Deadline:
14/07/2017
The Partnership Coordinator ensures the smooth functioning of the Land Matrix partnership, and is responsible for organizing, monitoring and improving project activities, under the direction of the Steering Committee. The position will be based at the University of Pretoria, hosted by the Department of Agricultural Economics and the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation. The position will be at project manager level of the University of Pretoria.
The Land Matrix Initiative (LMI) is a global and independent initiative monitoring competition over land use in the Global South. Its goal is to facilitate an open development community of citizens, researchers, policy-makers and technology specialists to promote transparency and accountability in decisions over land and investment. The LMI has become an international innovative benchmark for its open data and development approach, database structure, web appearance, and multi-stakeholder character, and has received wide interest among policymakers, development practitioners, NGOs, the media, researchers and the informed public. In view of enhancing the quality of the LMI, and increasing its impact on policy dialogue and decision making, the LM is involved in a process of decentralisation and expansion. Five organisations have joined the network in June 2014 as Regional Focal Points (RFPs) in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America - and regional, national and thematic Land Observatories will complement the well-established LM Global Observatory that monitors and collects data on large-scale land transactions worldwide.
The Partnership Coordinator Position
The Partnership Coordinator ensures the smooth functioning of the partnership, and is responsible for organizing, monitoring and improving project activities, under the direction of the Steering Committee. The position will be based at the University of Pretoria, hosted by the Department of Agricultural Economics and the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation. The Partnership Coordinator will count on the support of a Research Assistant.
For more information please visit: http://landmatrix.org/en/announcements/2017/06/15/Vacancy-Announcement-Partnership-Coordinator-Land-Matrix/