Job Description
1. Background to SDF The Somaliland Development Fund – Phase 3 (SDF3) covers the period 2025–2028, with the possibility of a two-year extension. SDF3 aims to strengthen the climate resilience of vulnerable communities, enhance livelihoods and employment opportunities, and promote private-sector engagement in climate-smart solutions. The programme is aligned with NDP3 and Somaliland Vision 2030 and is currently funded by Denmark and Norway. Under SDF3, the Ministry of Livestock and Rural Development (MoLRD) is implementing the “Increasing Climate Resilience through the Qool Caday Livestock Centre of Excellence Project”. The project aims to rehabilitate and protect 8,000 hectares of communal rangeland in Salaxley District, including a 6,000-hectare drought reserve, while establishing the Qool Caday Livestock Centre of Excellence as a national hub for climate-smart livestock production, training, research, innovation and extension services. To ensure the long-term sustainability, effective management and replication of these investments, MoLRD intends to develop nationally applicable legal, regulatory, governance and operational frameworks for Livestock Holding Grounds, Drought Reserves and Livestock Centres of Excellence in Somaliland, using the Qool Caday Livestock Centre of Excellence as the pilot model. The developed frameworks assignment will establish clear legal mandates, governance arrangements, management and financing mechanisms, operational procedures and oversight systems, supported by priority legal instruments, institutional and operational frameworks, a financial sustainability model, implementation tools, and a costed roadmap for roll-out. 2. Summary of the role SDF3 seeks a Legal and Regulatory Specialist to work as a part of a multi-disciplinary team that will be developing national legal, regulatory and governance frameworks for Livestock Holding Grounds, Drought Reserves and Livestock Centres of Excellence in Somaliland. The role requires a highly experienced specialist capable of reviewing legal, policy, regulatory and customary governance arrangements and developing practical, nationally applicable legal and regulatory instruments to support the effective governance, management and operation of these facilities. 3. Key tasks • Review existing laws, policies, regulations and customary governance arrangements relevant to Livestock Holding Grounds (LHGs), Drought Reserves (DRs) and Livestock Centres of Excellence (LCEs).
• Assess the legal and institutional status of these facilities and identify gaps, overlaps and inconsistencies relating to ownership, land tenure, resource-use rights, governance mandates, management responsibilities and enforcement mechanisms. • Review relevant regional and international models and identify good practices applicable to the Somaliland context. • Develop a national legal and regulatory framework for the establishment, governance, management and operation of LHGs, DRs and LCEs. • Prepare the priority legal and regulatory instruments required to operationalise the proposed framework, including guidance on the approval and adoption process. • Support stakeholder consultations, validation workshops and the finalisation of all legal and regulatory outputs.
Required Qualifications, Skills and Experience Qualifications and Skills • Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from a recognised university. • Post graduate qualification in legal drafting, Public Law, Land Governance from a recognised university. • Membership of a recognised professional legal body in the country of domicile. General Professional Experience • At least ten (10) years of professional experience in legal and regulatory reform, public policy, governance, natural resource management, land administration or institutional development. • Demonstrated experience working on legal and policy assignments in developing countries, preferably in the Horn of Africa. Specific Professional Experience • Demonstrated experience in at least two (2) completed assignments involving legal, policy or regulatory review and reform. • Demonstrated experience in at least two (2) assignments involving natural resource governance, land governance, rangeland management, environmental management or related sectors. • Demonstrated experience in drafting legislation, regulations, by-laws, regulatory guidelines, institutional frameworks or policy instruments on at least two (2) assignments. • Demonstrated experience in at least one (1) assignment involving customary governance systems, land tenure arrangements or community-based resource management.
5. How to apply Interested candidates should send their application (cover letter and CV) to the Somaliland Development Fund Secretariat through e-mail [email protected]. Candidates should indicate in their cover letter how they fit the criteria outlined in the advert. All applications must be received by Sunday 1 November 2026 at 1600hrs East African Standard Time. Applicants should clearly indicate the position they are applying for in the email subject line. Any attempt by a candidate to influence the outcome of the recruitment process in any way which can be interpreted as canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification from being considered for this position. This position is open to both International and Somaliland candidates.
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