Urban Mobility and Geographic Information System Assistant at UN-Habitat

Duties and Responsibilities 

The Project individual contractor will assist the work of the Urban Mobility Team in the Urban Basic Services Section by providing the following: 

• Support capacity building efforts in the fields of sustainable mobility with a focus on spatial analysis and mapping;  
• Support monitoring and tracking of the impact of the projects of the urban mobility team;  
• Support the data collection, analysis and development of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans incl. the creation of land use/ transport network plans, transport modelling, accessibility analysis etc.   
• Support the review and drafting of mobility related policies and strategies;  
• Support research and development of knowledge products with a focus on sustainable, inclusive and low carbon urban mobility; among others.

Qualifications/special skills

• A degree with 0.5 years of experience in the field of sustainability, spatial analysis and geoinformatics, or urban development is required. A high school diploma with two additional years of experience in the same field will be accepted in Lieu of the degree."
• Excellent analytical and communication skills. The ability to draft a wide selection of written communication and to articulate ideas in a clear and concise manner. Research skills are an asset.
• Ability to work well in a team whilst also having the capacity and initiative to work independently is required.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required