Grievance Redress Mechanism Manager at Idmibok International (360 HSDC)

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise in conflict resolution, including setting up grievance mechanisms and negotiating solutions including expertise in participatory approaches to conflict resolution.
• Support the identification and resolution of social risks and issues related to conflicts over land use, natural resources management, and services provision/utilization.
• Provide technical assistance on the World Bank Operational policies and Grievance Redress guidelines.
• Work with the project team in litigating conflicts arising from natural resources conflicts with an understanding of legislative processes and legal systems of Nigeria.
• Perform high-level legal analysis through different legal analytical frameworks, policy and socio-economic analysis, and social and environmental.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Interested candidate should possess a minimum of a graduate degree in relevant social sciences or equivalent with at least 5 years of practical experience in national and/or international environmental and social safeguard assessments. A Postgraduate degree will be an added advantage.
• Other competence and experience include: Good understanding and/or experience working with government institutions in Nigeria, expertise in conflict resolution, including setting up grievance mechanisms and negotiating solutions, expertise in participatory approaches to conflict resolution, specialization in social risks and issues related to conflicts over land use, natural resources management, and services provision/utilization, understanding of traditional or customary means of conflict resolution and/or grievance redress at the service provision/utilization and at the community levels in Nigeria.
• Understanding of the project development objective and Implementation, understanding of World Bank Operational policies and Grievance Redress guidelines, experience in litigating conflicts arising from natural resources conflicts, understanding of legislative processes and legal systems of Nigeria, experience in high-level legal analysis through different legal analytical frameworks, solid experience in policy and socio-economic analysis, experience in social and environmental assessment and in the application of safeguards policies, and understanding of Nigeria’s institutional system and actors.