Urban and Territorial Policy Expert at UN-Habitat

• The consultant will provide expertise to PLGS in (A) National Urban Policy, programme management and implementation, program proposals, projects initiatives and processes, (B) Urban-Rural Linkages, organizing and facilitating collaboration, events, relevant documents and publications towards implementation of Urban-Rural Linkages: Guiding Principles and associated areas of work, where necessary.

Selected Responsibilities/Activities 

National Urban Policies

• In order to advance the PLGS work of the National Urban Policy (NUP) programme, the consultant will contribute to the management and facilitation of NUP projects, especially in the implementation of NUP programme through generation and management of knowledge, data and background on Policy, Legislation and Governance, aligned with Strategic Plan and Flagship Programmes. The consultant will also support and liaise with Korean counterparts, including the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) among others.

For this area of work, the specific tasks of the consultant will include:

• Facilitation and organization of the implementation of Korea National Urban Policy Programme (NUPP) Phase Two: Scaling up People-centred Smart Cities Through National Urban Policies”.
• Development of a comprehensive monitoring tool for Korea NUPP Phase 2 implementation.
• Provision of a project-related review and administration document to inform the donor about the project's execution status.
• Organization and facilitation of donor meeting for the programme implementation, and documentations of relative activities.
• Organization of demonstration projects in phase one countries (I.R. Iran, Myanmar and Niger State) including conceptualization, identification, plan and implementation.
• Preparation materials of international Expert Group Meeting, to be executed by 2025, on innovation in National Urban Policy (tentative).
• Development of supporting materials to facilitate collaboration with in-house partners.
• Organization of webinar on regional comparison of the National Urban policy (NUP) process in different regions, including Korea NUPP participating countries and Francophone countries
• Provision of project documentation materials for the advancement of Korean NUPP Phase Two and its donor reporting
• Finalization of draft, review, collective process and consultation for the Korea NUPP Phase 2 first annual report.
• Provision of advising materials in collaboration with partners to support the implementation of related programme activities and feed the Korea NUPP Phase II Work Plan.
• Contribution to the edition, review and layout of documents related to the Korea NUPP Phase Two. 

Urban-Rural Linkages

• In order to advance the PLGS’ Urban-Rural Linkages (URL) programme, the consultant will work on the management and operation of selected URL programme, developing framework, programme and document and providing technical support to partners. 

For this area of work, the specific tasks of the consultant will include:

• Contribution to the collaboration with URL partners and stakeholders and the advancement of URL programme portfolio
• Advancement and management of URL collaboration evaluation matrix with external partners
• Development and dissemination of communication materials of URL to expand partnership 
• Development of analysis template/matrix and co-development of the data and information analysis from the Value chain management between urban and rural areas: Optimizing the potential of intermediary cities for better food security and territorial cohesion
• Preparation of a background paper to advance URL programme portfolio
• Development of a draft concept note for resource mobilisation for URL
• Provision of advisory documents and tools to support URL collaboration with partners to feed into URL programme roadmap and CN for 2023-2024
• Initiation of preparation process for the 4th Compendium of inspiring practices on urban-rural linkages
• Provision of technical materials for the Call for case studies for the 4th Compendium of inspiring practices on urban-rural linkages

Other tasks within the Section:

• Preparation of materials on Urban Corridor Development to propose strategies for future implementation and sharing in Member States
• The impact story of the Urban Corridor Development Studies in Cameroon to be presented during the PLGS Community of Practices on Integrated Development Plan 
• Monitoring and evaluation of the progress in the implementation of the Dibamba river corridor project
• Preparation of workshops/events and give inputs to the following types of documentation for the Section: concept notes, project proposals, reports, background papers, including awareness materials, technical tools, case studies, etc. 

SUPERVISION

• The consultant will be part of, and work with the Policy, Legislation and Governance Section (PLGS) team located in UN-Habitat, reporting to the Chief of PLGS and the Coordinator of the Urban Practices Branch (UPB).

Qualifications/special skills

• Degree level: Advanced University Degree (Master’s degree) in sustainable urbanization related disciplines: Urban Planning, Urban Management, Urban Policy, Urban Design, Architecture.
• At least Three (3) years of work experience in urban or territorial/regional planning and design, urban-rural linkages, urban policy or governance, assessment related work, or related fields.
• Experience in operational activities and research and/or policy development work related to formulation and implementation of urban policies is required.
• Experience in international organizations and knowledge of UN activities and its current programmes would be an asset.
• The applicant must have excellent communication, graphical and technical writing skills and be capable of working in a multicultural environment.

Languages

• Language(s): He/she must be fluent in both spoken and written English. Korean language is required for this post. Knowledge of other languages is an asset.

Deadline : Dec 11, 2023