Urban Advocacy and Campaigns Consultant at UN-Habitat

Under the overall supervision of the Head of Advocacy and Campaigns Unit, the incumbent will be required to perform the following functions:

• Prepare the partners and events database and related roadmap for the Azerbaijan Urban Campaign (AUC)
• Manage and update the AUC partners and event database with contents on solutions, events results and speakers
• Prepare web-based content for the AUC: save the dates and other announcements, stories on results and solutions for the AUC website as well as the WUF13 communication channels
• Prepare and manage social media content for the AUC
• Prepare and update materials, toolkits and Trello boards for the partners
• Prepare AUC partners meetings, presentations, minutes and outcomes reports
• Prepare key messages for the AUC
• Support in the dissemination of WUF13 key messages through the AUC
• Prepare a series of speakers profiles identified in the AUC for consideration as speakers for the 13rd session of the World Urban Forum
• Handles independently a wide range of complex information requests and inquiries; responds, or drafts responses, to a diverse range of questions from the AUC partners.
• Ensures time keeping of current tasks.

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced University degree in urbanization and human settlements or any other relevant field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of two (2) years of experience in urban issues and communication is required. Experience of the Azerbaijan context is desirable.