Principal Land Officer Vacancy at African Development Bank

Employment Nigeria 24-Jun-2017 AFRICA , Banking and Finance

African Development Bank (AfDB) - the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent.

POSITION : Principal Land Officer

The Hiring Department

Realizing the objectives set forth in the strategy requires increased productivity, value addition, investment in infrastructure, an enabling agribusiness environment; capital flows and inclusivity, sustainability and effective nutrition.
The Department leads the effort to transform African agricultural systems for greater competitiveness, inclusivity and sustainability, and for enhanced job creation and poverty reduction.
The Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department provides support for the delivery of “Feed Africa: Strategy for Agricultural Transformation in Africa (2016-2025)”.
The strategy aims to end hunger and rural poverty in the next decade through self-sufficiency in 18 (eighteen) priority commodity value chains specific to the continent’s agro-ecological zones.

The Position

Assist in the implementation of “Feed Africa: Strategy for Agricultural Transformation in Africa 2016 – 2025” by addressing land issues in all aspects of Bank operations, and specifically in the implementation of Feed Africa and contribute to the fulfillment of the Bank’s vision of being the leading development financial institution in Africa dedicated to providing quality assistance to Regional Member Countries in their poverty alleviation efforts.
The Strategy seeks to transform African agriculture through eighteen (18) priority value chains and five (5) agro-ecological zones.
The transformation will require a set of seven (7) enablers:
- catalyze capital flows (especially commercial lending and private investment) to scale agribusinesses;
- ensure inclusivity, sustainability and effective nutrition beyond what the market may deliver otherwise;
- coordinate activities to kick start transformation, align activities and investments of different actors, and guide initial activities to the point where private sector actors can be crowded in.
- increase productivity by ensuring land tenure and land management;
- realize the value of increased production by facilitating increased investment in land improvement;
- increase investment into enabling infrastructure through effective land policies;
- create an enabling agribusiness environment with effective land policies;

Responsibilities

Facilitate advocacy actions on land issues on the continent with key stakeholders at national and regional levels
Lead and organize land sector teams at the directorate general’s offices,
Participate in missions and play a key role in developing innovative practical approaches to land policy matters at regional, country and sector levels;
Support Governments in collaboration with the Agropoles, Agro-industry and Agronomist specialists to harmonize their policies on land use and ethics.
Work with the African Union Commission, the African Development Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission Land Policy Initiative to further appropriate a conducive land policies in the continent;
provide technical support related to land issues for all flagships (Enable Youth, Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation; Climate Smart Agriculture; Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa) and initiatives under the Feed Africa Strategy;
Providing leadership in providing land issues in all country strategy papers, country dialogue missions, investment operations and knowledge products where necessary;

Selection Criteria

Understanding of regional social issues, analysis and policy formulation
Ability in designing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of lands programs
Manage multiple, simultaneous and shifting demands/priorities under tight deadlines
Collaborate within teams and across boundaries
Work independently and apply innovative approaches, with demonstrated attention to detail.
Communicate and write effectively in French or English, with a good working knowledge of the other language.
Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint); knowledge of SAP is desirable.
Minimum of a Master's Degree or its equivalent in Agriculture Economics, Agriculture Management/Development, Rural Development, Public Policy, Land Resource Economics or Management, Land Law, or closely related disciplines.
Minimum of six (6) years of relevant experience, three (3) of which should be in multilateral development institutions in the design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of lands programs;
Undertake land research, analysis, policy and advocacy
Understand land issues (land tenure systems, ownership and user rights) in the agriculture sector
Good command of project management

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