Slum Upgrading and Urban Regeneration Expert at UN-Habitat

RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the guidance of the Programme Manager for the PSUP, below are the tasks of the consultant:

Research and technical work:

• Contribute to the review and formulation of integrated thematic as well as process-oriented guides for up-scaled participatory slum upgrading, with attention to Senegal, Mali, Madagscar, and R. Congo;
• Document approaches on community managed funds into a tool for replication;
• Conduct research and baseline studies on land management and tenure security in slums upgrading and adapt case studies for other countries;
• Document success stories on land readjustment, community mobilization, multisector coordination on financing slum upgrading and urban regeneration globally;
• Support implementation of land related projects in PSUP participating countries;
• PSUP implementation in Francophone Africa (Senegal, Mali, Madagscar, and R. Congo):
• Coordinate the implementation of the PSUP and ensure timely delivery of all outputs until the end of the programme;
• Provide scaled technical work – revision of citywide strategy with land element integrated, slum upgrading and urban regeneration;
• Coordinate the implementation of the findings of the market studies;
• Participate in missions to selected PSUP countries, advise on designing, formulating and implementing up-scaling strategies at national and city levels;
• Contribute to the development of ToRs for multi-partner implementation frameworks aiming at having several partners engaged in the implementation of PSUP (national and local authorities, NGOs and CBOs, private sector -particularly local banks- academia and research and training institutions, international development partners and PSUP community structures);
• Contribute to technical work on citywide land management and tenure security as well as expertise to participatory land readjustment
• Resource mobilization efforts at country level – at least in 2 countries.
• Contribute to the reporting of the programme with focus on the selected countries, approaches and overall delivery of the programme

OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION SET-UP

The consultant will work directly and report to the PSUP Project Manager. The consultant will be home-based or based at UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The position requires high flexibility to travel in ACP countries, high commitment, and flexibility to work with countries in different time zones and provision of technical support to their programme needs. The consultant will work in a relatively small team and therefore might be requested to contribute to ad-hoc tasks and assist team members in delivering high priority tasks whenever necessary.

Implementation Schedule

The outlined activities are expected to be undertaken within 3.5 months from mid-July to end of October and the consultant is expected to deliver an updated time schedule at the commencement of the contract.

Qualifications/special skills
Academic Qualifications: Advanced University degree in a field relevant to development and urban planning, public policy, social sciences, international development, political science, or similar is required.

• A Bachelors degree with additional 2 years of qualifying experience in Slum Upgrading maybe accepted in lieu of Advanced University degree

Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years of international experience providing technical support and guidance to governments, non-governmental organisations, civil society and countries in the area of land, housing and shelter, slum upgrading and urban regeneration is required

Language: Fluency in oral and written English and French is required.

Deadline:23 June 2022