Land-use Planning Expert at Forland

The FORLAND project is recruiting a Land-use Planning Expert who will be responsible for the following duties:

• Facilitates Districts and Villages in the preparation of participatory village land use plans (VLUP) and Village Fire Management Plans (VFMP).
• Supports the preparation of landscape level land use plans and integrated fire management plans.
• Coordinates the participation of NLUPC in VLUP preparation for targeted villages and prepares proposals for the development of more efficient and sustainable methodology for land use planning for discussion with the NLUPC and other key stakeholders.
• Trains VLUP teams;
• Supervises and supports village land use planning and village fire management planning processes VLUP process;
• Monitors the environmental quality of the VLUPs produced;
• Trains project staff in disaster risk reduction through VLUP and its implementation;
• Provides training in land-use and forestry planning, GIS, and mapping;
• Facilitates on-the-job training of the project extensionists in land use planning and mapping;
• Coordinates and contributes to the institutional capacity building and human resources development activities of the Project (such as orientation workshops, training, possible studies etc.) according to her/his background and competence);
• Ensures that HRBA, gender and non-discrimination are mainstreamed into all land use planning activities;
• Ensures that disaster risk reduction and climate, resilience, low emission development and protection of the environment with an emphasis on biodiversity are mainstreamed into the land use planning and project implementation activities;
• Collaborates with other relevant organisations to obtain highest possible compatibility of GIS and other databases among other actors;
• Collaborates closely with the M&E Officer in the use of remote sensing and GIS applications for the monitoring and evaluation of the Project results and effects in the landscape including changes in forest cover and resources;
• Develops appropriate systems for the land-use and forestry planning and monitoring;
• Prepares land-cover and biodiversity maps;
• Other tasks assigned by the Chief Technical Adviser.

Business area:

• Development Consulting

Country:

• Tanzania, East Africa

Qualifications required:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Land Management, Land-use Planning, Geoinformatics, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Management and Protection, Geography, Information Technology or other relevant discipline.
• Other Skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Swahili;
• Ability to work and communicate in a multi-sector team and across cultural and gender divides; • Facilitation and good communication skills;
• Good IT skills, especially related to digital mapping;
• Good reporting skills;
• Ability to work in remote areas.

Professional experience required:

• Minimum 10 years relevant work experience (Land management, Participatory Land-use Planning);
• Experience in smallholder private forestry, community based forest management, protection of environment and biodiversity;
• Experience of participatory Village Land Use Planning
• Experience in digital mapping;
• Experience in local governance and capacity building at local levels.

Position length:

• Temporary

Position length:

• Tentatively 32 months with duty station in Mafinga

Commencement:

• 04/2025

Deadline:

• Thursday, April 3, 2025