Ministry of Land and Natural Resources Ghana Jobs 2011

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.

Job Vacancy: Social Development and Gender Specialist

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

For Gender Equality:

• 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