Duty station: BoLA in Bahir Dar, Amhara National Regional State (ANRS)

JOB SUMMARY

• NRLAIS training and capacity building activities at all levels of the administrative structure
• Checking all data provided for ingest to NRLAIS is thoroughly quality and verified for accuracy based on standard guidelines.
• Support technical activities at the Woreda level that contribute to the NRLAIS database.
• Assist in preparation of parcel maps and issuance of second level landholding certificates
• Ensuring all NRLAIS data is backed up on a regular basis at the woredas and stored at BoRLAU
• Support best practice IT procedures at Woreda level to ensure highest standards of data quality
• Provide training on Land Administration practices & procedures at all levels of the administrative structure
• Cooperate effectively with other land administration projects at BoRLAU (GiZ), S2RAI.
• Manage REILA project resources in cooperation with the ANRS BoRLAU and the Project office in Addis Ababa
• Provide regular monitoring and performance reports of REILA project activities in time to the REILA CTA
• Carry out capacity building activities at all levels of the administrative structure
• Supervise the technical configuration, installation and operation of NRLAIS at woreda level.
• Ensure full performance, operation and stability of database systems for NRLAIS.
• Ensure the NRLAIS database is tested and bugs fixed to ensure full operational and performance efficiency.
• Ensure regular backup and recovery of database information at woreda and Bureau level.
• Provide training on Land Administration practices & procedures at all levels of the administrative structure

JOB REQUIREMENT

Qualifications: BSc degree from a known university in a field relevant to land administration, e.g. land surveying, land law or land economics, preferably a relevant MSc degree in the aforementioned field of studies.

Experience:

• Proven capacity to operate and configure standard office IT equipment, use of software for editing and manipulating text and image files
• Familiarity in use and operation of NRLAIS software is an advantage
• Excellent general knowledge in the fields of land tenure and land administration in Ethiopia
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience in Ethiopia in the area of land administration
• A very good understanding of potential errors in graphical and textual data of Land Registration, and how to prevent or minimize these from occurring.
• Good practical understanding of GIS software especially Quantum GIS (QGIS) is desirable
• Excellent working knowledge of English and Amharic languages, written & spoken
• Experience of operating Windows and Linux operating systems
• A general understanding of open-source software systems
• A general knowledge of RDBMs and SQL, as used in Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL and PostGIS.
• A general understanding of IT networks and distributed (client-server) computing architectures