Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis Expert at UN-Habitat

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the Head of the Urban Lab and the direct supervision of the Programme Manager, in coordination with the UN-Habitat Regional Offices and in close collaboration with UN-Habitat thematic Sections, the incumbent of the post will have to fulfil the following duties and responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise in relation to the Urban Recovery project in Ukraine by providing guidance on the spatial analysis for profiling and recovery planning. 
• Guide the discussions associated with data collection, processing, analysis and production of digital platforms for delivery to local partners in Ukraine.
• Coordinate spatial analysis process with the implementing partners in Ukraine and develop a data management system that facilitates coordination. 
• Provide guidance to the development of geodatabase for partner cities in Ukraine. 
• Provide technical expertise in relation to the normative production of the Evidence-based Urban Planning Guidelines.
• Advise and work with the Urban Lab teams on the application of the evidence-based approach in projects.
• Provide technical expertise and develop methodology to support Spatially Informed Capital Investment Planning.
• Develop training material and capacity reinforcement activities and deliver workshops/training for the Evidence-based Urban Planning and Capital Investment Planning workstreams in the Urban Lab.
• Support and contribute to the development of methodologies and guidelines to be tested and implemented in the Urban Lab projects.
• Analyse, collect, compile and interpret data, and develop analytic and diagnostic maps, drawings, and related reports for partner cities to inform the urban and territorial planning.
• Develop methodologies for open-source data platforms for UN-Habitat and Partners.
• Provide guidance to the GIS professionals in the PFES to innovate workflows to improve the efficiency and quality of developed products.
• Provide input to relevant Urban Lab and PFES documents and publications.
• Contribute to the development of the Urban Lab and Section project portfolio on urban planning and spatial analysis.
• Qualifications/special skills

Academic Qualification:

• Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Architecture, Urban Development and Planning, Geography, Spatial Analysis or a related field. A first-level university degree, in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Work Experience:

• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in the field of sustainable development and spatial analysis (and/or related fields) with direct proven experience in drawing and preparing plan graphical material using computer-assisted design tools, with special attention to data management and processing with GIS software is required;

Direct proven experience of urban planning projects/processes, in combination with e.g. urban resilience, mobility, project finance, and/or data systems, is desirable; 
Proven experience in GIS software use, data analysis and map production is desirable
Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this advertised position fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable