Global Future Cities Programme Urban Planning Expert at UN-Habitat

Following duties and responsibilities:

•  Provide technical expertise in the implementation of urban planning and design initiatives;
•  Technical development of country proposals and development frameworks;
•  Provide technical backstopping to the Urban Lab team on urban development interventions
•  Advise and work with the Urban Lab team to analyze, collect, compile and interpret data to guide the development of strategies, projects and interventions
•  Extract lessons learnt from projects and initiatives to help inform the further development of the SDG Projects Assessment Tool
•  Draft concept papers and progress reports on implementation of projects, for documentation, knowledge management, advocacy and outreach

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in Architecture, Urban Development and Planning, or a 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.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in the field of urban development and planning and design (and/or related fields) with direct proven experience of programme/project management is required;
• Direct proven experience of urban planning projects/processes, in combination with e.g. urban resilience, mobility, project finance, and/or data systems is required;
• Proven experience in GIS software use, data analysis and maps production is required;
• Good hand drawing/sketching is required;
• Understanding of and experience from managing urban data is an asset;
• Experience working in the public sector, e.g. local governments is considered an asset;
• Experience in any of the countries of the projects is an asset;
• Experience working on social change projects is an asset;
• Leading, designing and managing capacity building processes is an asset;
• Working knowledge and understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (and their monitoring/evaluation) and of the New Urban Agenda is an asset;
• Working experience with international development agencies and in particular the United Nations is an asset.

Languages

•  Fluency in English, written and verbal, is required.