We’re looking for a Regional Coordinator for ILC Latin America & the Caribbean. This could be you if you know how to design, implement, and monitor regional strategies; you have experience working with diverse stakeholders, including NGOs, governments, and community organisations to foster collaboration; You have a strong understanding of land and environmental governance issues, especially in the region.
Deadline: 13 May 2025
Remuneration: This is a Globally Recruited Staff (LRS) position and on competitive remuneration in US$, commensurate with skills and experience.
Duration: The appointment will be for one (1) year, including a one-year probationary period, with the possibility of extension contingent on performance, continued relevance of the position and available resources.
Location: The RCU team is currently based in Lima, Peru. However, ILC operates as a dispersed team and supports remote working arrangements for the selected candidate. The duty station is negotiable and will be determined in consultation with the selected candidate within the LAC region.
Overview
The Regional Coordination Officer is a seasoned professional accountable for a range of functions pertaining to ILC operations in the region, also providing technical insights on organizational evolutions, to develop focused regional strategies, effective implementation plans and overall impact on the ground. They are responsible for the on-going monitoring of operations and to assess the regional overall landscape to support ILC’s regional positioning as an impactful, reliable and leading organization on land governance matters in the region. The Regional Coordination Officer supports the establishment and implementation of regional workplans in line with ILC global priorities and reflecting the engagement of ILC members in the region in support of effective regional governance.
Job Description
- Work planning, implementation and positioning: The Regional Coordination Officer facilitates the regional work-planning, implementation and reporting systems in support to the delivery of the ILC Strategy 2030. They support impact-oriented member-led initiatives in the region and position ILC as a relevant and reliable development network in the region.
- Regional governance and support to regionalization: The Regional Coordination Officer facilitates the development of a regionalized governance and One Team to support impact capacity of the ILC in the region, in ways that the network dynamics are reinforced, and the role of the regional governance is well-established.
- Provide coordination to global functions in the region: The Regional Coordination Officer (ILC Secretariat) collaborates with ILC global work leads to coordinate functions at regional level, ensuring alignment to ILC objectives and mandate as established by the Director ILC and the Coalition Council. They facilitate the inclusion of regional needs into global frameworks under the lead of relevant ILC global work leads and support global strategies defined and deployed in ways that support ILC regionalization.
- Managerial functions: is accountable for integrity, transparency, and equity in the management of ILC resources.
Education, Experience and Technical skills
- Master's Degree with at least five (5) years progressively responsible experience in, and demonstrated understanding of, development initiatives in the field of specialization.
- Three (3) years in a multi-cultural organization or national organization providing support on a global scope.
- Position-specific experience: Experience in fieldwork and international policy frameworks related to global environment, natural resource management and rural development is an asset. Extensive experience of working with grass-roots or smaller NGOs as well as into multi-actor partnerships within UN-multilateral system would be an asset.
Languages:
- English (Excellent) – required
- Spanish (Excellent) – required
- French (Excellent) – desirable
- Portuguese (working knowledge) – desirable
The application deadline is 13 May 2025
We will acknowledge all applications, but will contact only short-listed candidates.
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