Organization: UNHABITAT – United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Location: Nairobi
Grade: Consultancy – International Consultant – Internationally recruited Contractors Agreement
Occupational Groups:
Operations and Administrations
Engineering
Meteorology, Geology and Geography
Infrastructure and Urban-Rural development
Population matters (trends and census)
Urban Development, planning and design
Natural Resource Management
Closing Date:
Result of Service
To provide technical expertise on finance and economy to Planning Finance and Economy Section
Work Location
Home Based
Expected duration
6 months
Duties and Responsibilities
UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable and resilient towns and cities. It is the focal point agency for all urbanization and human settlement matters within the UN system. UN-Habitat envisions well-planned, well-governed and efficient cities and towns, with adequate housing, infrastructure and universal access to employment and basic services such as water, energy, and sanitation. The Urban Practices Branch (UPB) is the tools and methodology production center of the UN- Habitat that develops normative guidance and cutting-edge tools through communities of urban practices and is the operational level responsible to undertake technical cooperation projects, such as the construction of water and sanitation facilities, shelter and other work. The Planning, Finance & Economy Section (PFES) is responsible to support urban and territorial planning at all scales including through the development of planning policy, norms and guidelines, urban design and public space design, urban finance (municipal finance and urban development/projects finance), and local economic development. UN-Habitat Urban Planning Lab The Urban Planning and Design Lab (Urban Lab) is an initiative from UN-Habitat to promptly respond to the requests of national and local governments to support sustainable urban development. The Urban Lab is the integrative facility of the Agency where innovative processes and partnerships are translated into tangible and transformative solutions to complex urban challenges. Throughout, the Urban Lab acts as a neutral broker, managing knowledge in complex stakeholder settings to resolve multi-sectoral, multi-scalar and multi-stakeholder challenges. The Lab brings together a multidisciplinary team of urban planners, environmental, data-science, mobility, legal and financial experts, providing a holistic and proactive approach to sustainable urbanization. Hence, the Lab captures the necessary thematic disciplines, experts, actors and stakeholders. In this context, the Urban Lab applies an integrated approach to systemic and strategic planning to deliver transformative change for sustainable urbanization and to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda. The Urban Lab falls under the Planning, Finance and Economy Section, which is part of the Urban Practices Branch and Global Solutions Division Duties and Responsibilities The Consultant will represent UN-Habitat and interacts with all the stakeholders of the Projects, therefore he/she will be appointed on the basis of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. As a UN representative, he/she is expected to exhibit and adhere to the highest standards of ethical conduct. Under the overall supervision of the Chief of the Planning, Finance and Economy Section, the Urban Lab manager, in coordination with the UN-Habitat Regional Offices and in close collaboration with UN- Habitat thematic Sections, the incumbent of the post will have to fulfill the following duties and responsibilities: – Advise and work with the Urban LAB team to analyze, collect, compile and interpret data to guide and inform Naryn project. – Support and contribute to the development of methodologies and guidelines on evidence-based spatial analysis to be tested and implemented in the Urban Lab projects. – Develop planning analytic and diagnostic maps, drawings and related reports for Naryn and other partner cities. – Develop clear planning proposals, drawings and related reports for Naryn and other partner cities. – Develop critical analysis of existing planning documents and instruments with GIS support. – Develop training materials for GIS, remote sensing, data analysis, visualization and deliver workshops / training events. – Develop and organize participatory, multi-stakeholder processes tailor made for the projects in a specific context. – Provide input to Urban Lab documents and publications. – Contribute to the development of the Lab and Section project portfolio on technology and innovation. – Develop papers and methodologies for open-source data platforms for UN-Habitat and Partners.
Qualifications/special skills
Education: 1st level university degree in Architecture, Urban Development and Planning, or a related field is required. Work Experience: – At least 2 years of relevant work experience in the field of sustainable development and spatial analysis (and/or related fields) with direct proven experience of drawing and preparing plan graphical material using computer assisted design tools, with special attention to data management and processing with GIS software 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. – 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; – Working knowledge and understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (and their monitoring/evaluation) and of the New Urban Agenda is an asset;
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this advertised position fluency in English is required.
Additional Information
Not available.
No Fee
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.