Gender and Land Specialist

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International Development Law Organization (IDLO)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management, Legal
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: $29,000 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 23/02/2024
  • Location: Tunisia 
Economic justice
The Position
The Gender and Land specialist will be based in Tunis, Tunisia, primarily providing technical guidance to IDLO staff and pertinent stakeholders. In this role, the specialist will support the implementation of a project on access to land and credit ensuring the incorporation of gender considerations across a broad spectrum of project activities.
 
The specialist will collaborate closely with both internal and external stakeholders, and they will report to the Field Programme Manager. Furthermore, they will maintain strong collaboration with the relevant staff at the Country Office and work in close collaboration with the Senior Programme Coordinator at the headquarters.
 
The Gender and Land Specialist will be responsible for the following:
  • Conduct thorough gender-sensitive assessments during the project's start-up phase, taking into account the complex gender dynamics and power structures that impact women's economic empowerment and employment opportunities. These assessments should specifically address challenges faced by women throughout the land consolidation process, including issues related to land disputes, decision-making processes, ownership certificates, and access to credit.
  • Develop targeted strategies and interventions based on the findings of the gender-sensitive assessments. These strategies should be designed to actively promote gender equality, empower women, and enhance their economic opportunities within land consolidation processes.
  • Collaborate closely with local stakeholders involved in the project to ensure that awareness-raising and community engagement activities are designed and implemented to address women's specific needs and requirements, as identified in the assessments.
  • Support the development of tools and training activities that address gender considerations in the resolution of land disputes.
  • Support the development of a legislative reform roadmap that prioritizes changes aimed at facilitating women's access to land within land consolidation process. This may encompass advocating for broader safeguards for women's land rights and the acknowledgment of rights for women married in community property on ownership certificates.
  • Support the designing and implementation of training and advisory services that offer direct financial and legal aid to women entrepreneurs, primarily those leading cooperatives, SMSAs, other SMEs, and GDA.

Job Requirements
  • University degree in social sciences, land governance, economics, law, rural development, human rights or other relevant disciplines.
  • Five years of relevant experience in analysing and integrating gender dimensions into policy and programme formulation and implementation, particularly in the context of agriculture, rural development and land rights.
  • Fluency in written and spoken English, French and Arabic is essential.
  • Demonstrated ability in designing and implementing gender-based research, assessments, and strategies.
  • Proven ability to develop concrete work plans and manage tasks, teams, people, funds, products, and other elements so that work is performed according to agreed budgets, schedules, delivery requirements, and staffing plans.
  • Keen sense of ethics, integrity, and commitment to IDLO’s mandate.

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