Land and Community Engagement Specialist (Social Scientist II)

Banyan Global; Idaho; Sur place; USD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Banyan Global is seeking a Land and Community Engagement Specialist (Social Scientist, Level II) for an upcoming Millennium Challenge Corporation procurement. Experience in Fiji or the Pacific region is preferred.

The role focuses on analyzing social dynamics around land rights, community participation, and stakeholder engagement to support project design and implementation in complex settings.

Qualifications

• 10 to 14 years of experience in economic and social analysis, design, and/or implementation.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Expertise in a social science (sociology, anthropology, demography, geography, economics, or community development) or related discipline.
• Experience in land rights, land use, or community engagement on land and investment in low-income settings.
• Experience conducting social analysis that includes stakeholder engagement.
• Strong written English; MCC may require Spanish, French, or Portuguese depending on country assignment.

Responsabilités

• Analyze social, cultural, and community dynamics shaping land rights, land use, consent processes, and benefit-sharing.
• Assess how households and groups participate in decisions about land access and investment.
• Examine how norms around stewardship, compensation, and dispute resolution influence community responses to projects.
• Identify community expectations, concerns, and sources of conflict to enable inclusive engagement.
• Develop strategies to ensure project designs respect customary governance and promote meaningful participation.
• Help design approaches that allow investments with community support and reduce social risk.

Connaissances

Social analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Written English

Cross-cultural communication

Formation

Bachelor's degree

Description du poste

Overview

Position summary

Banyan Global is recruiting a Land and Community Engagement Specialist (Social Scientist, Level II) for an upcoming Millennium Challenge Corporation procurement and is contingent on an award. Experience in Fiji or the broader Pacific region is preferred.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities

• Analyze and advise on the social, cultural, and community-level dynamics that shape land rights, land use, consent processes, and benefit-sharing.
• Assess how households, customary institutions, men, women, and youth participate in decisions about land access and investment.
• Examine how norms around stewardship, compensation, and dispute resolution influence community responses to proposed public and private projects.
• Identify community expectations and concerns, sources of conflict, and opportunities for inclusive engagement that build trust and transparency.
• Develop strategies so project designs respect customary governance, promote meaningful participation, and deliver benefits that local landholders understand and share equitably.
• Help design approaches that let investments proceed with community support, reduce social risk, and strengthen the long-term legitimacy of land-related interventions.

Qualifications

Required qualifications

• 10 to 14 years of experience in economic and social analysis, design, and/or implementation, including conducting social analysis or applying it to project design or implementation in a relevant technical field.
• A bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Expertise in a social science (sociology, anthropology, demography, geography, economics, or community development) or a related discipline.
• Experience in land rights, land use, or community engagement on land and investment, gained in low-income and lower-middle-income countries.
• Experience conducting social analysis that includes stakeholder engagement.
• Strong written English. Depending on the country assignment, MCC may also require Spanish, French, or Portuguese.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in Fiji or the Pacific region.
• Experience with customary land tenure systems and customary institutions.
• Experience with land access, consultation, or benefit-sharing for infrastructure or private investment projects.
• Proficiency in additional languages.
• Prior experience working with MCC.

This position is contingent on Banyan Global being awarded the contract.