Vacancy Announcement: Junior Consultant –Integrated Land and Water Management

Vacancy Announcement: Junior Consultant –Integrated Land and Water Management

Countries: Global Governance, policies and lawsDeadline: 28/09/2012

Vacancy Announcement

Junior Consultant –Integrated Land and Water Management (re-advertisement)

The Global Water Partnership and the International Land Coalition are committed to work together to promote integrated land and water governance, with an emphasis on knowledge generation and sharing. This collaboration will build on the fact that the Director of the International Land Coalition Secretariat, has been recently appointed as member of GWP’s Technical Advisory Committee.  A Memorandum of Understanding recently signed between GWP and ILC is an additional expression of the commitment of the two organisations to work together to promote improved land and water governance.

ILC, in collaboration with GWP, is hiring a Consultant to contribute to advancing GWP/TEC’s work on integrated land and water management, and, more broadly, to support the objectives of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between GWP and ILC to promote improved land and water governance.  The consultant will work under the direct supervision of the Director of ILC.

Background

The Global Water Partnership  (GWP) is a global network of partner organisations established to promote integrated water resources management (IWRM) as means of achieving improved water governance. A Technical Advisory Committee  has been established to drive GWP’s efforts to create, accumulate, and disseminate knowledge to support IWRM change processes. The Technical Committee’s focus is on the substance of IWRM, and its functions include advancing the subject of IWRM and providing substantive guidance and policy support to regional and country partnerships. For more information: www.gwpforum.org.

The International Land Coalition (ILC) is a global alliance of civil society and intergovernmental organizations working together to promote secure and equitable access to and control over land for poor women and men.  In recognition of the increasing interconnectedness between land and other natural resources (water, forest, etc.), the ILC is committed to developing needed partnerships in order to tackle this growing complexity. It is in this context that the collaboration with the Global Water Partnership is being envisaged. For more information: www.landcoalition.org

Tasks of the Consultant

The role of the Consultant is to support the Director of ILC in his role as GWP/Technical Committee member, which includes preparation of concept notes and perspective papers.

In addition, the Consultant will support ILC’s work on land-water governance, especially on knowledge generation and sharing.

Specific tasks include:

Joint GWP-ILC priorities with special emphasis on Technical Committee-related work (60%):

• Support the preparation of Technical Committee Perspectives Paper and Background Paper on land and water nexus.
• Support the drafting of inputs to selected publications on land water governance.
• With advice from the GWPO, help document integrated land-and-water management case study examples, which could contribute toward a land interface in the GWP Toolbox .

ILC’s work on land and water governance (25%):

• Support ILC’s initiative on Framing the Land Governance Debate Series.
• Support efforts to document good practice examples and innovations from ILC’s funded small grants to members and partners.

Other tasks (15%)

• The Consultant will, in addition, perform any other task as requested by the Director of ILC as part of his Technical Committee related activities and/or in support of the objectives of the MOU between GWP and ILC.

Expected skills and competencies

• Master degree or higher in Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources, Sociology, Economics, Law, or a related field. Prior work experience or internship (especially on land-water governance issues) is an advantage.
• Self-motivated and ability to work effectively with a multi-cultural environment.
• Excellent verbal and written skills in English. Knowledge of French would be an added advantage.
• Excellent computer literacy, with familiarity with common information technologies and web-based tools.

Terms 

The Junior Consultant will be hired by ILC for an 11 month period with a monthly remuneration of up to USD 3,000 (depending on qualifications and experience). The contract may be renewed or extended based on funds availability and satisfactory performance. 

The Junior Consultant will work under the supervision of the Director of the International Land Coalition. The position is based at ILC Secretariat in Rome, Italy.

Extended Application deadline and procedure

The deadline for receiving applications has been extended to September 2012 due to low number of applications received within the previous deadline.  Interested candidates should send their Letter of Intent and Curriculum Vitae (CV) to ILC Secretariat (l.angelucci@landcoalition.org  ; or info@landcoalition.org). Candidates who have already submitted their application do not need to submit it again, as we have them on record.

The position is open to all nationalities, and ILC  offers equal opportunity for both women and men. 

Applications are to be submitted by  28 September 2012