Overview
Provide technical guidance to beneficiaries on environmental procedures for land acquisition and support the Ministry of Environment with field operations and documentation for land adjudication processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Orient beneficiaries on Ministry of Environment requirements for favorable concept.
- Assist beneficiaries in completing the Land Use and Management Plan.
- Support in obtaining signatures for Ministry of Environment documents.
- Ensure compliance with Ministry of Environment norms and procedures.
- Coordinate with Ministry of Environment technical staff for validation of adjacent properties and environmental norms.
- Coordinate field inspections with Ministry of Environment technical staff.
- Support Ministry of Environment in preparing inspection reports, resolutions, and other legal documents.
- Prepare technical documentation and ensure quality control of files.
- Maintain an updated registry of files issued favorable concepts and payments.
- Support notification and dissemination of cadastral and titling activities.
- Assist beneficiaries in completing the social function form.
- Coordinate verification of water sources and intakes with technical teams and communities.
- Participate in public exhibitions and title delivery events.
- Safeguard assigned vehicles, surveying, communication, and computing equipment.
- Participate in training on internal procedures and support capacity development activities.
- Contribute to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
- Maintain organized records of project data, field activities, case studies, and other relevant documents.
Required Experience
- Minimum five (5) years of proven experience (with complete secondary education) or two (2) years of experience (with a completed Bachelor's or Engineering degree) in executing technical activities related to environmental management, natural resource conservation, and/or sustainable land management.
- Basic experience with environmental and land regulations in Panama applicable to cadastral and titling processes.
- Experience in field work and technical inspections, including environmental information gathering, identification of natural elements, and on-site verification.
- Experience in organizing, registering data, and managing files.
- Experience in inter-institutional coordination, especially with technical teams from cadastre, GIS, topography, and environmental authorities.
- Experience in managing computational applications: Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, One Drive, Zoom, SharePoint, among others).
Qualifications
- Complete secondary education is required.
- University studies (complete Bachelor's or Engineering degree) in Environment, Natural Resources, Forestry, Biology, Agronomy, or related areas are highly valued, but not a requirement.
