Specific Tasks and Responsibilities

The consultant "National Land Use Planning Expert" shall report to the Chief, Land, Housing and Shelter Section (LHSS) and shall implement the following tasks and deliver the outputs below:

• Review physical planning processes. The consultant shall review the existing processes followed in preparing Physical Development Plans, including the institutional framework, to identify key aspects that need to be customized for tenure-responsive land use planning on customary land and other land tenures.
• Strategic and technical review of draft documents and reports. The consultant shall review the Uganda National Land Policy, Tenure Responsive Planning- A Guide for Country Implementation, Rapid Physical Planning Appraisals (RAPPA) guidelines, draft National guidelines for the preparation and implementation of physical development plans, Physical planning standards, National Physical Planning Act 2010 and as Amended 2020, and related regulations, reports and research documents on customary land and customary land registration.
• Study and document existing land use planning interventions in the context of customary land. The consultant shall visit selected project sites where land use planning interventions in the context of customary land and another land tenure, document, study and analyse land use planning practices, land tenure and resource patterns with the view to identifying best practise to inform processes and approaches that can be used to guide tenure responsive-land use planning the guidelines and highlighting what works well (or not) in different settings.
• Provide policy, strategic and practical recommendations for conducting tenure-responsive land use planning in the context of customary land registration. The consultant shall make concrete recommendations on the required changes, amendments, and actions considering internationally and nationally recognized frameworks and practices, including providing the justifications for such recommendations for tenure-responsive land use planning during customary, other land tenure registration
• Provide high-level and strategic inputs into the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Customary land registration guidelines under development or existing guidelines. The consultant shall liaise and engage with experts developing the customary land registrations and ADR guidelines and advice on what and how to assess the current land use planning on customary land and other land tenures in Uganda considering the policy/legal, institutional, and spatial components and requirements of the tenure responsive land use planning in the context of customary land and other tenure land registration.
• Develop tenure-responsive land use planning guidelines for customary land, other land tenure registration and Physical Development Plan preparation. The consultant shall develop the tenure-responsive land use planning guidelines during customary land, other tenure land registration and Physical Development Plan preparation following a consultative process to ensure that the plans are holistic focusing on social, economic, tenure and environmental aspects.
• Undertake the development of an implementation plan for the guidelines. The consultant shall provide advice and input in developing an implementation plan for Tenure Responsive Land Use Guidelines.
• Provide strategic and technical contributions in the advocacy, promotions and approval of the Tenure Responsive Land Use Planning guidelines. The consultant shall promote the Tenure Responsive Land Use Guidelines in the context of customary land, other land tenure registration and Physical Development Plan preparation and in advocating for its approval by the top management of MLHUD and government authorities and their adoption by all key stakeholders.
• Provide technical inputs to the consultative and validation workshop. The consultant shall provide technical inputs to the consultative and validation workshop for the developed Tenure Responsive Land Use Guidelines and incorporate stakeholders' input.
• Develop the final guidelines and support dissemination of the Tenure Responsive Land Use guidelines. The consultant shall review the final draft guidelines and provide final inputs, additional write-ups and edits and provide other recommendations as may apply to the guidelines.

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in physical or regional planning, land management, or another field relevant to this assignment is required.
• A minimum of five (5) years' experience undertaking projects or assignments related to land use planning or physical planning on customary tenure is required.
• Proven expertise and knowledge of physical/land use planning, policy formulation and analysis in Uganda is required.
• Knowledge in land use planning, sociology, environmental management, land management-related tools, good practices and innovations is desirable.
• Previous experience with UN and/or international organization and government bodies is desirable.

Languages

Fluency in English (both oral and written) is required; knowledge of the other UN languages is an added advantage.

Duties and Responsibilities.

• The incumbent will work under the overall supervision of the Chief, Urban Practices Branch. The main objective of this consultancy;
• Quarterly report on summary of activities based on weekly monitoring of the activities and new developments of the Communities of Practice
• Updated dedicated database with information on the communities of practice through dedicated database, from which weekly updates can be shared with the Chief of the Urban Practices Branch.
• Report on the best practices retrieved from communities of practice's sessions.
• Database with content for the communities of practice monthly broadcasts with inputs received from CoPs focal points.
• Database with all correspondence items to organize and moderate the community of practice focal points coordination meetings.
• Translations of the Catalogue of Services in the following languages: French, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, Arabic, Portuguese.
• Digital version of the Catalogue of Services (web platform).
• Concept notes and proposals for podcast episodes.
• Digital skills mapping platform.

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in social sciences, urban planning or development or related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience in the field of communication is required.
• Experience in working in an international organization such as the UN is desired.

Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this consultancy, excellent writing communication skills of English and French language are required.