FAO Vacancy Announcement: Gender and Land Legal Expert
Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Gender and Land Legal
Expert
In
March 2016 the set of 230 global indicators proposed by the Inter-Agency and
Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal (IAEG-SDGs) for follow-up and
review of progress at the global level towards achieving the 17 SDGs were
completed by the UN Statistical Commission. IAEG-SDGs subsequently designated
FAO as the custodian agency of Indicator 5.a.2, a legal indicator that measures
the percentage of countries where the legal framework (including customary law)
guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control. The inclusion of women’s land rights as a
specific target within SDG 5 underscores the international consensus on the
importance of women’s ownership and control of land for the implementation of
women’s human rights, and for the achievement of other global development
goals.
In
order to support countries´ engagement in the monitoring process of indicator
5.a.2, a draft methodological guide for reporting under the indicator has been
developed by FAO, drawing extensively from desk research and empirical data.
This provides step-by-step guidance on the entire reporting process to
countries, including data collection, assessment and reporting. It proposes that progress against the target
is determined by the extent to which countries have incorporated into their
legal framework the following proxies:
·
Mandatory
joint titling, or economic incentives for joint titling;
·
Spouse
or partner consent prior to the sale or transfer of property;
·
Gender
equality in inheritance;
·
Budgetary
commitments to strengthen equal rights for women regarding both the ownership
and/or control of land;
·
Women’s
participation in land administration and management institutions; and
·
Protection
of women’s rights in customary land tenure systems.
Prior
to submission of the draft methodology for approval to the IAEG-SDGs, FAO will
pilot the SDG Indicator 5.a.2 methodology in five countries. The objective of
the pilots are to test the relevance and applicability of the overall
methodology and proxies to different countries; fine tune the guidelines; and
ascertain any concerns or confusion in terms of the instructions provided in
the guidelines.
FUNCTIONS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
Under
the overall supervision of the FAO Country Representative and the direct
technical supervision of Martha Osorio, Gender and Rural Development Officer
ESP the consultant will contribute to the piloting initiative for indicator
5.a.2.
More
specifically, the consultant will carry out the following activities:
1. Closely read the
methodological guide for the SDG Indicator 5.a.2
2. With the FAO Country
Office, engage with the SDG coordination body for the purposes of:
a.
presenting
the indicator and eliciting interest in the indicator;
b.
presenting
the indicator’s methodology;
c.
ascertaining
the national institution (s) responsible for the indicator and the appropriate
contact person (s) from that institution.
d.
advising
them of the process and objectives of the SDG Indicator 5.a.2 pilot and
requesting their approval to go ahead; and
e.
(in
due course) inviting them to the validation meeting to present the results of
the indicator 5.a.2 assessment.
3. Meet with the national
institution allocated responsibility for the indicator by the SDG coordination
body, to discuss and explain the pilot
(this might require a number of meetings, but will depend on what the
national relevant institution considers necessary).
4. Following the Guide,
undertake the Indicator 5.a.2 assessment, completing the Forms (the information
should be presented in English, which may require consultant to translate from
local language).
5. The FAO HQ Gender Team
will provide technical support as needed.
6. With the FAO Country
Office, and FAO HQ Gender Team, organize a one-day meeting to present and
validate the results of the Indicator 5.a.2 assessment, inviting the national
institution responsible for the indicator, and other relevant agencies,
including the National Statistics Office and, depending on which entity
constitutes the national institution responsible for the Indicator, the Land
Ministry, the Gender Ministry and others, as well as the SDG Coordination body
representatives.
7. Revise the assessment,
if necessary, based on the feedback received at the validation meeting.
8. Complete a short report
of the SDG Indicator 5.a.2 pilot, following FAO’s format.
Key Performance Indicator
Expected
outputs:
The expected deliverables are: · Meeting with SDG coordination body successfully organized and conducted. · High quality SDG Indicator 5.a.2 assessment of the policy and legal framework conducted and final version of the survey submitted. · High quality report on SDG Indicator 5.a.2 pilot completed and submitted for clearance. |
Academic Qualifications:
·
Master’s
degree
or equivalent in law
Technical Competencies and Experience
Requirements:
·
A
minimum of 10 years of experience in land tenure issues
·
Knowledge
of the gender issues associated with property rights in the country
·
Excellent
analytical and writing skills
·
Fluency
in English
·
Good
network with relevant government agencies
Duty station: Jakarta, Indonesia
Duration: 10 Working days WAE (May-July 2017)
GENERAL NOTE TO ALL APPLICANTS:Interested
candidates should submit a CV and a covering letter clearly stating their
relevant skills, experience, vacancy and reference code by e-mail to: E-mail: [email protected] Submission DEADLINE: 5 May 2017 (COB)FAO
regrets to inform applicants that only short-listed candidates will be
contacted.