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Social Development Specialist at AIM Consultants

AIM ConsultantsNigeria Software Development
Full Time
AIM Group Limited is an integrated Multi-Disciplinary Company established on November 20, 1979.The principals of the AIM Group have a history in Nigeria that dates back to 1886 when the Grandfather of the Group’s chairperson resided in Lagos in 1886. The Group operates from its owned office and residential properties, with ultra-modern office facilities at its Headquarters in Victoria Island Annex, Lagos, with Regional and Staff Accommodation facilities in Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano. AIM Group has satellite offices in various States in the Country. The current workforce of AIM Group is over 1100 colleagues. Email: [email protected] AIM Consultants Ltd, and AIM Architects &Engineers Consultants Ltd (subsidiaries of AIM Group) commenced operations in Lagos in 1979 and 1980 respectively, and extended their presence to Abuja in 1980, becoming two of the major integrated consultancy firms established in the new Federal Capital, to participate in its long-term development in buildings and infrastructural projects. Email: [email protected] AIM Consultants has the primary objective of planning and designing for the built environment and the harnessing of natural resources, and has been rendering services in Urban & Regional Planning, Architecture, Engineering (Transportation, Highways, Ports and Airports, Irrigation and Agriculture, Water Resources, Dams, Sewage & Water Treatment Plants, Oil & Gas facilities, General Civil Works, Power Supply, Marine Engineering, Dredging, Land Reclamation and Inland Waterways), Quantity Surveying and Project Management. AIM Consultants aims for success and targets to always optimize clients’ interests and quest for excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Draft the Volume covering social aspects of the proposed highway design manual.
  • Analyse relevant laws and regulations vis-à-vis IFI’s involuntary resettlement safeguard requirements, as described in the IFI’s Safeguard Policy Statements (SPS), and recommend gap-filling measures as needed.
  • Identify potential land acquisition and resettlement (LAR) impacts of proposed highway construction projects and define the necessary preparatory surveys required (inventory of loss, socioeconomic survey of project-affected households, valuation survey).
  • Outline the approach for reparation of land acquisition and resettlement plans (LARP) in accordance with IFI’s SPS.
  • Describe the approach for conducting meaningful consultations with affected households and other relevant stakeholders. Consult with the West African government agencies responsible for resettlement.
  • Draft a chapter on minimum advisory services to executing agencies, participating local government(s), and implementing agencies on SPS requirements and procedures.
  • Describe the approach for conducting gender analysis, including meeting with women residing or working along the project roads, identify their livelihoods needs and potential project design elements to address gender equity issues.

Requirements

  • Master’s Degree in Community Development, Anthropology, or Sociology.
  • General experience in Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) preparation, implementation and addressing resettlement issues for development projects.
  • Must have been involved in two (2) projects including resettlement action plan preparation, implementation and addressing resettlement issues for development projects in the last ten (10) years.
  • Must have been involved in two (2) projects comprising resettlement action plan preparation, implementation and addressing resettlement issues for development projects financed by the EU, World Bank, AfDB or similar development agencies in the last ten (10) years.

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