Landscape Planning and Design Expert at UN-Habitat

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the Public Space and Urban Regeneration team Lead, the consultant will be responsible for the following duties:

• Provide technical expertise and input in urban design proposals and urban planning projects.
• Develop analysis, collection, interpretation and representation of data and spatial analysis.
• Produce desk and field research on topics related to urban planning projects.
• Elaborate project proposals and support fundraising efforts related to urban planning and urban regeneration.
• Advice and implement participatory processes in the scope of urban planning projects.
• Advise and develop materials for events, outreach, communications, capacity building sessions and workshops.
• Develop graphic materials and publications.
• Draft progress reports regarding the implementation of projects, including documentation, knowledge management, advocacy and outreach.
• Coordinate project implementation with partners, including follow-up implementation activities, supervision of output quality, and support for donor reporting.
• Overall support to activities, including technical advice provided to the Public Space and Urban Regeneration team, as well as broader PFS and UN-Habitat initiatives.

Qualifications/special skills

• Academic Qualification: Advance university degree in geography, urban planning, landscape architecture, urban development, or a related field is required. A first-level university degree, combined with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience, may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• Work Experience: At least 5 years of relevant work experience in the field of urban and territorial planning is required. Relevant data analytic experience is required Work experience with an international organization is desirable