Land Management and Topography

The individual contractor will ensure strengthened community participation and social governance mechanisms, effective risk management, and a fully operational monitoring, evaluation, and reporting system that produces reliable data and high quality reports. These contributions will enable informed decision making, improved land governance, enhanced social cohesion, and successful delivery of project results throughout UN Habitat’s interventions in the DRC.

Democratic Republic of Congo

5 months

Organizational Setting The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the body mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable cities, with the aim of providing adequate housing for all. UN-Habitat is the lead agency within the United Nations for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda. In this capacity, it supports Member States and development partners in transforming cities into safer, more resilient, and healthier places that offer greater opportunities. It works with organizations at all levels, including all sectors of government, civil society, and the private sector. The UN-Habitat office in the Democratic Republic of Congo implements a Country Programme Document (CPD) developed jointly with stakeholders. Key programmes and projects within the CPD include: (i) the Land Reform Support Programme (PARF), funded by the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) through the National REDD+ Fund (FONAREDD); (iii) a project for the participatory strengthening of land conflict prevention and management for increased social cohesion in the provinces affected by the Kwamouth crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), funded by the UN Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund; and (iv) the project “Contributing to strengthening the resilience of populations affected by the AFC/M23 crisis by supporting efforts to ensure secure access to land for livelihood production in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” funded by the Government of Japan. Within the Framework of these interventions, UN-Habitat will facilitate:  the deployment of a decentralized Land Information System (LIS),  the harmonization of land tenure security tools,  participatory land mapping and securing land rights,  spatial planning and to the prevention and management of land and customary conflicts. To ensure the successful implementation of activities and adherence to project deadlines, UN-Habitat is seeking to recruit a Land Information System and Geographic Information System Individual Contractor. Under the general supervision of the Central Africa Head of Office and with close monitoring by the Programme Coordinator, the Individual Contractor will provide technical and operational support for the management, planning, development, and monitoring of activities related to the implementation of the LIS in the land districts of the PAFR2 intervention sites, as well as the overall coordination of all LIS and GIS activities within UN-Habitat. Responsibilities Under the general supervision of the Central Africa Sub Region, Head of Office and the guidance of the program coordinator, the incumbent will perform the following tasks and responsibilities: 1. Contribute to the planning and operational management of land tenure security activities and the implementation of a georeferenced and digitized land information system. 2. Support the technical contribution to the finalization of the tools of the standardized land tenure security mechanism and the architecture of the SIF at the local level. 3. Monitor the activities of his team, local implementing partners (LIPs) and local actors in securing land for local communities and produce periodic reports to management via the program coordinator. 4. Contribute to strengthening the professionalism and performance of local actors, including land administration, local cartographers, etc., to carry out land tenure security activities in the targeted localities. 5. Document the challenges and difficulties related to fieldwork in the context of the deployment of participatory mechanisms for securing community lands and the SIF and then propose solutions taking into account the realities of each locality. 6. Ensure the quality assurance of the implementation of the SIF in the various land districts concerned, in collaboration with experts in Geographic Information Systems, the Land Administration, and representatives of customary authorities. 7. Support local partners in conducting participatory mapping sessions with customary authorities, women, youth and indigenous peoples. 8. Supervise capacity-building activities for local authorities, land services and relevant local actors. 9. Ensure the control and monitoring of the quality of data and digital infrastructure. 10. Contribute to the documentation of key indicators per project, including (i) the number of hectares mapped and secured, the number of standardized SIFs and the user satisfaction rate. 11. Provide the necessary support to other UN-Habitat projects.

Completion of a high school diploma is required. Supplemental training in Geomatics, GIS, Topography, Cartography, Urban Planning, Geographic Engineering or a related field is required. Minimum of 7 years of experience in local governance, in geomatics, topography, land and geographic information systems and participatory community planning is required. Experience in participatory mapping, land tenure, prevention and management of land conflicts, participatory land-use planning is required. Good command of surveying equipment: Mechanical and electronic theodolite; Total Station or electronic tachymeter, Differential and Geodetic GPS, as well as topographic survey data processing programs is required. Experience in the United Nations work, PIREDD, the CAFI initiative, and provincial institutions in the DRC is desirable.

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in French and knowledge of English is required. Knowledge of any other DRC national language(s) is an advantage.

Not available.

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