Urban Planner and Designer at UN-Habitat
1 month ago
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the UN agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision of the Head of the Urban Lab and the direct supervision of the Programme 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 fulfil the following duties and responsibilities:
Provide technical expertise in relation to the Naryn project in Kyrgyzstan by developing strategic plan documents and urban design proposals in selected areas.
Provide technical expertise in relation to the Azerbaijan project by developing design proposals for the selected villages in Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur Region.
Provide technical expertise in relation to the normative production of the My Neighbourhood guideline.
Develop training material and capacity reinforcement activities for urban design principles.
Provide technical inputs for programme development on sustainable neighbourhood design.
Provide technical expertise in relation to sustainable urban and regional development for Urban Lab projects.
Advise and work with the Urban Lab team to analyse, collect, compile and interpret data to guide and inform the urban planning and design projects.
Support and contribute to the development of methodologies and guidelines to be tested and implemented in the Urban Lab projects.
Develop planning analytic and diagnostic maps, drawings, and related reports for partner cities.
Develop clear planning proposals, drawings, and related reports for partner cities.
Develop and organise participatory, multi-stakeholder processes tailor-made for the projects in a specific context.
Provide input to Urban Lab and PFES documents and publications.
Support the technical development of country proposals and development frameworks.
Contribute to the development of the Urban Lab and PFES project portfolio on urban planning and design.
Requirements
Qualifications/special skills
Academic Qualification: Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Architecture, Urban Development and Planning, or a related field. 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.
Work Experience: At least 5 years of relevant work experience in the field of sustainable development and spatial analysis (and/or related fields) with direct proven experience in 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 desirable;
Proven experience in GIS software use, data analysis and map production is desirable
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this advertised position, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable.
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