Cities and Climate Change Consultant – Biodiversity Action at UN-Habitat

Duties and Responsibilities

• The Sustainable Urban Resilience for the Next Generation (SURGe) Initiative, is a flagship initiative that helps countries translate national climate commitments into local action by strengthening urban services and housing. It supports integrated implementation of national climate plans (including NDCs), focusing on six key entry points: housing and buildings, urban energy, mobility, waste and consumption, water, and biodiversity. It connects pillars 1 to 3 of the workplan (above).

BACKGROUND TO CONSULTANCY

• Under the overall supervision of the Programme Coordinator Climate Change and Urban Environment and in close collaboration with colleagues from the Climate Change and Urban Environment Section and climate and biodiversity focal points across the agency, the incumbent will be required to perform the following functions:
• Coordinate the finalization of the analysis on nature-based solutions in Nationally Determined Contributions
• Prepare a resource mobilization strategy for the Section’s Biodiversity Workstream
• Develop a strategy and workplan on how to embed nature-based solution and biodiversity action more comprehensively into the CCUE section’s work

OBJECTIVE OF THE CONSULTANCY

• The consultancy will advance the Climate Change and Urban Environment Section's Workplan with a particular emphasis on its functions related to urban environment, nature-based solutions and biodiversity through global and regional tools and. It will further advance the Section's capacity to respond to requests pertaining to the urban biodiversity and climate change nexus. Specific deliverables are listed below.

Qualifications/special skills

• Minimum advanced university degree (M.Sc. or equivalent) in Urban planning, Architecture, envi-ronmental management, public policy or relevant field is required.
• A first degree with 2 additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.
• 2 years of progressively responsible experience in architecture, landscape architecture, biodiversity conservation and urban planning and design, project management and stakeholder engagement, ide-ally gained at the international level is required, including working on urban climate change mitigation and/or adaptation.is required.
• Proven experience in climate change and/or biodiversity diplomacy, nature-focused urban planning and biodiversity solutions is required.
• Proven experience in communicating and visualizing urban biodiversity knowledge is required.
• Proven experience with NDC development and implementation is required.
• Proven experience with analyzing NBSAPs and familiarity with capacity development in an interna-tional environment is desirable.

Deadline : Nov 17, 2026