Land-use Planning Expert (National)

Forestry, Land Use, and Value Chain Development in Tanzania (FORLAND) is a four-year bilateral project between the governments of Finland and Tanzania (2025-2029). The Project area includes the Iringa, Njombe, Ruvuma, and Lindi regions, which are rich in natural and plantation forest resources. The main headquarters is at Forest and Wood Industries Training Centre (FWITC) in Mafinga. FORLAND helps small woodlot owners establish and manage tree plantations, as well as rural communities manage their Miombo Village Land Forest Reserves using Community Based Forest Management. The project also strengthens the value chain, assisting communities, tree producers, and micro, small, and medium enterprises in adding value to their goods. It builds on the success of the Participatory Plantation Forestry Programme (PFP 2) and Forest and Value Chain Development Programme (FORVAC) to ensure the long-term viability of the achievements and institutions supported. It also closely aligns with the development strategies and priorities of the Finnish and Tanzanian governments, helping to alleviate poverty, create jobs, and strengthen climate resilience. The FORLAND project is recruiting a Land-use Planning Expert who will be responsible for the following duties: • Facilitates Districts and Villages in the preparation of participatory village land use plans (VLUP) and Village Fire Management Plans (VFMP). • Supports the preparation of landscape level land use plans and integrated fire management plans. • Coordinates the participation of NLUPC in VLUP preparation for targeted villages and prepares proposals for the development of more efficient and sustainable methodology for land use planning for discussion with the NLUPC and other key stakeholders. • Trains VLUP teams; • Supervises and supports village land use planning and village fire management planning processes VLUP process; • Monitors the environmental quality of the VLUPs produced; • Trains project staff in disaster risk reduction through VLUP and its implementation; • Provides training in land-use and forestry planning, GIS, and mapping; • Facilitates on-the-job training of the project extensionists in land use planning and mapping; • Coordinates and contributes to the institutional capacity building and human resources development activities of the Project (such as orientation workshops, training, possible studies etc.) according to her/his background and competence); • Ensures that HRBA, gender and non-discrimination are mainstreamed into all land use planning activities; • Ensures that disaster risk reduction and climate, resilience, low emission development and protection of the environment with an emphasis on biodiversity are mainstreamed into the land use planning and project implementation activities; • Collaborates with other relevant organisations to obtain highest possible compatibility of GIS and other databases among other actors; • Collaborates closely with the M&E Officer in the use of remote sensing and GIS applications for the monitoring and evaluation of the Project results and effects in the landscape including changes in forest cover and resources; • Develops appropriate systems for the land-use and forestry planning and monitoring; • Prepares land-cover and biodiversity maps; • Other tasks assigned by the Chief Technical Adviser.