Public Space and Biodiversity Expert at UN-Habitat

Responsibilities

• The consultant will be responsible for the following tasks: Support the geo-analysis work under the San Jose Green Public Space Assessment-Biodiversity Project.
• Coordinate and conduct Trainings to implementing partners and local teams liaising with academia, local governments and relevant stakeholders.
• Participate and engage in workshops and meetings related to the project.
• Produce technical and normative outputs, including the spatial strategy, situational analysis reports, public space strategies, maps, plans, and guidelines for green areas and associated public spaces.
• Support preparation of maps, graphics and statistics through collection, compilation, spatialisation, analysis and interpretation of spatial data. • Attend meetings and events promoted by UN-Habitat and partners to strengthen the Programme’s presence.
• Be responsible for maintaining an organised and accessible information database related to the project.
• Provide recommendations for scaling up the methodology/tool at the global level.

Qualifications/special skills

• Education Recognized 1st level degree in Geography, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Urban Planning, Urban Studies is required. 
• At least two (2) years of experience working in urban planning and design with knowledge in geospatial analysis, mapping and cartography using GIS and CAD tools is required.
• Experience and knowledge of data gathering, digitizing, cleaning, visualization, analysis, management and report production is desired.