attract future investment in areas that will improve rural livelihoods
in an environmentally sustainable manner. In this project, Abt
Associates and its team of Indonesian specialists and subcontractors
will work with local communities and government in a participatory
process to determine each community’s physical boundaries and natural
and cultural resource areas to create a geo-spacial database of its
land, assets, and resources.
Abt
Associates is seeking a Land Tenure Advisor who will directly report to
the project’s Chief of Party and be responsible for developing and
implementing processes to resolve village land disputes which include
investigating and reporting on land use and tenure issues and work with
villages and project teams to resolve them. The position will be based
in Jakarta and require travel to remote locations in the field.
Roles and Responsibilities
a.
Provide input in the planning of the work under PMAP 6 to
incorporate methodology and mechanism for land dispute resolution;
b.
Investigate the land use and tenure issues of each district,
subdistrict and village in the assigned districts, including indigenous
land (adat land) issues in coordination with the Stakeholders Engagement
Specialist;
c.
Participate in the district and subdistrict level planning meeting and
serve as a land use and tenure resource person in all meetings as
needed;.
d.
Provide expert support to the Area / District Coordinators,
Kecamatan Technical Working Group and the Village Participation Teams as
needed in land use and land tenure issues which arise during the
Village Boundary Setting and Resource Mapping (VBS/RM) process;.
e. Plan for land-based dispute mediation and oversee its application during the implementation of VBS/RM in the villages;.
f.
Monitor the land use and land tenure aspects of the VBS/RM process
and provide input and support data for the preparation of reports and
presentations.
Minimum Qualifications
a. Bachelor level degree in land tenure, geography, economics, natural resource management or rural development;
b. Seven years professional experience in land-related development projects or research;.
c.
Demonstrated technical understanding of natural resource
management, land use and rural community development and land-based
dispute mediation;.
e. Previous work experience in Indonesia, as well as strong knowledge of rural land issues including indigenous/customary (adat) land tenure and territorial claims;.
f. Ability to frequently travel to remote locations in Indonesia;.
g. Fluency in English, both in written and oral. Mandatory experience in writing technical reports in English.
The following qualification is also desirable:
a. Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia.
Interested candidates may send a CV and cover letter to abt.pmap@gmail.com indicating the title in the email subject as soon as possible but no later than 28 October 2016. Only qualified candidates will be contacted.
Thank you for your interest in Abt Associates.
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