Local Expert in Urban Policy and Planning at UN-Habitat

Communication:

• Have good communication skills.
• Ability to write technical and project documents, in particular strategic documents.

Planning and Organizing:

• Have the ability to organize and facilitate participatory meetings with the aim of working towards consensus building for policy discourse.
• Good judgement and excellent analytical skills and, above all, the ability to plan and organize workshops.

Skills: Required Skills

• Excellent knowledge of institutional reform and inter-sectoral coordination.
• English language skills would be an asset.

Academic Qualifications:

• Master Degree or equivalent in a discipline relevant to the assignment (public policy development and analysis, urban planning, urban policy, engineering, architecture, urban geography, or any other related degree.
• A first level degree with an additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.

Experience:

• At least 7 years of professional experience in urban policy and strategy development, economics, planning and urban legislation (at least 3 relevant references) is required.
• Professional experience in drafting completion reports with at least 3 relevant references in the field of urban policies and strategies is desirable.
• Demonstrated experience in organizing and facilitating participatory meetings is desirable.
• Proven experience in urban policy development and institutional capacity building would be an asset.
• Have relevant experience working in developing countries, particularly in island territories is an advantage.
• Have relevant experience in public policy, decentralization, urban policy formulation and have in-depth knowledge of how to combine population growth with economic, social and environmental development is an advantage.
• Expert in urban engineering or related topic with a minimum of 6years' experience in urban policy and strategy development, economics, planning and urban legislation is desirable.
• At least one experience in writing a completion report with a project related to urban policies and strategies.