Ethiopia – Team Leader:
International Coordinator for Amhara Region and Land Administration Specialist
(up to 400 expert days)
Project title: Technical cooperation with Federal Republic of Ethiopia - Land Governance in Ethiopia
Donor: GIZ
Project start: Mid-January 2021
Project status: Tender
IAK Agrar Consulting GmbH is a German agricultural consulting company with almost 40 years of experience in the field of consulting in the agriculture and rural development sectors in Germany and abroad. Since 1981 we have been implementing agricultural projects in developing and emerging countries on behalf of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), EU, World Bank and other public and private clients in more than 30 countries worldwide.
We are currently planning to submit a bit for a GIZ tender. The project “Technical cooperation with Federal Republic of Ethiopia” aims at laying the methodological and legal foundations for future land consolidation procedures. The responsible authorities shall be prepared for being able to plan and prepare land consolidation procedures independently. For this reason, the capacities of staff at relevant national and regional authorities as well as civil society organisations will be strengthened.
The contractor will be responsible for the following outputs:
Output 1: Methods and approaches for awareness-raising and preparation phases for land consolidation procedures as well as voluntary land exchange in pilot areas have been tested;
Output 2: Skills of employees of the responsible authorities and private service providers have been strengthened.
In this context we are looking for an
International Coordinator for Amhara Region and Land Administration Specialist
Selected tasks
- Assuming the overall responsibility for the advisory package of the contractor;
- Overseeing the work of the contractor’s team members;
- Coordinating the work with regional and local administrative organisations;
- Preparing demand-driven work plans in close coordination with local partners;
- Identification of pilot areas together with project partners and beneficiaries, based on transparent criteria;
- Strategy, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of capacity development measures for local partners.
Qualifications and skills
- Postgraduate university degree in land management and administration, geography, geodesy, spatial planning, or a similar discipline;
- Good business language skills in English; proficiency in German;
- 20 years of professional experience in the land management sector;
- 10 years of professional experience in land consolidation;
- 6 years of management/leadership experience as project team leader or manager in a company or administration;
- 5 years of experience in projects in developing countries or countries in transition;
- 5 years of experience in DC projects, preferably in German Technical Cooperation.
Should you be interested in the above described position, you are welcome to send your up-to-date and detailed CV to:
Ms. Stanimira Penkova, s.penkova@iakleipzig.de
and to
Ms. Gantsetseg Ganbold, g.ganbold@iakleipzig.de
The closing date for applications is October 31, 2020. Please note that only eligible applicants will be contacted.