Compensation and Relocation Officer

Duties

• Sign in situ, on behalf of the Project, over 1,000 land-based and 2,000 fisheries-based compensation agreements
• Print compensation agreements and perform checks to ensure correctness before collecting signature by impacted families
• Conduct daily field oversight of the compensation agreement signing process, ensuring effective implementation of the household agreements signing procedure
• Perform checks on signed compensation agreements and proof of payments for completeness and file them
• Provide support to the resettlement affected households obtain documentation required for payment of signed compensation agreements, including tax certificates and banks accounts
• Ensure signed compensation agreement and proof of payment documentation are record through photograph and videotaping
• Participate in the investigation of new land occupations and participate in the feedback sessions to the relevant stakeholders
• Maintains physical and electronic filing system of compensation related documentation
• Daily field coordination of all preparatory work required for and the actual relocation of the physical relocation of families from their place of origin to the Quitunda resettlement village
• Daily field coordination of all preparatory work required for (including engagement with affected families and local Government) and oversight of the Implementation Partner (IP) responsible for the graves relocation

Accountabilities

• The post holder is responsible for ensuring that resettlement-related compensation agreements are verified and signed following TEPMA1 applicable procedures, physically displaced families are resettled to the Quitunda village and all graves within the DUAT area are relocated in a cultural appropriate manner following best practices

Requisites

• University degree in relevant area, including rural development, economics, sociology or geography
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in engaging communities for compensation, relocation of families and relocation of graves
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to develop and maintain good relations with stakeholders including local communities, government authorities, implementation partners and CSOs/NGOs
• Fluent in Portuguese and English

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted