Cities and Climate Change Junior Consultant at UN-Habitat

The consultancy will involve the following typical main duties leading to the ultimate requested outputs:

Innovate4Cities Conference programme:

• Speaker selection and management for Innovate4Cities conference
• Ensure conference progamme is updated on the website
• Abstract management: managing abstracts and post-collection processing and matching to sessions
• Logistics: engaging with local suppliers and liasing with partners on the ground Support day-to-day
• Knowledge product development: o Research on the interlinkages between the Innovate4Cities Conference and the IPCC Special Report on Cities and Climate Change o Draft the conferences outcomes report, in collaboration with the Global Covenant of Mayor
• Design and coordination of 2030 Agenda Sub-Fund project meetings including outcome reports
• Conducting project meetings including Kick-Off Meeting, monthly project calls and regular PMO meetings evidenced by presentation and minutes/report  
• Implementation of Capacity Building Strategy in project countries
• Develop project capacity building strategy
• Develop capacity needs assessment
• Develop project training material
• Conceptualize hybrid global workshop
• Design and implementation of Stakeholder Engagement Strategy
• Develop Stakeholder Engagement Strategy and implement Stakeholder Engagement Plan
• Conduct stakeholder consultation meetings
• Develop project communication material for dissemination

Qualifications/special skills

• Minimum advanced university degree (M.Sc. or equivalent) in business administration, management, environmental management, economics, international development or relevant field is required.
• A first degree with 2 additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.
• A minimum of two years of experience working in project management and stakeholder engagement, ideally gained at the international level is required of which working on urban climate change mitigation and/or adaptation.
• Demonstrated experience in organising events and coordinating diverse stakeholders is desirable.
• Demonstrated experience in developing projects in a participatory manner is an added advantage.
• Experience working with international multi-partner initiatives and projects, demonstrating experience delivering outcomes with diverse set of partners and governments on climate projects and climate/urban policy is desirable.

Deadline : Mar 12, 2024